{"id":9213,"date":"2026-10-04T13:09:13","date_gmt":"2026-10-04T13:09:13","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/awestories24.press\/?p=9213"},"modified":"2026-10-04T13:09:13","modified_gmt":"2026-10-04T13:09:13","slug":"i-asked-a-coworker-to-pretend-to-be-my-boyfriend-at-my-ex-husbands-wedding-but-he-teased-me-and-said-no-one-would-date-you-so-my-fake-date-wiped-the-smile-off-hi","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/awestories24.press\/?p=9213","title":{"rendered":"I Asked a Coworker to Pretend to Be My Boyfriend at My Ex-Husband\u2019s Wedding, but He Teased Me and Said, \u2018No One Would Date You\u2019 \u2013 So My Fake Date Wiped the Smile off His Face"},"content":{"rendered":"<h1><strong>\u201cCongratulations.\u201d<\/strong><\/h1>\n<p>Max looked him up and down.<\/p>\n<p>Then he laughed.<\/p>\n<p>Not politely.<\/p>\n<p>Actually laughed.<\/p>\n<p>Several nearby guests turned toward us.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cWhat\u2019s funny?\u201d I asked.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cHim?\u201d<\/p>\n<p>Max looked around as though everyone should understand the joke.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cYour boyfriend?\u201d<\/p>\n<p>Claire touched his arm.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cMax.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>He ignored her.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cI don\u2019t believe it. No one would date you. Especially someone like him.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>My face burned.<\/p>\n<p>Then he gave me the same grin he always used when he wanted cruelty to sound like humor.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cWhat did you do, pay him to come?\u201d<\/p>\n<p>For half a second, I was back in our bedroom watching him pack.<\/p>\n<p>I wanted to disappear.<\/p>\n<p>Edward didn\u2019t raise his voice.<\/p>\n<p>Instead, he smiled.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cActually, Max, I brought you a wedding gift.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>Max looked surprised.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cFor me?\u201d<\/p>\n<p>\u201cEspecially for you.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>Edward turned to me.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cGive me five minutes.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>Then he walked outside.<\/p>\n<p>Max watched him leave and smirked.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cI knew it.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>Five minutes later, Edward returned carrying the cardboard box from his car.<\/p>\n<p>He set it on an empty table.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cFor the groom.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>Max laughed.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cYou were serious.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>\u201cOpen it.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>By then, several guests were watching.<\/p>\n<p>Max opened the box.<\/p>\n<p>His smile disappeared.<\/p>\n<p>Inside was an enormous pair of trousers.<\/p>\n<p>He pulled them out.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cWhat is this?\u201d<\/p>\n<p>\u201cMine,\u201d Edward said.<\/p>\n<p>Max looked between Edward and the trousers.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cYou wore these?\u201d<\/p>\n<p>\u201cYes.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>Edward took them back.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cI used to be much heavier.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>Max frowned.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cSo?\u201d<\/p>\n<p>Edward looked at me.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cVeronica knows part of this story.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>I stared at him.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cI do?\u201d<\/p>\n<p>\u201cAbout three years ago, before we became friends, someone brought birthday cake into the office.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>Then I remembered.<\/p>\n<p>Edward had been standing near the break room.<\/p>\n<p>Someone offered him cake.<\/p>\n<p>He refused.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cPeople who look like me don\u2019t need cake.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>I had been having a terrible week with Max.<\/p>\n<p>Without thinking, I replied,<\/p>\n<p>\u201cFunny. My husband talks about me like that.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>Edward\u2019s smile disappeared.<\/p>\n<p>Then I told him,<\/p>\n<p>\u201cI hate hearing it from him. I don\u2019t like hearing it from you either.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>At the time, I took my cake and walked away.<\/p>\n<p>I had almost forgotten the conversation.<\/p>\n<div class=\"code-block code-block-3\"><\/div>\n<p>Edward hadn\u2019t.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cThat stayed with me,\u201d he said.<\/p>\n<p>Max looked impatient.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cWhat exactly is the point?\u201d<\/p>\n<p>Edward folded the trousers over one arm.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cThe point is Veronica never told me what I should weigh. She never told me I would be more valuable if my body changed. She just made me realize I had started speaking to myself the same way someone else was speaking to her.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>People were listening now.<\/p>\n<p>Edward continued.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cI stopped postponing my life until I looked acceptable. Later, I changed some habits, and my body changed too.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>Max smirked.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cSo Veronica inspired you to get in shape. Great.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>\u201cNo.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>Edward answered immediately.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cThat is exactly what you still don\u2019t understand.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>Max\u2019s smile faded.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cShe didn\u2019t fix me. There was nothing wrong with me that needed fixing before I deserved to enjoy my own life.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>Claire glanced at Max.<\/p>\n<p>Then at me.<\/p>\n<p>Max gave an uncomfortable laugh.<\/p>\n<h1><strong>\u201cWhat does any of that have to do with me?\u201d<\/strong><\/h1>\n<p>Edward handed him the trousers.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cBecause you looked at me tonight and decided my appearance proved something about Veronica.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>Max shrugged.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cIt does.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>Edward held his gaze.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cThen why are you still trying so hard to prove it?\u201d<\/p>\n<p>Max stopped smiling.<\/p>\n<p>A few minutes later, Edward asked me to step into the hallway.<\/p>\n<p>His expression had changed.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cVeronica, Max was wrong about you. But there\u2019s something I should have said before we came.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>\u201cWhat?\u201d<\/p>\n<p>\u201cYou asked me because you thought showing up with a man who looks like me would prove something to Max.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>My face warmed.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cI know.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>\u201cI agreed because I hoped you would realize it wouldn\u2019t.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>I stared at him.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cYou could have told me that before the wedding.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>\u201cYes.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>\u201cInstead, you let me pretend you were my boyfriend so you could teach me a lesson.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>\u201cYou\u2019re right.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>No excuse.<\/p>\n<p>No argument.<\/p>\n<p>Just that.<\/p>\n<p>I walked farther down the hallway because I refused to cry where Max could see me.<\/p>\n<p>Edward followed but kept his distance.<\/p>\n<p>Then I heard a small voice.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cMom?\u201d<\/p>\n<p>My oldest daughter stood nearby.<\/p>\n<p>I quickly wiped beneath one eye.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cHey.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>She looked toward the reception.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cWhy did Dad say nobody would date you?\u201d<\/p>\n<p>I crouched beside her.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cHe was being unkind.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>She thought for a moment.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cEdward isn\u2019t really your boyfriend?\u201d<\/p>\n<p>\u201cNo.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>\u201cThen why did you say he was?\u201d<\/p>\n<p>For a moment, lying would have been easier.<\/p>\n<p>Instead, I told her the truth.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cBecause I wanted your dad to think somebody wanted me.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>She frowned.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cBut we wanted you here.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>I had no answer.<\/p>\n<p>She hugged me.<\/p>\n<p>That one sentence did more for me than anything Edward or Max had said all evening.<\/p>\n<p>After she ran back to the reception, Edward was still waiting.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cI\u2019m sorry,\u201d he said.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cI\u2019m still angry with you.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>\u201cYou should be.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>Then Max appeared.<\/p>\n<p>His confidence had returned, but it looked more fragile now.<\/p>\n<p>I stared at him.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cYou\u2019re marrying Claire. You got what you wanted. Why do you still need me to be undesirable?\u201d<\/p>\n<p>He didn\u2019t answer.<\/p>\n<p>Claire had followed him into the hallway.<\/p>\n<p>Max glanced at her.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cShe\u2019s twisting this.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>Claire looked at me, then at him.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cYou told me she stopped trying.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>\u201cShe did.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>Claire\u2019s expression changed.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cThat isn\u2019t what I just heard.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>For the first time since Max had packed those suitcases, I wasn\u2019t waiting for him to explain what his opinion meant about me.<\/p>\n<p>Back inside, Edward began putting the old trousers into the box.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cWhat are you doing with them?\u201d I asked.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cTaking them to the donation center.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>\u201cGood.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>He raised an eyebrow.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cI\u2019m still mad at you.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>\u201cFair.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>\u201cYou owe me.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>\u201cAlso fair.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>\u201cStart by getting those pants out of my ex-husband\u2019s wedding.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>He picked up the box.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cBest fake date you\u2019ve ever had.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>\u201cOnly fake date I\u2019ve ever had.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>\u201cStill undefeated.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>I laughed despite myself.<\/p>\n<p>Soon afterward, I gathered the girls.<\/p>\n<p>As we reached the exit, Max called my name.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cSo what happens with you and Edward?\u201d<\/p>\n<p>I turned.<\/p>\n<p>Even now, he needed to know.<\/p>\n<p>If Edward wanted me, Max could measure my value with that.<\/p>\n<p>If he didn\u2019t, Max could measure that too.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cYou really need the answer, don\u2019t you?\u201d<\/p>\n<p>He opened his mouth.<\/p>\n<p>I walked away.<\/p>\n<p>Outside, my older daughter paused beside the car and smoothed her dress.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cMom?\u201d<\/p>\n<div class=\"code-block code-block-2\"><\/div>\n<p>\u201cYeah?\u201d<\/p>\n<p>\u201cDoes this make me look weird?\u201d<\/p>\n<p>The question sounded casual.<\/p>\n<p>That made it hurt more.<\/p>\n<p>I could have immediately told her she looked beautiful.<\/p>\n<p>Instead, I asked,<\/p>\n<p>\u201cDo you like the dress?\u201d<\/p>\n<p>She looked down, then spun once and watched the skirt move around her knees.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cYeah.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>\u201cThen that\u2019s the answer that matters.\u201d<\/p>\n<h1><strong>She smiled and climbed into the car.<\/strong><\/h1>\n<p>Her little sister followed, leaving frosting on the door.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cI look sticky.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>I laughed.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cYou definitely do.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>After buckling her in, I walked around to the driver\u2019s side.<\/p>\n<p>My reflection appeared in the dark car window.<\/p>\n<p>For a moment, Max\u2019s old question returned.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cWhen was the last time you even looked at yourself in the mirror?\u201d<\/p>\n<p>So I looked.<\/p>\n<p>But this time, I didn\u2019t inspect my waist.<\/p>\n<p>I didn\u2019t turn sideways.<\/p>\n<p>I didn\u2019t wonder what Max would criticize.<\/p>\n<p>I didn\u2019t wonder whether Edward would approve.<\/p>\n<p>I simply looked at myself.<\/p>\n<p>Then my three-year-old yelled from inside the car,<\/p>\n<p>\u201cMom! 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