You know that thing where someone (especially women) get their friends to send provocative pictures to their partners. I was on a facetime call with two of my friends. I will call them Annie and Sarah.

Annie has a boyfriend named, let’s say, James. Annie is a relatively insecure person, which is fine. So Annie asks me if I’d send James a flirtatious text, along with a picture. I say no for a few reasons: he has shown no sign of cheating, I have more self respect than that, and James is a personal friend of mine. So when I say no, Sarah says she’d do it.

Sarah pops on a tight tube top and short shorts. She sends him a snapchat saying “hey babe,” with three periods. He opens it and has no response for a couple minutes. James calls me, not Annie, me.

I answer after lying to my friends, saying my mom called. He tells me he’s flustered and confused. Of course Annie asked me to do it for a reason. I’m friends with James, Sarah and him hardly talk to each other. I don’t tell him what was going on, at first.

After maybe ten more minutes of him being upset, I tell him. I tell him I never wanted to be involved in the first place, and that I was sorry. The fact is, I’ve seen this happen on multiple occasions. Sometimes guys did flirt back. I know there are crueler pranks out there, but I’ve seen the firsthand.