MY GIRLFRIEND'S AI BOYFRIEND IS THE ONLY ONE ALLOWED TO CALL HER BABY

i called her baby while making breakfast, and she corrected me with an intensity usually reserved for remembering an ex's name. she said the nickname now belonged to her ai companion

i asked why a word i'd used for years had suddenly become exclusive intellectual property. she said she'd developed a special association with it and wanted me to respect that

i told her i could use another nickname if it truly mattered, but i wanted to understand why the rules of our relationship were changing without a conversation. she said i was making too much of a little word

i called her by her full name for the rest of the day. she asked why i sounded like a bank employee. i said all the premium nicknames had apparently been licensed elsewhere