The plant may not thrive, but the million dollar question is .... do plants have feelings? I'm not sure it would feel unhappy? Maybe they do.
At any rate, there are lots of artificial plants nowadays that look real enough you can't tell they aren't real without touching them. Artificial plants have come a long way. Gone are they days of fakey looking plastic stuff. Google artificial plants and you may be surprised. And then at the end of the year you can re-sell your plant, move it or give it away or put it in storage until you are able to use it again.