This year’s craziest friend – Ytring

I sat on the sofa under the blanket and made up my mind. Now I just do it. Now I send that message. I have the best friends in the world, most of them from childhood. Of course I love them, and I wish them everything in the world. But this autumn I have thought a lot about exactly that: Why spend money on gifts that no one really needs when there is so much else to spend the money on? Everything has become more expensive, and I’m probably not the only one who notices that the price of food, fuel and electricity is taking a bigger part of the cake. But it still cost me quite a bit to send that message. How would the girls take it? Will they think I’m poor? Do they think I’m stingy and clumsy? Am I not such a good friend after all? Am I breaking a year-long tradition where we wish each other a Merry Christmas, and give each other attention in the form of a good hand cream, napkins and scented candles, woolen socks, reflective vests and things like that? At the bottom of the article, you can tell us if you’re doing something different than you usually do with your Christmas gifts this year. I’ll admit that I held my breath while waiting for an answer. Was my proposal so stupid that the girlfriends would overlook it? Or drop me completely at the next lunch? Then came the first answer: Three red hearts in a row. The next message came like this: Totally agree, can’t we go to a cafe together before Christmas instead, much cozier! Count me in! I quickly called my friend Ann-Kristin and asked what she thought when she got the message. – I think it was a bit delicious, me. Then we don’t have to run to the shops and try to come up with something, she said. We agreed to visit a cafe on Saturday at 1 p.m. The next friend replied like this: I have homemade plum liqueur. We have to test it together – it’s nicer than a present! This is true friendship, I think. Doing something together instead of buying, buying, buying… Money saved is perhaps rather a donation to someone who needs it more than my friends? It actually felt a bit liberating to have sent that message. Maybe I’m not the worst friend of the year after all? Isn’t it the case that someone always has to be the first to suggest a change? We must not follow the same track all the time when the rest of the world is constantly changing. Now I’m looking forward to both café visits and plum liqueur with the best people. I already have napkins and scented candles. Are you doing something different than you usually do with your Christmas presents this year? Here you can share your tips and experiences with others. Hi! Welcome to dialogue at news. Since you are logged in to other news services, you do not have to log in again here, but we need your consent to our terms of use for online dialogue



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