Marina never liked Dasha's husband, and now even more so. Her husband told her many times that she needed to stay away from people like Marinka, and she certainly could not be considered a friend. Dasha was silent, waved her off, endured. She met Marina when she was still at the institute, then they lived in the same dorm room, shared all the secrets. 15 years have passed since then, and the girls have long parted ways. Everyone lived their own lives, communication was very rare and short-lived.
Dasha inherited a good two-room apartment from her aunt, she got a job in her specialty, and then she met her future husband. The man turned out to be very good: handy, hard-working, caring, responsible. In general, Dasha had a good stable life. Regular vacation, a couple of times they were even abroad, good kids. Shod, dressed. Every day they have tasty treats, new toys on a regular basis. There are even two cars for the family, which not everyone can afford.
Marina was less fortunate. She did not find anything in her specialty, she got a job with a low salary. In my personal life, nothing went well, the rest was only on the local beach. Not so long ago, Dasha got married, gave birth to a child. Women rarely, but still called up, but did not share their secrets too much. On birthdays, however, we saw each other. Marina always tried to choose a more expensive and necessary gift for her friend. She even helped when she had the opportunity. But Dasha's husband treated this all badly, but for the sake of his beloved he endured. And Dasha tried not to pay attention to this, because she was not going to choose between people dear to her.
Then the women decided to meet with their husbands after the New Year, on January 1. And Dasha invited Marina's family to her place. I thought they would talk, drink tea, and then go for a walk to the New Year tree, the center is very close. The past year was difficult for Dasha's family, there were many falls, but they still remained afloat. Dasha laid a table of fruits, cookies, sweets, prepared a gorgeous cake, and in terms of cooking Marina could definitely envy her.
So the guests came. How glad Dasha was to see Marina. She hugged her like her own, but she just simply reciprocated, nothing more. The women went into the bathtub for the guest to wash her hands, and at the same time looked at the repairs.
- Dash, why are you washing your hair with this cheap shampoo? I didn't expect from you, of course. - Marina grimaced.
Dasha felt unpleasant, but she missed it. Indeed, in her youth, she chose very expensive cosmetics for herself, including shampoos, but here it costs a simple one, which costs a maximum of 150 rubles.
They all sat down at the table. Dasha enthusiastically cut and laid out the cake, her husband poured delicious tea into cups. Marina started a conversation:
- Sasha and I are flying to Sochi soon. I am going to master snowboarding and skiing. He knows how, and it's time for me to learn. It is very interesting to me. Are you going somewhere for the New Year holidays?
Dasha, suspecting nothing, answered:
- We will be at home this time. We're not going anywhere. We will walk, watch New Year's films! And not to travel this year. They gathered at the dacha for their parents. It is useful for children in nature. We’ll flood the bathhouse, we’ll fire the kebabs, we’ll go sledging, well, and ski too.
- What? To the village to the dacha? - Marina grimaced again. - Yes, it is not easy in poverty. If we only knew that everything is so bad with you, we would bring normal sweets for your children, otherwise feed them some nonsense!
Dasha later reassured her husband, of course, but he drove the guests out of his house. How good that it didn't come to a fight! That's how it happened, Marinka spent her whole life interrupting from bread to water, and Dasha lived normally, but in this year everything changed, Marinka got better with money, and for Dasha's family difficult time. The spouses did not go to the tree, because the mood was completely gone. Here's a friend.
Dasha never reproached her for her poverty, gave expensive gifts, always treated her well, and she, apparently, envied her, and was waiting for an opportunity to humiliate her. So, now Marina is a rich woman, and Dasha is not a person of her circle. It's a shame ...
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