Louise O'Neill: 'We have to take our joy where we can find it right now'
Louise O'Neill: 'Reach out and ask for your needs to be met.' Picture: Moya Nolan
A good friend of mine sent me a lovely present for my birthday. When I texted him to say thank you – adding “I can’t believe you remembered!” – he replied, “well, it was flagged in the National Press on Saturday. Thankfully. Otherwise, I would have forgotten.”
It was later that day when my accountant phoned to discuss something business related and he ended our call by wishing me a happy birthday, I realised that I might have gone slightly over the top by writing a column in this paper, specifying the exact date (I may as well have titled the piece “Why My Boyfriend Will Never Forget My Birthday” by Louise O’Neill, a friend commented).
