please - need suggestions for present for friend

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I haven't seen one of my friends for some time - thought she was busy but turns out she is having a difficult time and has been depressed and off work

we were going to meet next week but I just spoke to her today and she sounded really cagey and sad - said she couldn't meet up with me cos things were really bad but didn't want to talk about it

I wanted to send her a little gift to show her I cared about her but didn't want to come on too strong as I'm obviously not the person she would turn to; don't want to seem ghoulish

but am a bit clueless. chocs are out because I know she's been losing weight, bottle of wine out too cos I know she's trying to cut down

I wondered about a CD since that would be easy enough to put in the post rather than stalking her on her doorstep

any suggestions?

i've had a similar situation recently. a friend from work who was having a hard time - i know she's got closer friends than me that she would be already getting support from, so i felt that i shouldn't hassle her. like you say it just seems like you're being nosey doesn't it. i kept in touch by texting so she didn't have to reply and recently she visited me and told me the whole (v long story). after, she said it had helped to go through it all as she felt like she was starting to 'bore' her close friends and also i had a different perspective as i don't know her dp that well. i guess what i'm saying is, stay close as you may be needed in the long run iyswim
about a pressie - maybe too obvious, but how about flowers. they're easy to have delivered and just say you're thinking of her??

Flowers are good or a balloon special with thinking of you theme!

Second flowers (delivered), unless you know her music taste and what she has and hasn't got really really well