“Price please!” Season come again

Dec 11, 2025 Dem Boys Seh, Features / Columnists

(Kaieteur News) – Is Christmas time, and de jewellery stores pon social media shining brighter than de fairy lights pon Main Street. Every day dem posting diamond rings so clean you could see yuh whole future in it… and gold chains so heavy dem could stabilise de dollar if de Bank of Guyana hold on to two.

But is de comments section that does tell you de real story. Because for every “Lovely piece!” and “OMG!”, yuh gon see de inevitable question: “Price please?” Guyanese national motto during Christmas time.

And after dem jewellery store inbox de price, you could hear a pin drop. Silence. Not even one “Seen” comment. People does disappear faster dan de internet during blackout.

Dem boys seh everybody want de big, shiny stone… until dem find out the stone cost more than de plot of land dem grandmother struggle 30 years to pay off. Is de season of goodwill, yes, but not of reckless spending. Plenty of we scrolling through de jewellery posts with a warm heart and an empty pocket. We want de diamond, but we know very well is show string budget we operating with.

But dreaming free, man. And Guyanese is champion dreamers. We does watch dem pieces and picture weself walking into a Christmas party, neck and fingers looking like dem sponsored by Dubai. In de daydream everything perfect—until reality tap yuh pon de shoulder like, “Boss, check yuh wallet.” And when yuh open it, is two receipts, a bus fare, and a one hundred dollar that look tired.

Dem boys seh that’s the thing about Christmas jewellery shopping: it does remind we that life sweet, but de price does always shock yuh back to sobriety. Still, nothing wrong with admiring beautiful things, even if dem above yuh pay grade. One day might come when yuh savings catch up with yuh taste.

Until then, we gon keep scrolling, keep dreaming, and keep asking, “Price please?”—even though, deep inside we know we ain’t ready for de answer!

Talk half. Leff half.

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