Have you ever received a gift with strings attached? Has the gift ever felt tainted? Did you walk away feeling in debited or like you just did something wrong? If so your not crazy, you may have just been used as a pawn in a passive aggressive scheme.
Over-giving is one of the most power weapons of the insecure. They use it to buy friendship, influence and love. Then by the time you wake up to the gig its too late. You are married, in a bad job or horrible friendship. Don't be fooled by the ploy of the aggressively insecure. You have a right to refuse gift and to cut the strings that are tethering you to the ground. Learn to cut the strings with the insecure and soar to new heights.