Full article at MarketWatch
"Accepting an act of goodwill — whether it’s a sports jacket or a pumpkin pie — should be done with careful consideration because, once you’ve accepted it, it’s easier to accept again, and before you can say “Paging Stephen King!” you are locked in a cycle of give-and-take with a person who could be just lonely or, in a worst case scenario, even unstable. You need to ask yourself what a good actor asks his director, “What are her motivations? What are mine?”"
