Dom, I hear you on not looking a gift horse in the mouth ... but come on. It's a bit more complicated than that. Sometimes a cigar is just a cigar .... sometimes a last-ditch attempt to go all out to wow a spouse is a generous act of kindness .... but sometimes it's just a self-interested attempt at manipulation. By your reasoning, a wife whose husband knocked her to the ground in a drunken fit of rage and then showed up the next day with a diamond necklace should just try to be grateful for the gift.
I'm sure Fran can tell the difference....
"Show me a completely smooth operation and I'll show you someone who's covering mistakes. Real boats rock." -- Frank Herbert
