The definition of a gift rant

I have a question for you...what does the word "gift" mean? The reason I ask is simple.
There are people in my life, specifically in my family that think a gift is a thing that you make
someone work there ass off to get, making sure along the way to build as many hoops as possible for
them to jump through before you get pissed off that the person you are "giving" this "gift" to isin't
living up to your expectations and then finally (after stringing them along for 6 MONTHS) just say
fuck it, I'm bored with showing how superior I am to you. I was just fucking with you, you can't have
the gift after all, even though you need this item to make a living and given the last six moths probably
could have come up with the money yourself but I strung you along, kept you thinking I was a kind
person willing to help out someone in need. Oh well, I'm bored, have a nice life. So I was just
wondering, because I thought a gift was something you gave, no strings attatched, as a sign of love or
caring. I guess not.

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