[And in that lies the answer. While some of it is customs, norms and obligations, what it should be and often comes from is just the urge, the wanting to give. There's no real difficulty in that and not on the other side of the coin either. Someone wanted to give you something. You accept that.]
[It might be overwhelming at times, but in the end, it's still pretty simple. Maybe that's just it, though; the simple things are the ones that people tend to overcomplicate.]
[Moving his hand away from her face, he takes her hand and tugs on her fingers slightly as he steers them towards the Christmas tree and once there picks out a small, roundish package. The only thing on the label is her name and he hands it over without flourish, just presenting it as what it is: a token of affection.]
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[And in that lies the answer. While some of it is customs, norms and obligations, what it should be and often comes from is just the urge, the wanting to give. There's no real difficulty in that and not on the other side of the coin either. Someone wanted to give you something. You accept that.]
[It might be overwhelming at times, but in the end, it's still pretty simple. Maybe that's just it, though; the simple things are the ones that people tend to overcomplicate.]
[Moving his hand away from her face, he takes her hand and tugs on her fingers slightly as he steers them towards the Christmas tree and once there picks out a small, roundish package. The only thing on the label is her name and he hands it over without flourish, just presenting it as what it is: a token of affection.]