I find it very hard at times to treat our Balinese friends as friends. I am soft hearted and always give money every time we visit, but the last time, one we gave to seemed a little embarrassed
and said he didn't have much to give in return, this made me realise
maybe I'm not treating our friends with the respect they deserve, has anyone else felt like this and what do you do? We have another friend who won't accept money not even for transport, so I take him a present from Aust. I just feel sometimes like we are buying friends, and other times I feel we aren't giving enough.. And when we go out with them I'm not sure if we offend by paying for their meals and drinks. (they don't asked to be fed by the way, we just jump in first)