Don't base your perception on deceptions
A young man just starting out in his career had to scrimp and save to buy his girlfriend a dozen white roses for her birthday. She was touched by the gesture, and in time, they got married.
Every year, her husband gave her a dozen white roses for her birthday. At first, she was moved by the sentiment. But as the years went by, and they grew more and more successful, she began to resent his lack of imagination. Eventually she began to get angry about the flowers, but she never said anything in order to spare his feelings.
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