Originally Posted by
rickair7777
I certainly wouldn't assume someone is trying to "control" me, because If I'm the one offering to buy I'm just somewhere on the spectrum of being nice, doing what's expected, or paying it forward. Most people aren't doing it to control.
100%. The notion that somebody insisting on doing something generous means they have control issues is crazy. I don’t doubt that a few could be that way, but they are certainly outliers and most people are just trying to be nice.
To place “control freak” as one of the more plausible/likely explanations is to really,
really, overthink this.