[KillarneyRose]

It seems to me that you and your big just have different ways of showing affection. I am sure she loves the gifts you get her, but perhaps she feels she doesn't have the money to return the gesture so she feels funny about taking things. Maybe it's her background that her "real" family members don't give each other spontaneous presents so she's not used to it and she doesn't quite know how to react?

Same with the hugging/touching. Maybe her family members didn't show a lot of affection toward one another and she's not used to it? I'm kind of like that. I don't come from a family of huggers and I always feel awkward when I run into someone I haven't seen in awhile and they go to give me a hug. It's not that I'm not genuinely glad to see them or that I don't like them, it's just that I'm not a hugger.