Stewed Figs from the neighbor's neighbor

We made cookies for some of our friends this holiday season. They are darn good cookies, too - cheap to make and easier than buying real gifts. Right before Christmas, we distributed these cookies to friends and neighbors. The nice people next door, who will remain anonymous, appreciated the cookies. "Ister-may Ill-Bay" felt that he wanted to reciprocate our gesture with one of his own, so he dug through his pantry and found some stewed figs. He brought them to us, explaining that someone gave them to him, and he DOESN'T LIKE THEM. I generously took them, so that I could put them in our trash can, because, what is a fig, anyway?


I thought it might be a one-time event, but a few days later, "Ister-may Ill-Bay" came over offering soup. It was "a chili-based soup" he said, and he wasn't sure he could eat it. I accepted, and then he revealed to me that the neighbor up the street had given it to him. Does this violate anyone else's social code, or just mine? At this time, I quickly said, "Now that I think about it, I don't like chili-based soup, either."


Was that a good save or what?


To complement my suave recovery, I now run gracefully the other way when I see him.