Neighbour invites and gifts from friends

Neighbour invites and gifts from friends

Hello. I have 2 questions. First of all, if a notice comes up in the game that a certain friend needs neighbours and it is his name by itself, does that mean he has sent me a neighbour request or is the game just trying to get me to send him a gift and become neighbours? I notice that all the other neighbour requests seem to be in groups of 3. Also, if a notice comes up that I got 25 coins when this person joined the game, does that mean he has sent me the coins or is it just the game doing that to me and/or everybody else on the list? My friend started playing this game long before I did. One day when I logged on to play the game after I had been playing it for a few weeks that message was there that I got 25 coins from him. I really need to know if my friend sent these 2 requests or if the game is trying to generate them. This person doesn't like getting requests that he has not asked for. Thanks.