User blog comment:Pappa2eco/Tiny Social Issue/@comment-5212810-20121205002656

Even if you can't visit her unless she tips you, you should be able to gift her if you start with someone else who has a gift button (you can always deselect them in the screen that asks who will you send [your gift] to?). In my game, I can select people  in the "who will you send this gift to"  screen who do not have a gift button in the friends screen.