M didn't, unlike the genie in the story, grant us anything!  He certainly didn't "grant me life."  My parents did that and I am very grateful to them for doing so.  This, despite the fact that I squandered so much of it on a god-in-a-bod-fraud! 

Still, they gave me that life without (many) preconditions, other than emptying the garbage, mowing the lawn and paying attention in school.   Small price to pay for that which I was given.  Heck, they don't even expect me to take care of them in their latter years.  How's THAT for no preconditions!  

M, on the other hand, expected and expects EVERYTHING and has "given" nothing at all!  Genie in a bottle?  Not hardly!  More like a nightmare that is hard to escape!