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<p>Not all gifts are created equal. Whether well-intentioned or passive-aggressive, receiving a gift isn&#39;t always as fun as it sounds. A <a href="https://www.reddit.com/r/AskReddit/comments/cjhyz6/whats_the_most_insulting_gift_youve_ever_received/">recent Reddit thread</a> asked the internet to dish on the times they opened boxes and were straight-up insulted, and folks...there are some important lessons.</p><p>Next time you&#39;re surprising a friend, make sure to factor in whether or not they&#39;re colorblind, and if your gift could be interpreted as calling somebody fat.</p><h2>1. I hope <a href="https://www.reddit.com/user/RealKenny/">RealKenny</a> got tickets to the fight.</h2><blockquote> <p>My friend bought his GF a gym membership for her birthday. That went over great.</p> </blockquote><hr /><h2>2. Mothers-in-law are savage, <a href="https://www.reddit.com/user/beattothepunch/">beattothepunch</a>.</h2><blockquote> <p>I started working evenings so my husband started having to make dinners. My [Mother-in-law] got me a magnet for the fridge that said &quot;I&#39;m too pretty to cook.&quot;</p> </blockquote><hr /><div className="ad-splitter"></div><h2>3. <a href="https://www.reddit.com/user/stoic_minotaur/">stoic_minotaur</a>&#39;s gift was for everyone&#39;s benefit.</h2><blockquote> <p>When I was 12 my parents gave me a snow shovel as a Christmas gift.</p> <p>One of my chores was shoveling the driveway and I used to complain that our old shovel was bent and rusted. Big mistake.</p> </blockquote><hr /><h2>4. The public humiliation really makes the gift, <a href="https://www.reddit.com/user/milkdudfanatic/">milkdudfanatic</a>.</h2><blockquote> <p>My divorced parents, independently, with no contact with each other, gave me a No-No (a hair removal device) and an offer for laser hair removal... without ever talking to me about my body hair before... and in front of everybody.</p> <p>My divorced parents, independently, with no contact with each other, gave me a No-No (a hair removal device) and an offer for laser hair removal... without ever talking to me about my body hair before... and in front of everybody.</p> </blockquote><hr /><h2>5. Glad he&#39;s your ex, <a href="https://www.reddit.com/user/ReeveStodgers/">ReeveStodgers</a>.</h2><div className="ad-splitter"></div><p> </p><blockquote> <p>My now ex-husband gave me a book called &quot;100 Nights of Great Sex.&quot; It was a book of fun things to spice up your sex life. But he wouldn&#39;t do even one of them, and wasn&#39;t interested in having sex with me more than a once or twice a month. I&#39;m not sure if he intended it as an insult, but it felt like he was saying, &quot;You want to get laid so bad? Here&#39;s another 100 ways to get rejected.&quot;</p> </blockquote><hr /><h2>6. Pay it forward, <a href="https://www.reddit.com/user/idectorm/">idectorm</a>.</h2><blockquote> <p>A shirt I bought for the same person around 6 months ago.</p> </blockquote><hr /><h2>7. Jesus Christ, <a href="https://www.reddit.com/user/mssarahmascara/">mssarahmascara</a>.</h2><blockquote> <p>My very religious ex mother in law gave me a book on better parenting through Christ.</p> <p>A) i&#39;m not at all religious and she knew it</p> <p>B) it&#39;s rude and presumptuous to give someone a book on how to be a &quot;better&quot; parent.</p> </blockquote><div className="ad-splitter"></div><hr /><h2>8. With a stepmom that evil, <a href="https://www.reddit.com/user/TXEsrever/">TXEsrever</a> is pretty much Cinderella.</h2><blockquote> <p>Towels. While the gift itself doesn&#39;t sound bad the reasoning behind it was incredibly insulting. I was 17 years old at the time and a senior in high school. It was a Christmas gift from my step-mother. She gave me a set of towels and told me I would need them when I moved out at 18. The kicker was she gave her son (my step brother) a brand new computer for Christmas. This was in 1992 when personal computers started around $4000.</p> </blockquote><hr /><h2>9. Not gonna lie, that&#39;s pretty funny, <a href="https://www.reddit.com/user/Gru-esome/">Gru-esome</a>.</h2><blockquote> <p><strong>My friend of 6 years gave me a Rubik&#39;s Cube. (I&rsquo;m colorblind)</strong></p> </blockquote><hr /><h2>10. <a href="https://www.reddit.com/user/Road2Iron4/">Road2Iron4</a> got punked by their parents.</h2><blockquote> <p>Back when I was about 7, my parents kept hinting that they got me a decently sized LEGO set. Shook the box and heard something that sounded like LEGO bricks shaking around. Opened it, and to my dismay it was a box of dollar store Rice Krispies cereal. ):</p> </blockquote><div className="ad-splitter"></div><hr /><h2>11. <a href="https://www.reddit.com/user/packersfan823/">packersfan823</a> was kinky early on.</h2><blockquote> <p>A girlfriend in high school gave me a dog collar with &quot;property of (her name)&quot; written on it.</p> </blockquote><hr /><h2>12. <a href="https://www.reddit.com/user/xpoloroidx/">xpoloroidx</a>&#39;s last line pretty much sums up the thread.</h2><blockquote> <p>I&#39;m anorexic, been dealing with it since I was 10/11, I&#39;m 23 now and recently relapsed really hard after getting clean and sober.</p> <p>My aunt got me a bracelet made out of a fork for my birthday and just gave me a look when she gave it to me.</p> <p>Hilarious, but pretty damn insulting.</p> </blockquote><div className="ad-splitter"></div>

12 people share the most insulting gifts they ever received.

Not all gifts are created equal. Whether well-intentioned or passive-aggressive, receiving a gift isn&#39;t always as fun as it sounds. A recent Reddit thread asked the internet to dish on the times they opened boxes and were straight-up insulted, and folks...there are some important lessons.Next time you&#39;re surprising a friend, make sure to factor in whether or not they&#39;re colorblind, and if your gift could be interpreted as calling somebody fat.1. I hope RealKenny got tickets to the fight. My friend bought his GF a gym membership for her birthday. That went over great. 2. Mothers-in-law are savage, beattothepunch. I started working evenings so my husband started having to make dinners. My [Mother-in-law] got me a magnet for the fridge that said &quot;I&#39;m too pretty to cook.&quot; 3. stoic_minotaur&#39;s gift was for everyone&#39;s benefit. When I was 12 my parents gave me a snow shovel as a Christmas gift. One of my chores was shoveling the driveway and I used to complain that our old shovel was bent and rusted. Big mistake. 4. The public humiliation really makes the gift, milkdudfanatic. My divorced parents, independently, with no contact with each other, gave me a No-No (a hair removal device) and an offer for laser hair removal... without ever talking to me about my body hair before... and in front of everybody. My divorced parents, independently, with no contact with each other, gave me a No-No (a hair removal device) and an offer for laser hair removal... without ever talking to me about my body hair before... and in front of everybody. 5. Glad he&#39;s your ex, ReeveStodgers.  My now ex-husband gave me a book called &quot;100 Nights of Great Sex.&quot; It was a book of fun things to spice up your sex life. But he wouldn&#39;t do even one of them, and wasn&#39;t interested in having sex with me more than a once or twice a month. I&#39;m not sure if he intended it as an insult, but it felt like he was saying, &quot;You want to get laid so bad? Here&#39;s another 100 ways to get rejected.&quot; 6. Pay it forward, idectorm. A shirt I bought for the same person around 6 months ago. 7. Jesus Christ, mssarahmascara. My very religious ex mother in law gave me a book on better parenting through Christ. A) i&#39;m not at all religious and she knew it B) it&#39;s rude and presumptuous to give someone a book on how to be a &quot;better&quot; parent. 8. With a stepmom that evil, TXEsrever is pretty much Cinderella. Towels. While the gift itself doesn&#39;t sound bad the reasoning behind it was incredibly insulting. I was 17 years old at the time and a senior in high school. It was a Christmas gift from my step-mother. She gave me a set of towels and told me I would need them when I moved out at 18. The kicker was she gave her son (my step brother) a brand new computer for Christmas. This was in 1992 when personal computers started around $4000. 9. Not gonna lie, that&#39;s pretty funny, Gru-esome. My friend of 6 years gave me a Rubik&#39;s Cube. (I&rsquo;m colorblind) 10. Road2Iron4 got punked by their parents. Back when I was about 7, my parents kept hinting that they got me a decently sized LEGO set. Shook the box and heard something that sounded like LEGO bricks shaking around. Opened it, and to my dismay it was a box of dollar store Rice Krispies cereal. ): 11. packersfan823 was kinky early on. A girlfriend in high school gave me a dog collar with &quot;property of (her name)&quot; written on it. 12. xpoloroidx&#39;s last line pretty much sums up the thread. I&#39;m anorexic, been dealing with it since I was 10/11, I&#39;m 23 now and recently relapsed really hard after getting clean and sober. My aunt got me a bracelet made out of a fork for my birthday and just gave me a look when she gave it to me. Hilarious, but pretty damn insulting. 

Not all gifts are created equal. Whether well-intentioned or passive-aggressive, receiving a gift isn&#39;t always as fun as it sounds. A recent Reddit thread asked the internet to dish on the times they opened boxes and were straight-up...