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<p><span style="font-family: BlinkMacSystemFont, -apple-system, &quot;Segoe UI&quot;, Roboto, Oxygen, Ubuntu, Cantarell, &quot;Fira Sans&quot;, &quot;Droid Sans&quot;, &quot;Helvetica Neue&quot;, Helvetica, Arial, sans-serif;">We all know it&#39;s the thought that counts when it comes to gifts. And while that sentiment applies to plenty of off-the-mark but well meaning gifts, there are some presents that are so <em>obviously </em>bad you might as well embrace the terribleness.</span></p><p><span style="font-family: BlinkMacSystemFont, -apple-system, &quot;Segoe UI&quot;, Roboto, Oxygen, Ubuntu, Cantarell, &quot;Fira Sans&quot;, &quot;Droid Sans&quot;, &quot;Helvetica Neue&quot;, Helvetica, Arial, sans-serif;">If you&#39;ve ever received a gift that made you question whether someone actually liked you, or if they remembered your birthday at all, then you&#39;re far from alone.</span></p><h2><span style="font-family: BlinkMacSystemFont, -apple-system, &quot;Segoe UI&quot;, Roboto, Oxygen, Ubuntu, Cantarell, &quot;Fira Sans&quot;, &quot;Droid Sans&quot;, &quot;Helvetica Neue&quot;, Helvetica, Arial, sans-serif;">In <a href="https://www.reddit.com/r/AskReddit/comments/kmqf66/what_is_the_worst_gift_youve_ever_received_for/" target="_blank">a popular Reddit thread</a>, people shared the worst birthday gifts they&#39;ve ever received, and it ranges from funny to depressing.</span><br /> </h2><p><span style="color: rgb(74, 74, 74); font-family: BlinkMacSystemFont, -apple-system, &quot;Segoe UI&quot;, Roboto, Oxygen, Ubuntu, Cantarell, &quot;Fira Sans&quot;, &quot;Droid Sans&quot;, &quot;Helvetica Neue&quot;, Helvetica, Arial, sans-serif; font-size: 1.5em; font-weight: 600; letter-spacing: -0.01em;">1. From </span><a href="https://www.reddit.com/user/SmokeWineEveryday/" style="font-family: BlinkMacSystemFont, -apple-system, &quot;Segoe UI&quot;, Roboto, Oxygen, Ubuntu, Cantarell, &quot;Fira Sans&quot;, &quot;Droid Sans&quot;, &quot;Helvetica Neue&quot;, Helvetica, Arial, sans-serif; font-size: 1.5em; letter-spacing: -0.01em;">SmokeWineEveryday</a><span style="color: rgb(74, 74, 74); font-family: BlinkMacSystemFont, -apple-system, &quot;Segoe UI&quot;, Roboto, Oxygen, Ubuntu, Cantarell, &quot;Fira Sans&quot;, &quot;Droid Sans&quot;, &quot;Helvetica Neue&quot;, Helvetica, Arial, sans-serif; font-size: 1.5em; font-weight: 600; letter-spacing: -0.01em;">:</span></p><blockquote> <p>My uncle and aunt gave me a broken toy car when I was like 5. They let my cousin play with it before it was my birthday and he broke it.</p> </blockquote><h2>2. From <a href="https://www.reddit.com/user/m3714246/">m3714246</a>:</h2><blockquote> <p>An anti aging cream. Would be cool if I wasn&#39;t 9 years old. Opened it and it was obvious it was used before, also had a hair in it. Mom put it in trash immediately.</p> </blockquote><div className="ad-splitter"></div><h2>3. From <a href="https://www.reddit.com/user/NerdyFrida/">NerdyFrida</a>:</h2><blockquote> <p>When I was ten my grandma gave me a plain white towel. I wasn&#39;t good at hiding my dissapointment so my mom made me apologise and pretend that I loved it. There was no way that I could tell it apart from all the other plain white towels we had.</p> </blockquote><blockquote> <p>One birthday my mom gave me two dresses without a receipt. One was size XL, one was size XS. My size is M. I didn&#39;t ask her what she was thinking.</p> </blockquote><h2>4. From <a href="https://www.reddit.com/user/Cats_Waffles/">Cats_Waffles</a>:</h2><blockquote> <p>A keychain in the shape of Texas with the name and phone number of a random traffic lawyer. I&#39;ve never been to Texas or expressed interest in the state, and I didn&#39;t know the lawyer.</p> </blockquote><h2>5. From <a href="https://www.reddit.com/user/saltiestteacher/">saltiestteacher</a>:</h2><blockquote> <p>One year my uncle got me batteries, with a note that said &ldquo;toy not included.&rdquo; Another year he wrote IOU on a piece of paper.</p> </blockquote><h2>6. From <a href="https://www.reddit.com/user/not-a-real_username/">not-a-real_username</a>:</h2><blockquote> <p>I was buying $5 cd I wanted on my bday, my (now) ex said he hadn&#39;t gotten me a gift yet, so he said he&#39;d just buy it for my gift. About a week later I was buying groceries, and a $5 bill was in my change and he is it eyeing it. He tells me &quot;hey... you never paid me back for the cd I got you for your birthday.&quot; So, I gave him the money for it.</p> </blockquote><div className="ad-splitter"></div><h2>7. From <a href="https://www.reddit.com/user/fujfuj/">fujfuj</a>:</h2><blockquote> <p>A birthday cake that I was then asked to pay for.</p> <p>I don&rsquo;t eat cake.</p> </blockquote><h2>8. From <a href="https://www.reddit.com/user/thepanichand/">thepanichand</a>:</h2><blockquote> <p>My a**hole MIL gave me her used bathrobe. I don&#39;t know how one could possibly say f**k you more eloquently without words than that. Still stuns me 20+ years later.</p> </blockquote><h2>9. From <a href="https://www.reddit.com/user/1836547290/">1836547290</a>:</h2><blockquote> <p>Last birthday I lived with my family they all went out to eat without me lol</p> </blockquote><h2>10. From <a href="https://www.reddit.com/user/AlexGarrido/">AlexGarrido</a>:</h2><blockquote> <p>My husband died and due to the logistics of everything, his funeral was on my birthday. Pretty crappy present to say the least.</p> </blockquote><h2>11. From <a href="https://www.reddit.com/user/jpm1188/">jpm1188</a>:</h2><blockquote> <p>Last year for Christmas I got a half eaten meat basket from my In laws! The summer sausage was cut in half and wrapped with plastic wrap and the cheese spread had been opened.</p> </blockquote><h2>12. From <a href="https://www.reddit.com/user/_Sauza_/">_Sauza_</a>:</h2><blockquote> <p>When I was in my tweens, my cousin decided to give me his copy of dead space (really awesome title btw) for my birthday. I was really happy because that was the first time someone other than my parents gave me a gift.</p> <p>He messaged me two days later for the game back because a new suit came out for the game .-.</p> </blockquote><div className="ad-splitter"></div><h2>13. From <a href="https://www.reddit.com/user/Cpdgcibseg/">Cpdgcibseg</a>:</h2><blockquote> <p>My boyfriend broke up with me. When I started crying and mentioned how it was a sh**ty gift he said &quot;oh sh*t. I forgot it&#39;s your birthday.&quot;</p> </blockquote><h2>14. From <a href="https://www.reddit.com/user/UGLYWULF/">UGLYWULF</a>:</h2><blockquote> <p>I got a tube sock filled with nickels and hard candy from a purse.</p> </blockquote><h2>15. From <a href="https://www.reddit.com/user/Imnotfunnybutitried/">Imnotfunnybutitried</a>:</h2><blockquote> <p>A day at an amusement park where my father explicitly went out of his way to make it excruciatingly clear that we were not there FOR my birthday.</p> <p>I was 8.</p> </blockquote><h2>16. From <a href="https://www.reddit.com/user/sunflakie/">sunflakie</a>:</h2><blockquote> <p>I was an overweight teen and my aunt got me a scale for my 15th birthday.</p> </blockquote><h2>17. From <a href="https://www.reddit.com/user/pinupgal/">pinupgal</a>:</h2><blockquote> <p>A box of chocolates with some eaten from the box: my aunt thought they were &ldquo;for the house,&rdquo; but the person gifting it gave them to me anyway. Same birthday: my mother gave me a file folder with pictures she cut out of a catalog with notes like &ldquo;I know you like these, maybe one day you&rsquo;ll get them!&rdquo;. Bizarre, to say the very least.</p> </blockquote><div className="ad-splitter"></div><h2>18. From <a href="https://www.reddit.com/user/Cheetodude625/">Cheetodude625</a>:</h2><blockquote> <p>Everyone forgetting that my birthday happened despite the fact that I&#39;m a twin but everyone remembered my twin&#39;s birthday instead of mine.</p> </blockquote><h2>19. From <a href="https://www.reddit.com/user/Random486/">Random486</a>:</h2><blockquote> <p>Alcoholic chocolates from my brother for my 9th birthday. He just ended up eating them himself.</p> </blockquote><h2>20. From <a href="https://www.reddit.com/user/hananobira/">hananobira</a>:</h2><blockquote> <p>I had just worked off the baby weight and was finally down to a small again. My mom, who loves to take digs at my weight, bought me a bunch of tent-like drape-y clothes in Large.</p> </blockquote><div className="ad-splitter"></div>

20 people share the worst birthday gift they've ever received.

We all know it&#39;s the thought that counts when it comes to gifts. And while that sentiment applies to plenty of off-the-mark but well meaning gifts, there are some presents that are so obviously bad you might as well embrace the terribleness.If you&#39;ve ever received a gift that made you question whether someone actually liked you, or if they remembered your birthday at all, then you&#39;re far from alone.In a popular Reddit thread, people shared the worst birthday gifts they&#39;ve ever received, and it ranges from funny to depressing. 1. From SmokeWineEveryday: My uncle and aunt gave me a broken toy car when I was like 5. They let my cousin play with it before it was my birthday and he broke it. 2. From m3714246: An anti aging cream. Would be cool if I wasn&#39;t 9 years old. Opened it and it was obvious it was used before, also had a hair in it. Mom put it in trash immediately. 3. From NerdyFrida: When I was ten my grandma gave me a plain white towel. I wasn&#39;t good at hiding my dissapointment so my mom made me apologise and pretend that I loved it. There was no way that I could tell it apart from all the other plain white towels we had.  One birthday my mom gave me two dresses without a receipt. One was size XL, one was size XS. My size is M. I didn&#39;t ask her what she was thinking. 4. From Cats_Waffles: A keychain in the shape of Texas with the name and phone number of a random traffic lawyer. I&#39;ve never been to Texas or expressed interest in the state, and I didn&#39;t know the lawyer. 5. From saltiestteacher: One year my uncle got me batteries, with a note that said &ldquo;toy not included.&rdquo; Another year he wrote IOU on a piece of paper. 6. From not-a-real_username: I was buying $5 cd I wanted on my bday, my (now) ex said he hadn&#39;t gotten me a gift yet, so he said he&#39;d just buy it for my gift. About a week later I was buying groceries, and a $5 bill was in my change and he is it eyeing it. He tells me &quot;hey... you never paid me back for the cd I got you for your birthday.&quot; So, I gave him the money for it. 7. From fujfuj: A birthday cake that I was then asked to pay for. I don&rsquo;t eat cake. 8. From thepanichand: My a**hole MIL gave me her used bathrobe. I don&#39;t know how one could possibly say f**k you more eloquently without words than that. Still stuns me 20+ years later. 9. From 1836547290: Last birthday I lived with my family they all went out to eat without me lol 10. From AlexGarrido: My husband died and due to the logistics of everything, his funeral was on my birthday. Pretty crappy present to say the least. 11. From jpm1188: Last year for Christmas I got a half eaten meat basket from my In laws! The summer sausage was cut in half and wrapped with plastic wrap and the cheese spread had been opened. 12. From _Sauza_: When I was in my tweens, my cousin decided to give me his copy of dead space (really awesome title btw) for my birthday. I was really happy because that was the first time someone other than my parents gave me a gift. He messaged me two days later for the game back because a new suit came out for the game .-. 13. From Cpdgcibseg: My boyfriend broke up with me. When I started crying and mentioned how it was a sh**ty gift he said &quot;oh sh*t. I forgot it&#39;s your birthday.&quot; 14. From UGLYWULF: I got a tube sock filled with nickels and hard candy from a purse. 15. From Imnotfunnybutitried: A day at an amusement park where my father explicitly went out of his way to make it excruciatingly clear that we were not there FOR my birthday. I was 8. 16. From sunflakie: I was an overweight teen and my aunt got me a scale for my 15th birthday. 17. From pinupgal: A box of chocolates with some eaten from the box: my aunt thought they were &ldquo;for the house,&rdquo; but the person gifting it gave them to me anyway. Same birthday: my mother gave me a file folder with pictures she cut out of a catalog with notes like &ldquo;I know you like these, maybe one day you&rsquo;ll get them!&rdquo;. Bizarre, to say the very least. 18. From Cheetodude625: Everyone forgetting that my birthday happened despite the fact that I&#39;m a twin but everyone remembered my twin&#39;s birthday instead of mine. 19. From Random486: Alcoholic chocolates from my brother for my 9th birthday. He just ended up eating them himself. 20. From hananobira: I had just worked off the baby weight and was finally down to a small again. My mom, who loves to take digs at my weight, bought me a bunch of tent-like drape-y clothes in Large. 