Heartfelt And Homemade Gift Causes Unexpected Rift In This Family That Leaves Redditors Totally Perplexed And Outraged

Do you like giving gifts, or maybe you prefer receiving them? Either way, we can all agree that gifts are great, no matter whether you give or receive them.

When it comes to gifts, it should never be discussed which one is better because every gift is fantastic and beautiful in its own way. However, if someone makes an effort and gives a handmade gift to another person, this gesture shows that they really care.

The value of that kind of gift is even higher because someone set aside their time and put a lot of effort into making it. Such things need to be respected, and that is the only right way.

But sometimes, people can be ungrateful, and it can hurt the person giving the gift. This particular situation is familiar to one Reddit user because she experienced it firsthand, and it was not a very pleasant situation.

In her post, she explained that due to COVID-19, she had lost her job and is currently unemployed. Therefore, for her in-law family, she decided to go with homemade gifts for Christmas, except for her newborn niece. Since she is a new aunt, the OP decided to go all out and make her a personalized keepsake gift.

She started cross-stitching the gift with a llama and a giraffe, and she even included her niece's name and birth date on it. She also framed it, and everything was set, but the gift unwrapping at the Christmas celebration didn’t go as planned.

To her surprise, her sister-in-law was not thrilled with the gift. On the contrary, she was disappointed, and the main reason for that was because “the llama was wearing a blue outfit and my niece's room was mostly pink.” Can you believe this?!

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Due to the global pandemic, OP is currently unemployed, so she decided to give out handmade Christmas gifts. She figured it would be best to make some of everyone's favorite foods, like an apple crumble or a jar of jam.

But for the new member of their family, her newborn niece, she decided to go the extra mile. She chose to create a keepsake, and since she had started a new hobby—cross-stitching—this was an easy choice.

So, she created a keepsake with a llama and a giraffe, and she even included her niece's name and date of birth. However, her sister-in-law didn't react positively to the gift.

She said that OP should have consulted her before choosing colors for the present because the color scheme and the llama's outfit didn't match their nursery room colors. She also said that she appreciated the effort, but the present would not be displayed in the nursery room.

This made OP feel very sad. But in the end, there was an unexpected twist that explained everything.

In the original post, OP wrote an update saying that the day after the Christmas celebration, her sister-in-law called her to apologize and thanked her for the gift. She was crying and “was emotionally all over the place since she gave birth,” as her husband said.

OP figured that she might have postpartum depression and even felt guilty for being so sad the day before.

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1. The appreciation just wasn't on time; it came eventually.

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2. 100% lovely.

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3. The color scheme is important for some people.

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4. "Your gifts sound lovely."

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5. OP went the extra mile for sure.

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6. No physical contact, please.

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7. Great suggestion.

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8. It is...

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9. Been there, done that...

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10. They are the best.

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11. Well, we hope not.

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12. The OP's response:

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13. Totally agree; color is not the most important factor when it comes to handmade gifts.

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14. "I'm floored."

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15. That's a keepsake for life.

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16. Another Redditor agreed that the OP is NTA.

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17. Support just kept coming.

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18. "You clearly are messing with this child maliciously."

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19. The answer that summed up the whole story is pretty nice.

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20. Postpartum depression is real.

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21. It doesn't really.

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22. Very rude.

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23. This would be an appropriate gift.

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24. One Redditor even proposed that the OP should make something like this for her sister-in-law next time.

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From the numerous comments, we can sum up that the Reddit community firmly backed up the OP. However, there is one thing we should always keep in mind: postpartum depression is a real issue, and many are unaware of it.

Even though there was a reasonable explanation for the sister-in-law’s behavior, this doesn’t diminish the fact that the OP felt lousy. Luckily, the sister-in-law realized her mistake in time and apologized.

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