Woman Refuses To Unwrap A Gift Her Husband Got Her For Christmas Because It’s Not What She Wanted

One Christmas gift turned into a full-blown relationship problem when a woman refused to unwrap what her husband handed her. The issue was not the price tag, it was that he had not actually picked anything she wanted. After years of that pattern, she bought her own presents, told him to choose one, wrap it, and give it to her, but he still managed to miss the point.

What happened next left Reddit split, and the comments got blunt fast. Read on.

OP asks:

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Her husband, Dave, is awful at choosing gifts. And when he doesn't know what to buy, he simply doesn't buy anything. So OP decided to make it easy on him...

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Extremely easy, if you ask us...

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OP thought for a moment that her husband showed initiative and had actually bought her a present...

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But no, he didn't even bother to choose a book from the pile she gave him...

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Now OP wants to know if what she did was wrong

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Most of the comments were about how EVERYTHING about this was wrong

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Maybe Dave has other qualities?

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OP didn't share many details about her husband, which makes it hard to see the big picture

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And from what we can see, this marriage doesn't sound like fun

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That is where the comments started piling up.

This is also like the AITA about a friends lackluster gift, where the giver’s effort didn’t match expectations.

Some Redditors shared their experiences:

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And it turns out that 'bad gift givers' can become very thoughtful when they date someone they really like.

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There is a reason he is in the past now

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This is a really good question

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Another good remark

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One commenter was especially annoyed by the husband's reaction.

One man wanted to contribute to the discussion, and he is angry...

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An effort is important, even when it results in a mistake.

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No effort simply means not caring...

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Other readers tried to make sense of the bigger picture.

Some Redditors wanted to understand the husband better:

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Some were reminded of their fathers...

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Fighting fire with fire...

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Now, this is sad...

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Is this weaponized incompetence, or is it simply a lack of caring? One sentence caught our attention.

The OP said her husband eagerly awaited her to open his present. Is he joking?

He was genuinely excited about his wife opening a gift she had bought for herself? This is weird on so many levels. That's all we can say about that...

That gift exchange was never going to end well.

After Dave’s Christmas gift fail, read how a husband admitted he didn’t love his wife’s cooking, and dinner got awkward.