This letter to agony column ‘Dear Prudence’ is an object lesson in being unappreciative.

The incident appears to have soured relationships within the family.



The letter was spotted by writer Nicole Cliffe, who posted it with this comment.

We can’t argue with that, and neither could these 11 people.

1.

I vote that her family only give her raw materials for the things she likes from now on since she doesn’t seem to value how things are made. Like perfume? Here’s some flowers, peppercorns and rubbing alcohol. New leather jacket? Here’s a cow. Happy birthday. — Ijeoma Oluo (@IjeomaOluo) November 22, 2018

2.

SHE WAS SHOWING YOU HOW MUCH SHE APPRECIATED THE GIFT. WHAT IS WRONG WITH YOU https://t.co/OtFL46tBSm — Eddie Robson (@EddieRobson) November 22, 2018

3.

"our daughter in law has been outright cold" frankly, if she had murdered this woman, no jury would convict her https://t.co/C69WBUI8hB — Elizabeth May (@_ElizabethMay) November 22, 2018

4.

"I gave you the laziest possible gift, a gift which is basically money, but less useful, and you DARE to respond to my kindness with A HAND-CRAFTED OBJECT? MADE WITH LOVE? YOU SICKEN ME." https://t.co/eH2IixtzCI — Vitamin H (@VitaminHPanels) November 22, 2018

5.

https://twitter.com/celineorelse/status/1065705938483638277

6.

“My DIL gave us a grandchild half-made with genetic material we gave our son, can we legally take her to court” — John Dougherty (@JohnDoc23) November 22, 2018

7.

Jesus I can’t stop thing about this idiot. If she bought them a turkey and her d.i.l. cooked it would she not eat it because it’s “stingy”? — Andy Richter (@AndyRichter) November 22, 2018

8.

Jesus Christ, this lady has no idea how long it takes to knit or crochet a blanket of that size, and how much time, effort, and care her DiL must have put into that thing. — Approximately Jane (@sgtjanedoe) November 22, 2018

9.

I had to read this twice bc I assumed the problem was, “I intended this gift to be for HER and she used it to make something for ME and I feel sort of guilty, should I change something I’m doing?” — Naomi Kritzer (@NaomiKritzer) November 22, 2018

10.

If someone gave me a HANDMADE bedspread personally crafted by them out of high quality yarn, I would be so overwhelmed with gratitude that I would cry. What the FUCK. — Tenacious Grace (@TenaciousGrace) November 22, 2018

11.

lmfao EVEN OUTSIDE the “time/effort/expertise is of value too” aspect i think it’s cute she thinks $100 would be enough to pay for an entire bedspread’s worth of yarn at a local yarn store. — “Crazy Heidi” Belleau (@HeidiBelleau) November 22, 2018

Comedian Arthur Chu used this irrefutable logic which suggests they should just stop giving anything to the mother-in-law.

Nothing about this logic makes any sense If they'd just given her a gift of cash, would any future gift purchased with money thus be unacceptable https://t.co/C3lW1mEUaf — Arthur Chu (@arthur_affect) November 23, 2018

Finally, TV host, Ashley Ford spoke for all of us when she said this.

https://twitter.com/iSmashFizzle/status/1065704114988945410