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From the wildly overpriced to the straight-up insulting, what's the most inappropriate gift you've ever received?

carrie-w"My then-boyfriend's dad had recently taken a trip to the Philippines after his grandmother passed away. For my birthday, my boyfriend gave me a fish in a small tank, which I thought was neat, but at the bottom were his great-grandmother's pearl earrings that his dad had gotten when they cleaned out her house. When we broke up he refused to take them back, and they are still sitting in my jewelry box, never worn, five years later." -- Carrie W, 25 (Dallas)

elena"After about two months of dating my now ex, I came home from a trip to Canada to be surprised by ... a rabbit. Unfortunately, the thought that rabbits are very destructive and really a lot of work did not enter his head. So now, almost two years after breaking up with this guy, I am still shoveling rabbit poop." -- Elena B, 22 (Cleveland)

"I was a little taken aback when the 'amazing birthday surprise' my then-new, now-ex-boyfriend was planning on getting me turned out to be a shiny '90s clubbing T-shirt from a men's clothing store. He had bought it for himself but realized it was too small. Being too lazy to return it, he somehow figured it would make a decent birthday gift. He was fairly overweight so him thinking it would fit me was insulting to boot." -- Martha E, 29 (Calgary, Canada)

brittany-l"I once got a treadmill for my birthday a month after we started dating! I wanted one but was not thrilled when my new beau got it for me." -- Brittany L, 24 (Boyertown, Penn.)