I received a Christmas gift in the mail today from my mom. We have a very strained relationship and we basically never really talk except for once in awhile. The gift was a small 6 inch gem world globe that costs maybe 25 dollars and its meant to be a decoration to place on an office desk (I dont have an office or a job that has a desk) its less than 6 inches, kind of cheap and flimsy feeling, its not "real" gems, you can google it if you want to understand what it is. Its just a cheap little office desk figurine of the world globe. No card was given.

The reason I think this is an insult instead of a genuine gift is because last year we had a huge argument over my dads giant world globe that she stole in a divorce years ago, its real gems, very expensive and its very tall, it holds a lot of sentimental value for me because me and my dad bought it together and he told me when he passes away (before she stole it of course) I could inherit it. When I asked her if I could inherit that she said no and she said she would purposely give it to someone else in the family and she would not tell me who. So I really dont get it. Is this an insult or is this genuine?

She knows Im struggling with money and trying to save up money for college so I dont know why she wouldnt just get me a cheap gift card instead of a cheap office figurine that I have zero use for. By the way she has a really good paying job so its not like shes struggling financially...


I should also point out that it is an identical version of my dad's, same color, etc...only about 50 times smaller and of course much much cheaper in every way.



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