WIBTAH for giving away my birthday present over religion
I’m newly 20f and all my friends know I’m Jewish. We all make jokes about each others backgrounds in playful, lighthearted ways to make fun of stereotypes and so me being Jewish comes up and often and there’s no way my friend 19f could’ve missed it.
We went to the beach for my birthday and she was eager to give me my present out of all my friends, she asked multiple times for me to open it before we even sat down. For background, we had just gotten into an argument over something stupid a week prior and that did cause some tension but I just ignored it.
Inside was a few normal cute stuff like jewelry and what not, but then I find a candle with Jesus on it, like a Christian one. It wasn’t a funny one either or gag, it was just a serious Christian candle. I didn’t wanna seem bitchy so I said thank you and moved on but the rest of my friends looked really surprised, as did I. I don’t wanna say I totally found it offensive, but it was just kind of insensitive. No one in my family is Christian and I don’t feel comfortable having something that implies the worshipping of another figure in my home.
I don’t know if she’s mad at me or if I should even say anything, I just think it’s odd. She’s never given me any reason to believe that she has something against my religion, my group is pretty left leaning which makes it even more confusing.
WIBTAH for giving it away?
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I’d ask your friend why they included it. It might have been a poorly thought out joke, an oversught, or an attack on your religion.
After you figure out what the deal is, maybe just give it back or toss it.