Gift help: What is the best way to respond when someone is ungracious upon receiving a gift? - Help.com

silence..you give a gift not to receive thanks or recognition, but out of selflessness.

so, you should not expect a gracious response, but if you receive one, be overjoyed.

don’t be the guy/girl that says “look at me, look what I did”

give the dammn thing back to then so i can get my money back

Sometimes you buy a gift that the receiver doesn’t like, it happens.

If I receive such a gift from family or close friends, I tell them that I appreciate the effort, but that it isn’t really my thing. I expect them to do the same, so that I can either get them something else or just remember it for next time I’m buying them a gift.

Personally if I am the receiver of such a gift I say how much I like it and act all happy….. then I pass it off on someone else. If I am the giver of such a gift, I do the guilt thing…..”Im sorry, I did think you would like this. If it doesnt meet your standards perhaps you can let me know what is acceptable for you, so I dont make the same mistake next time.”

I agree with Akslogistic that giving a gift is suppose to be about the other person not you. Never give a gift and expect something in return. Sometimes even when some one gets an amazing gift they don’t always no how to respond, so it is possible the receiver of you gift is more grateful than you think.