Sometimes, a thoughtful gesture may have a negative impact.

This woman received a gift from her mom when she was in a tough situation.

It was a bunch of clothes from a controversial company.

While she doesn’t support the brand, she decided to still wear the clothes.

Now, her friends are saying mean things about her, and she’s wondering if she messed up.

Read the story below.

AITAH for wearing clothes my mom bought me

I (21F) am pretty alternative looking.

I have piercings, tattoos, etc.

My mom is very well-meaning and she loves that I express myself.

This woman received a bunch of clothes from her mom.

I recently went through a very difficult situation.

To make me feel better, my mom bought me a bunch of clothes she thought I’d like.

Unfortunately, the clothes are from a controversial company, Dollskill.

I won’t get into why Dollskill is controversial, but they have had racist scandals in the past, among other things.

She was honest about not wanting to support the brand, but decided to wear the clothes anyway.

I told her they were cute and that I loved her.

I appreciated the sentiment.

I told her I would prefer not to support the brand, but she already bought the clothes, so I was going to wear them.

One of her friends immediately noticed that it was a Dollskill dress.

They were a very sweet gift.

I wore one of the dresses out to dinner with some friends.

One of them immediately clocked it was a Dollskill dress.

They asked why I was wearing it.

I explained my mom bought them.

Her friends told her she should have refused to wear them.

I told them she didn’t know about the company. She just saw clothes she thought I would like.

My friends started saying my mom needs to do her research.

They said I should have refused the clothes altogether and that I should have refused to wear them due to their scandals.

She was not going to berate her mom for the gift she gave.

I told them the clothes were already purchased. Any damage done has already been done.

I am not going to berate my mom for trying to do a sweet thing.

It just so happened to come from a negative company.

They judged her to be an “unsafe person.”

A few of my friends have decided I am an “unsafe person” to be around because I won’t get rid of the clothes and even wore them to an event.

I feel like this is silly.

They’re just clothes, and I didn’t buy them myself.

And now my mom won’t purchase from that company either. AITA?

Her mom was trying to be nice. It would be a shame not to enjoy the gift.

Let’s see what others have to say about this on Reddit.

This person thinks it’s a happy compromise.

This person suggests finding new friends.

Your friends are being ridiculous, says this person.

Short and sweet.

Finally, people are calling out her idiot friends.

True friends never judge. Period.

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