Is it rude to return gifts?

Personally, I kinda feel that it is rude to return a gift. My view is that a gift represents a piece of someone's heart. And as such, it should be valued and cherished. It would kinda be like not wanting a piece of their heart that they offered.

It is okay to return gifts if you don't like the gift. If I am a policeman and I receive gift as a bribe from bad guys or corrupt politicians, I will return the gift.

i don't think it's rude at all to return gifts. just because someone gives you something doesn't mean you have to keep it.

I don't typically return any gifts that are given to me but sometimes wish I had. I have certainly received my fair share of the crazy gifts. Usually I save them for a White Elephant Gift Exchange and regift them. But of course that is what you are suppose to do at one of those gift exchanges. Is it wrong to return the item? I would say no. People are having to get more practical now a days and if there is something in the store that you could use or want more than what you received than exchanging those odd gifts would be ok.

Yes it is rude to return gifts to someone who give it to you. Let us not forget it's the Thought that Counts and not the tag price on it. But when I was younger I used to return unsolicited gifts from admirers I dont like but I realized that its wrong since I can hurt the feelings of the sender.

I have never returned any gifts given to me, even though some of them should of been that were so bad, lol, but this Christmas i returned gifts i bought, only for the reason i asked my boyfriend if he wanted something different, cause what i bought he already had plenty of, to i took it back and going to buy him something else. But I have never returned anything given to me.