Mom's innocent gift looks very NSFW

Definitely maybe a dildo.
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Brian Koerber
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There's always a ton of pressure to get your friends and family the perfect gift during the holidays. You want to get them something special, something memorable or something useful for their everyday lives.

Kerri Roberts attempted to buy her 18-year-old daughter Shelby Donovan a useful gift, but instead she ended up scarring her for life and launching her into viral Twitter fame.

Roberts purchased her daughter a pink Yeti cup holder, intended to protect your hand from hot or cold beverage. Regardless of how well the product works, it honestly just looks like a ribbed dildo.

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Donovan tells Mashable that she opened the gift during a Christmas Eve party with about 30 family members gathered around. The gift arrived late, so Donovan opened it right from the Amazon package, and unfortunately she opened it upside down.

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"I stared at it wide-eyed trying to think of things it could be besides a, well, dildo," Donovan said. "I pulled it out of the package and my entire family started to laugh in confusion like I was."

Even grandma got in on the joke.

Roberts was a little confused at first, but eventually figured it out.

"She laughed and said 'What, do you think I'd actually get you a dildo for Christmas?' It was a pretty funny, weird, unforgettable moment that was definitely the talk of the night."

Donovan says she took a photo of the gift and put it on Twitter, but was unprepared for the amount of attention it would receive. Her tweet has more than 79,000 retweets and 196,000 likes.

"It's been a pretty fun ride. I've always wanted to have something go viral, but I never thought anything would, much less a dildo-looking object," said Donovan.

And some of the responses on Twitter are priceless.

Some pointed out that this is simply a multipurpose tool.

Others were definitely convinced that this was a dildo.

And some just spoke the truth.

[h/t:BuzzFeeed]

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Brian was the Culture Editor and has been working at Mashable on the web culture desk since 2014.

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