I had boyfriends I TRIED to get to buy me a tv because they bitched about my old one. 

My mother in law,sent me a box of her used unmentionables. Including crotchless underwear and a bra that unzipped at the nips and some opened lube. Very used and in size xs which I most definitely am not. Now when he tells me to wear something niice,I whisper like yo mamas undies and he shuts right up.

Did your sister even have any use for it?  I mean, would she give it to you?

Not necessarily insulting, but it goes in the worst holiday gift category. My parents have a history of buying things for each other and then wrapping it up and putting either my or my sister’s name on it.  I received a book on kitchen remodeling/renovations. I was 7.

I HAVE ONE FOR THIS ITERATION OF THE PISSING CONTEST! And like most of the givers described here, at least according to my quick skim, the culprit was my mother.

My grandmother hd passed away nearly a year before this happened. We are at my dads sisters home the weekend before Christmas. Everyone was exchanging gifts when my creepy, alcoholic, emotionally unstable Uncle disappears after telling us all he had a surprise. He gets his kids to hand us all a little box. We open our…

I’ve said it before. This show desperately needs a 1970s reboot starring a drugged up rock star who has moved into the abbey and uses it as a base for his “new age spiritual retreat” (read: days long orgies with groupies) while Ghost Lord Grantham just floats around watching in horror. 

My most insulting wasn’t meant to be.

My husband and I worked really hard to pick an appropriate gift for our very close, very stylish friends. They lived in a huge, meticulously decorated home and had very particular tastes. We settled on a lovely, not inexpensive artisan fruit bowl. We were both so pleased at how much they liked it. I legit saw it in…

My passive aggressive sister, who is 13 years older than me, got me a boxed set of paints emblazoned with the words “Body Paint for Lovers.” The paint could be applied to skin and licked off. I was 15 years old and my boyfriend was in the room (along with the entire family) when we were opening our gifts. Oh, and my…

When I was 8 or 9, I received 1/3 of an elaborate Victorian-style dollhouse. It came flat packed, so my two cousins and I received all of the parts and the trappings wrapped up. We always traveled to see that side of the family for Christmas, so my family opened presents before we left. I do not remember receiving any…

The year I sent my grandma a thank you note and she sent it back with grammar and punctuation corrections in RED INK. 

one year, my brother gave everyone framed photos of himself & his new wife with the pope!

I have severe asthma a dust allergies. A soon to be ex boyfriend gave me a vog mask so I could clean his apartment and then asked me to move in with him.

A girlfriend of my brother’s gave me a mustache waxing kit. I’m a lady and we had never talked about mustaches or waxing before.

This gift wasn’t given to me personally but it was still pretty awful from my perspective:

Clothes. No one knows my size/style/age. One year, I received an argyle sweater vest in a kids XL. Another year, it was an adult L t-shirt that said “I can handle my attitude all on my own”. I’m a 165 lb, 33-year-old. 

Yes I think that's the point.  Marriage was once necessary and now it's optional, so if you want it it's a ton of hard work.  Personally I'm a huge fan of skipping optional hard work but to each their own.

Ok, so this is just a weird story, and it’s funny now, but at the time (5years ago?)it was all kinds of wtf. My husband works in logistics and runs a huge warehouse full of fancy electronics. Contracts with the armed forces, schools, etc. They throw an annual holiday party, and go heavy on the drinks- open bar. I…

A colleague died at our holiday party. Major coronary on the dance floor.