Have you ever received a gift from someone and thought “what the actual…?” or “But why?!” Of course, you politely accept and thank them because we're taught that we shouldn’t look a gift horse in the mouth. And that it’s the thought that counts. But that’s exactly it… The thought. Sometimes it's lacking. Sometimes it seems like zero thought has gone into any second of the gifting experience.
There's a TikTok video doing rounds that actually drives this point home. Someone who goes by @gemma_doylex was "bored" one day. So she decided to ask her followers to share the worst gifts they'd ever received. That post clocked more than 62,000 likes and people did not hold back. From "a sachet of cellulite cream" to "a dead moth," some of the comments might make you really appreciate that boring pair of socks you got for Christmas.
Bored Panda has put together our favorite answers for you to scroll through before you head out and buy any presents for special occasions. Let us know in the comments below what atrocious gifts you've received in the past or how you go about gifting your friends and family. We also spoke to etiquette expert Rosalinda Randall to get her advice on giving and receiving gifts. You'll find those tips between the images.

#61
This guy had a weird thing for me and one day in class brought me a gift bag which had the ingredients to make pasta.. a pack of linguine, jarred sauce and a block of 30% reduced fat cheese
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19points
#63
I was 14 and i got puppy slippers for xmas... I wanted to cry but was akwardly laughing and everyone taught i loved them
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19points
#64

my mom once was shopping and she came across this pretty shirt which was in the BOYS secion and she bougth it and i wore it to school and was happy about it but my teacher saw me and said "my daughter also wanted this shirt" and i didn't realize what she was saying so i kept wearing it until one night i was out and i came across my friends and one girl said "wow that's a nice crop top"
18points
#65

i used to sh and my grandma got my those ballroom gloves that go all the way up ur arms for christmas
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15points
#66
A non stick frying from the husband, we’d not even been married a year!!
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15points
#67
when my daughter was born, my "best friend" got me an embroidered blanket with the wrong date of birth on
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12points
#68
I had this one boyfriend before that got me a choker necklace as a birthday gift and when he gave it to me he said "I actually don't know if it's your size by looking at your neck rn". Dumped him ASAP
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7points



