We will acknowledge that sometime it is hard to buy gifts for men, but if you are doing that last minute shopping, please stay away from these items on our top 5 most UN-Manly gift list. We are men and these gifts truly are the most emasculating, wimpy products on the market today. 

For the ladies, skip any of these products and instead buy us a six-pack of beer or a bottle of Jack Daniels.  For the fellas, if you want to buy any of these for yourself, just prepare for all the homies to bust on you until you're rolling that chair around in the old folks home.

Merry Christmas Everyone!

5. A Subscription to the Hair Club for Men

1975 Haircut vs. 1985 Haircut. Is this any better?

If you're starting to look more like George Jefferson instead of Denzel Washington these days then the hair loss monster is starting to attack.  For most brothers, no problem as we all know most women love the "bald head".  For everybody else, please remember the comb over of the 80's is dead.  Just cut the hair off and be cool (think Billy Zane).

4. The Insta-Slim T-Shirt

How can you lose weight and look great just by putting on a shirt?  YOU CAN'T!  The Insta Slim t-shirt sucks in the gut and makes it appear that you are skinny.  Take the shirt off and you are back to the same chubby guy you were when you woke up in the morning.  forget about the psychological damage you go through every night at bedtime when you undress, just think about the disgust your girlfriend will feel when she sees you stripping off your shirt-girdle at the end of a hot date!

3. Heel Inserts

Back in the day men had "elevator shoes", "platforms" or "stacks", today there are heel inserts.  Slip these little plastic pads in your shoes and voila, you are 3 to 5 inches taller.  Although being tall for a man is a big deal, this is clearly the ultimate setup for disaster.  Forget your fake platforms before a fancy date and your high heel wearing girlfriend will know that you are a fake and a fraud.  Besides, there are many shorter brothers who get all the women without the fake lifts (T.I, Prince, Lil Wayne, Ray J, Ludacris, Kanye, etc.).

2. Spanx - Girdle For Men

Does any self-respecting man want a shirt from a website like this?  Don't fool yourself  - this is a girdle for men.  Yes, girdle (like grandma used to wear).

1. Snuggie

This may just be a personal opinion (okay these all are personal opinions), but if anybody finds me in a Snuggie I better be dead or sipping apple sauce through a straw.  The Snuggie is the ultimate anti-man outerwear.  If you are even considering buying one picture this: the doorbell rings and your 4 best buddies show up on Sunday to watch the game with you and you are wearing your Snuggie. Yikes!!

Merry Christmas Everyone!!

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