The most awkward sex ever? 8 epic holiday hookup tales

"I asked if he wanted to have sex — while he was talking about his dad having a stroke"

Published December 24, 2014 11:00PM (EST)

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It happens to the best of us: Home for the holidays, overwhelmed by clucking family members, one thing leads to another, and we hook up with people. Exes. Old friends. New friends. Neighbors. These sexual experiences happen for any number of reasons -- curiosity, stress, desperation or straight-up opportunism -- and are, so often, totally regrettable. But they are almost always hilarious.

Salon recently asked friends and readers for their most memorable holiday hookup stories. Below are amazing amazing anecdotes that run the gamut: Sex with an ex in his little brother's bed. A bloody first time with a virtual stranger. The inadvertent taking of virginity. Each is as cheery as it is awkward.

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