The only reason I'm glad you're on your 4th one is that it brought me this post, which made me stifle down the giggles as I ate my pathetic boxed lunch.
I'm the biggest AW I know, and even I would side eye the hell out of a gender reveal party. I always thought a gender reveal party was just another word for a baby shower, but you also tell everyone what you're having. But you're telling me they are two completely separate parties?? Fuck that.
You know what would be fun, though? To randomly tell people you just met at the party that it was one gender or the other. (devil)
Gender spoilers, if you will. Not even correct ones.
I have to admit that I'd love to be invited to a gender reveal party, just so I could do this. "She told me that it's a boy. Oops! I wasn't supposed to tell anyone!"
Post by BicycleBride on Nov 11, 2013 14:26:50 GMT -5
We invited our close family and my very closest friend for pizza and gender reveal cake the day we found out DS was a boy. Are they all wtfing me behind my back now?
I don't mind them, but I've never been invited to one. I think if I have another kid I would do one but only invite my family. I personally just want to be able to cut open a piece of cake and be surprised.
We invited our close family and my very closest friend for pizza and gender reveal cake the day we found out DS was a boy. Are they all wtfing me behind my back now?
Possibly.
I kid. You told your family and a really close friend. Not 30 friends and co-workers.
Post by scribellesam on Nov 11, 2013 14:31:48 GMT -5
I've been to exactly one quasi-reveal party. My friend put blue icing inside her son's first-birthday cupcakes so it was a part of his party. I don't think I'd attend one that was solely for gender revealing. AWing on Facebook is good enough for me.
I am so glad most of my friends are done having babies.
I was invited to one for a random playgroup acquaintance. I politely declined. I just can't.
See a random playgroup person invitnig you? Like not to be rude but like you give a flying f*ck the sex of her kid. I can see having a little "event" with grandparents and siblings maybe but come on a gender reveal party. So self indulgent and dumb
I would never attend one of those. Someone I know posted her "gender reveal moment" video on FB. I guess it was for those who weren't invited or couldn't attend. This shit is completely out of hand.
One of DH's friends had an announcement party, where no gifts were required of course but the card said, "Be prepared for a big surprise!" Well I for one do not want to be surprised at a stranger's house. "Surprise! It's an intervention for Craig!" Of course that wasn't it, it was that they are having a baby, and they had a balloon drop so we all awkwardly mingled ankle-deep in baby pink and blue balloons until we could quietly shuffle out. Is this a pinterest thing or something?
So it wasn't even a "gender reveal", it was a "we're knocked up" party? OMG. Am sure the gender reveal party invite will be in your mailbox soon, then a shower invite, then a birth announcement.......ugh.
I went to one of these, where people brought gifts, and a shower of over a hundred people, with even more gifts, for the same baby. The christening is coming up in 2 weeks. I'm sure there will be plenty of gifts there too.
Oh and to answer your question - NO, it's not and SHOULD NOT be a gift giving event. They will most likely have a shower- wait for that to give a gift.
I feel like this about engagement parties. I don't feel they should be gift giving events. The couple will have a shower and then the wedding. They don't need THREE gifts.
People can invent all the reasons for parties that they want, but it should NOT mean that their friends and family need to come to every one w/ a gift in hand.
Thankfully, I have only been to one of these parties. But it was a cluster.
My aunt invited family over for a cookout. Turns out it was all a pretense. Cousin, who lived in another state, Skyped in while her mom handed everyone a small box. At the count of three, we were all supposed to open the boxes. Too bad the connection was so bad that cousin couldn't actually get to 3 in the countdown even after 3 or 4 tries. Aunt finally just called cousin and put her on the speaker phone so she could finish the big "countdown."
So we opened the box and there were blue M&Ms inside. Yay! (insert sarcasm font here)
Then we didn't even get any cookout food. Just a few appetizers and chips. DH and I were pissed. I still ate the M&Ms because free chocolate is a good thing.
My favorite moment was when my 86 yo grandmother looked at my cousin and asked her 'what's next?!? A naming party?!?' After cousin gave us all the invite to her gender revel party. My grandmother also asked me if she needed to bring a gift, I told her no. I mean the whole point is to find out what you should buy, right? Boy or girl things or whatever.