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?
No way. Close family and very close friends are usually excited to hear the sex of the baby. I know I was pumped when I found out my sister was having a girl. I'm sure they loved it.
We went to one where the couple already knew the sex of the baby. It was a gender reveal party for their friends. Cause you KNOW we were all waiting with bated breath to find out if she was marinating a girl fetus or a boy fetus. They had a fucking photographer there to take pictures of the expressions on our faces. They played guessing games leading up to it and giggled when we slapped together guesses on stuff. It was so fucking weird.
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.
The mom to be wasn't even there? Oh man. You win.
Nope. But she is such an AW and Thunderjacker that I shouldn't have been surprised. But I was.
Thankfully she just announced the sex of her second on FB so didn't have to go through all that a second time.
Post by coribelle26 on Nov 11, 2013 16:59:23 GMT -5
I am learning so much about myself and how I truly hate surprises. Colored frosting on the outside of a cupcake bothers me infinitely less than colored filling with a neutral exterior.
I hate the ta-da. I really do. I wonder if in my previous life I was murdered by a low budget magician.
Aw, I care what people are having! The gender reveal party actually wasn't bad. I do prefer the traditional route of announcement via facebook, though. lol
Post by hopecounts on Nov 11, 2013 17:43:06 GMT -5
Having the soon to be grandparents/sibs and BFFs over to have cake/cupcakes and announce, NMS but whatever. Having an entire party to AW the sex of your baby not cool. You'll have a shower or two in a few months that's more than enough. Of course we were team green so maybe I don't get it.
Post by RoxMonster on Nov 11, 2013 18:17:24 GMT -5
I think it's fine to invite parents, siblings, and maybe your best friend to a dinner where you cut open a cupcake or something and reveal the sex (as long as there are cupcakes for everyone, and also preferably alcohol for those who aren't pregnant). But those people actually CARE about the sex of your baby and about you and know you really well.
I can't get behind the huge AW gender reveal parties. And I know I've mentioned it on here before but I have heard of someone (a distant acquaintance, so thank God I was NOT invited) doing a wedding date reveal party. Like, they had a part just to....reveal when they were getting married. Everyone knew they were engaged and everything.
The only time I care about AW parties are when A) They dont serve alcohol. B) They want you to potluck. C) They expect gifts or D) They dont serve alcohol. I mentioned it twice because thats how important alcohol is.
I love parties. I LOATHE gift grabby cheap ass party throwers.
We were invited to our first one the other week, but didn't go. It was a sweet & savory party - each guest was supposed to bring either a sweet (girl) or savory (boy) dish depending on what they thought it would be. And then the ones who were wrong had to hang their heads in shame after? lol. I thought it was odd that guests were supposed to bring a dish, but whatever.
How are you supposed to react when they do the big reveal? Is it like the countdown on New Year's eve? That's how I imagine it.
Maybe this is my problem with these-- I just don't think about what other people are having. So there's no real "surprise" for me, because I don't really have an investment in it.
I think it's fine to bring cupcakes or whatever to a gathering that's happening for another reason, but the idea of a whole party just for this is weird to me.
Ugh, I loathe these. I've only been to one for a good friend. Her H is a pastry chef so I was expecting an awesome food related reveal. I was irritated that it was a colored confetti shower & not food related. On the plus side, it was at a bar & they picked up the entire bar tab so I really have nothing to complain about I guess.
I think gender reveal parties are stupid. I'll read about it on facebook, and press "like" and probably type "congrats" but I don't want to go to a party to find out.