...but this gender cake thing is so AWish I just can't even stand it. Especially making your family wear pink or blue clothing to indicate their "guess" of the gender?? I would be embarrassed to even ask my family to do this. It's just the gender. Really not *that* big of a deal to anyone but the mom and dad-to-be. Even the thought of a party or get-together to reveal it seems weird.
I got a text from my brother saying "you're getting a niece" when they found out the gender. I was totally cool with this.
To each his own?
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I agree, personally.
Whatever floats your boat. I plan to announce "hey, there's a beating heart and no cystic hygromas!!!!!!" with a lot more excitement than "omg there's a penis/vagina."
But that's just me.
Agreed. Plus, I think finding out the gender is a special moment btw you and DH, not you, DH and ALL your family and friends at the Baby shower.
Just my opinion.
This. Health wins hands down. The boy or girl thing is secondary.
it's not really my style. And to have a cake baker know the sex of the baby before me, is weird. but to each their own. I'm not an overly cutesy person to begin with.
But I will admit, I did something gagtastic cute to let my parents know they would be grandparents. It went over like a fart in church. That was $50 I could have put to better use.
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I've never heard of this before today. It's kinda fun I guess for the shower guests, but Me, DH & the close fam would already know .... NOt the baker, the butcher and the candlestick maker.....LoL
We won't mention the Doodle Farts.
Except to say "Legen-wait for it-dary."
I just thought of a vulgar gender reveal involving roast beef, hot dogs, and the butcher.
:::dead:::
LMFAO
That sounds like something SIL would do (ask everyone to wear pink/blue)
*I'll just shake my head and roll my eyes at that point thank you.
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Not my cup of tea either, but I just figure to each her own.
I hadn't heard of the gender reveal cake being at the shower before - I thought it was usually a seperate party type of thing. Again, I guess everyone does things differently.
This. I think the cake thing is a little AWish, but with us only wanting one, I can't say we won't be a little silly and indulgent with it.
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I did the gender cake ( few posts down) and feel what I did was white trash in your guys eyes.
Because I found out what my baby was in a cake does not mean I don't love my kids any less. I thought it was fun to all find out at the same time. Though wearing the colors as a guess is another thing I would never do.
But my husband really wanted to do it and we wanted to share this with our family.
As for it's not a big deal to anyone else, this was the first grandbabies for my parents who were estatic to find out. So were DH's parents his sisters and all our friends.
I guess to each their own huh?
Because that'd be kinda awesome.
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Uh...not entirely sure where you are getting "white trash" from.
No one said you loved your kids less because you did a gender cake. I'm glad it was a nice memory for you.
That doesn't mean I personally don't find the whole concept pretty cheesy. But that's where "personal preference" comes in.
You were hardly being singled out or picked on. This whole thing was based on a post on PGAL.
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