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I wouldn't throw a huge party and invite all my family and friends. That's too much, imo.
We get together with the immediate family (parents, siblings) every week for sunday dinner. I'm just going to order a cake for dessert, cut into it and voila - find out the sex. I thought it would be fun, and my sister's been dying for me to do it, so we will. Of course it's a little AWish, but whatever. *shrugs*
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No, GR parties are supposed to be non-gift giving events. But I do think that because this is a new trend, many people end up bringing a small gift as they don't know what to expect.
Everyone I know was a lot more excited to find out I was pregnant compared to finding out the sex. What's next, pregnancy revealing parties? It's too much.
I agree with what most people have said. They are unnecessary, silly, attention craving, look at ME!! kinds of parties. I would not attend one and I would never have one.
I wouldn't say they are tacky. They are just so pointless.
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This. The whole idea that every second of a woman's pregnancy is somehow jaw-droppingly special, and must be shared on a grand scale blows my mind.
I agree with this. Pregnancy is exciting, but not everything has to have a party associated with it.
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Ditto this. I think a cutesie reveal if your close family/friends are already gathered is a fun idea, but throwing a party just for that gets an eyebrow raise from me.
Engagement parties are traditionally hosted by the groom's family to introduce the bride to their extended family and to meet the extended family of the bride and to celebrate the two families coming together. This is not AWish.
Gender reveals are weird to me because the kid is not even born yet. I think it is bad juju to make such a fuss over the baby until it arrives.
Exactly. People really don't care. Really, they don't.
If the engagement parties I've been to were like this, I'd feel differently. They were, instead, basically an elaborate bridal shower dinner party.
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My cousin and his wife had a sex reveal party and I thought it was awesome.
They made it very clear on the invitation that they did NOT want anyone to bring gifts, as they were going to have an actual shower later on.
The had also just moved into their first house, so they kind of double it as a house warming party, but still insisted on no gifts for that either.
The baby is the first grandchild on his wife's side of the family, so the whole entire pregnancy has been a big deal to them.
It was an awesome party, outdoors, lots of food. Everyone was asked to wear pink or blue to 'vote' for what you think. Then they revealed by passing out cupcakes to everyone to bite into at the same time, and in the middle was blue icing!
This. Seriously just call, text, or tell them in person.
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This. I'll stick to the old fashion way of just telling people.
You can still share the news in cute ways without having a party for it.
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I think they are always tacky, if it's actually a party with decorations and invitations, ect. Why do people need to be so self-absorbed? Honestly, you're just not that special. I especially side-eye people who invite friends.
I also dont get the "it's the first grandchild" excuse. The first grandchild isnt more important than the third.
So glad I'm not the only one who feels this way. My best friend is having one tomorrow, and I really have no desire to go. It would be more exciting to me if she just told me.
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Well, I do think every woman's pregnancy should be treated as an incredible miracle, but I can honestly say that I'd never even heard of a gender reveal party before coming online to these boards. And I live in an area where people pro-create like bunnies! (No offense to my neighbors.)
Maybe next it will be VOGUE to invite everyone you know to the delivery! Ha!
I think having a separate party just to announce the sex is a bit much. Personally, I have asked my baby shower host if I could provide sex reveal cupcakes at the shower. She's ok with it. I don't want the announcement to be a huge production, but I thought tying it into another party would be cool.
ETA: Oh, I see nola78 said something similar.
Dirty lurker here.
What do you ladies think about revealing the sex at the baby shower? I had a cousin do that and I thought it was perfectly acceptable since the shower was all about the baby anyway.
I think to each their own. Why judge other people?
We had one....I didn't consider it silly or awish. We called people and said "hey come over for cake on Tuesday -we're finding out if the baby is a boy or girl."
It was immediate family only, we had cake, found out it was a boy and everyone went home. There were no gifts involved, favors, invitations and it wasn't a big deal. We all enjoyed it!
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