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  • Spacebunny19Spacebunny19 member

    I don't think it's "tacky" as I don't think there is a gift-giving element to it, right?  It's just a party you throw and announce/reveal the gender. 

    Yes, it's AW-ish and pretty unnecessary, but if you're a FTM and you have other friends who are super-duper-excited and want to do a big ta-doo for every.little.bit, then why not?  

    And let's also have a party for the first kick.

    And one for when you first can see a bump.

    and one for the first time you vomit. 

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  • BLT20051BLT20051 member
    imageSpacebunny19:

    I don't think it's "tacky" as I don't think there is a gift-giving element to it, right?  It's just a party you throw and announce/reveal the gender. 

    Yes, it's AW-ish and pretty unnecessary, but if you're a FTM and you have other friends who are super-duper-excited and want to do a big ta-doo for every.little.bit, then why not?  

    And let's also have a party for the first kick.

    And one for when you first can see a bump.

    and one for the first time you vomit. 

    Oh and first hemorrhoid!

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  • JaimeCHJaimeCH member
    We did one with DD. It was early June and perfect season for a BBQ with friends. We didn't know the sex of the baby, so we found out at the party. I don't think it was tacky. My sister and BFF threw the party for us (it was only close friends, no family besides sister). It was just like any other BBQ with our group of friends, but with a little bit of excitement thrown in there. It didn't seem tacky or AWish at the time, but we won't be doing one for #2 because it seems a bit over the top to do that again.
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  • Monsieur_et_Madame_HaMonsieur_et_Madame_Ha member

    Meh. It all depends on the situation and how you do it.

    I was Team Green twice before but DH and I decided to find out this time around. We liked the idea of finding out with our family, but couldn't invite them to the u/s. That's how we decided to go the surprise sex/gender reveal party route.

    After we had our u/s, we asked the tech to write the sex on a piece of paper and put it in an envelope. We took it to the bakery and asked them to make us a cake that would have either blue or pink frosting inside so we would find out when we cut it. Our "party" only consisted of us having my parents (DH's couldn't make it) and my brother and SIL + their kids over for lunch, and we all cut the cake together.

    There were no balloons, no presents, no games. Just family and tons of food :)

    I don't think my reveal party was tacky at all, but I honestly don't care if anyone thinks differently. It was truly a great moment that we got to share with family and I wouldn't change it if I could. 

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