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Gender Reveal Party?

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What is this? Do I bring a gift? Is this a thing now? I feel out-of-touch...
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  • ordinary1ordinary1 member
    No gift.
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  • rhubarb123rhubarb123 member
    I wouldn't...nor would I go.
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  • mel8255mel8255 member
    If you do go, can you post and let us know how it went? Because after the 5 seconds it takes to say what the SEX not gender of the baby is, I'd like to know what the hell else happens after that??
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  • 1026pumpkin1026pumpkin member

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    I wouldn't...nor would I go.

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  • EastCoastBrideEastCoastBride member
    Definitely no gift.  And while I actually do enjoy finding out what people are going to have, I'd only go if I was really pretty darned close to the couple. 
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  • PunkyBoosterPunkyBooster member

    Ugh. I cannot stand this trend. 

    I have been to 1 and have another in 3 weeks. I did not take a gift nor will I take one this time around.

     

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  • JenniD2JenniD2 member

    imageEastCoastBride:
    Definitely no gift.  And while I actually do enjoy finding out what people are going to have, I'd only go if I was really pretty darned close to the couple. 

    This. These parties are generally non-gift giving events. Although, I would not go to one unless it was for a close family member or friend.

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  • RoxyLynnRoxyLynn member
    What is this?  It's a sign of strong AW-ish tendencies, and a belief (often delusional) that the rest of the world is waiting breathlessly to hear about your baby's latest hiccup.
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  • marybell596marybell596 member
    Throw a party anyway...I dont know what it is
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  • mcooper014mcooper014 member
    It's a party people throw for themselves because they think their family and friends are so excited to find out whether they are having a boy or a girl that instead of sending a text message or making a phone call they have a huge party to reveal the gender of their baby because they are so special.  Do not bring them if a gift if you choose to go.
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  • FemShepFemShep member

    imageRoxyLynn:
    What is this?  It's a sign of strong AW-ish tendencies, and a belief (often delusional) that the rest of the world is waiting breathlessly to hear about your baby's latest hiccup.

    This-except I would say the belief that the rest of the world cares as much as you do is *always* delusional.  ;) 

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  • MzCurnett8886MzCurnett8886 member

    No gift needed. Our gender reveal "party" is I go to IL's for dinner once a month and I'm taking desert that week that tells them the baby's gender. We need that delay so DH can check his email to find out what baby is before anyone else finds out.

     I can't stand the idea of an actual party, I mean what do you do after the reveal? Sit and talk? Do people expect gifts? A party that really only takes 5minutes, if that.

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  • PinkLillyLoverPinkLillyLover member
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    imageEastCoastBride:
    Definitely no gift.  And while I actually do enjoy finding out what people are going to have, I'd only go if I was really pretty darned close to the couple. 

    This. These parties are generally non-gift giving events. Although, I would not go to one unless it was for a close family member or friend.

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  • PunkyBoosterPunkyBooster member
    imageMzCurnett8886:

    No gift needed. Our gender reveal "party" is I go to IL's for dinner once a month and I'm taking desert that week that tells them the baby's gender. We need that delay so DH can check his email to find out what baby is before anyone else finds out.

     I can't stand the idea of an actual party, I mean what do you do after the reveal? Sit and talk? Do people expect gifts? A party that really only takes 5minutes, if that.

    Duh.

    After the cake cutting, during which all the ladies will anxiously hold hands, then erupt in mock-screams after the color is revealed, everyone crowds around a delighted mother and/or a delighted/upset father. Coddling of said upset father over the news of not having a boy takes place while mom sits down and relishes in all the new things she needs for baby and promptly gives a run down of the list of every single name she thinks she likes.

    This goes on for at least an hour while guests consume as much alcohol as humanely possible for the middle of the day/driving home after and plaster the "I care SOOOOOOOOO much!" smile on their face while they listen to mom drone on and on about every detail about the anatomy scan and how she just could not WAIT to find out with all of us 45 nearest and dearest friends.

    The end.  

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  • ordinary1ordinary1 member
    My family and best friend who is like a sister asked constantly if we knew the gender.  I had a family dinner and invited my friend.  We ate, had cheesecake and then told everyone.  It wasn't a big ordeal and I am not a fan of the over the top reveals. Also the only person who got a gift were my grandparents.  I give them u/s pictures after every one and put it in a pink frame.
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  • MzCurnett8886MzCurnett8886 member
    imagePunkyBooster:
    imageMzCurnett8886:

    No gift needed. Our gender reveal "party" is I go to IL's for dinner once a month and I'm taking desert that week that tells them the baby's gender. We need that delay&nbsp;so&nbsp;DH can check his email to find out what baby is before anyone else finds out.

    &nbsp;I can't stand the idea of an actual party, I mean what do you do after the reveal? Sit and talk? Do people expect gifts? A party that really only takes 5minutes, if that.

    Duh.

    After the cake cutting, during which all the ladies will anxiously hold hands, then erupt in mock-screams after the color is revealed, everyone crowds around a delighted mother and/or a delighted/upset father. Coddling of said upset father over the news of not having a boy takes place while mom sits down and relishes in all the new things she needs for baby and promptly gives a run down of the list of every single name she thinks she likes.

    This goes on for at least an hour while guests consume as much alcohol as humanely possible for the middle of the day/driving home after and plaster the "I care SOOOOOOOOO much!" smile on their face while they listen to mom drone on and on about every detail about the anatomy scan and how she just could not WAIT to find out with all of us 45 nearest and dearest friends.

    The end. &nbsp;

    sounds like something I would honestly want to shoot myself by the end. Even as the MTB announcing the sex.
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  • BallSoxBallSox member
    In a generation convinced that they are the most special thing on the face of the planet, this "event" is another concocted moment to stand in the spotlight.  They are basically the "participation trophy" of procreation.

    No gift and if it were me, a decline on the RSVP.
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