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  • weddingringsandbabythingsweddingringsandbabythings member
    @Helenahhandbasket: Not literally, but we sent out 50 invitations, and had almost 300 people there. My photographers, wedding party, along with my husband and I didn't even get any food. It was pretty ridiculous. Fun, but ridic.
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  • HelenahhandbasketHelenahhandbasket member
    edited March 2014
    weddingringsandbabythings said:
    @Helenahhandbasket: Not literally, but we sent out 50 invitations, and had almost 300 people there. My photographers, wedding party, along with my husband and I didn't even get any food. It was pretty ridiculous. Fun, but ridic.

    OK.


    Look-- you know your family/friends best.  My honest main critisisim is to cut back on the weird games and stuff.  Make it more low key-- the "reveal" part should be the smallest, quickest part of the party- don't draw it out with nonsense. 

    Then let people hang out, talk, mingle with you etc.  Your guests will thank you for it.

     

     

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    MrsMuq said:
    OP, are you expecting people to bring gifts to your genitalia reveal party?
    Definitely not. It's for fun. 
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  • ksukitty1979ksukitty1979 member
    I think it's just a the person involved.  I hate big fusses being made over me specifically.  Never had an engagement party,  hubby and I got married at a courthouse and then threw a small party to celebrate with family and close friends.  So the idea of a big to do over the sex of my baby is not fun for me. 
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    weddingringsandbabythings said:
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    LoriLee14 said:
    So do you ladies get upset about engagement parties. because I find them more attention getting than a small reveal.
    Engagement parties are a gift to the bride and groom hosted by friends and/or family.  This is a party throw BY YOU FOR YOU for your baby's nut sack or lack thereof.  It's seriously not even close to the same thing.  
    My mom is actually throwing it for us, she's going to know the sex, and we're finding out at our party. I'm supposed to figure out what reveal I wanted to do. So it's not a party thrown by me for me, but even if it was...it's not your pregnancy or kids, so why do you care?
    I don't care but I feel it's an important distinction to separate parties thrown by you from parties thrown by others as a gift for you. 

    Also, if you care so little about all the people who say that SEX reveal parties are AWish then why do you keep coming back to defend yourself?  Defensiveness is about offering excuses in order to avoid responsibility.  
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    weddingringsandbabythings said:
    ebp913 said:
    weddingringsandbabythings said:
    ebp913 said:
    LoriLee14 said:
    So do you ladies get upset about engagement parties. because I find them more attention getting than a small reveal.
    Engagement parties are a gift to the bride and groom hosted by friends and/or family.  This is a party throw BY YOU FOR YOU for your baby's nut sack or lack thereof.  It's seriously not even close to the same thing.  
    My mom is actually throwing it for us, she's going to know the sex, and we're finding out at our party. I'm supposed to figure out what reveal I wanted to do. So it's not a party thrown by me for me, but even if it was...it's not your pregnancy or kids, so why do you care?
    I don't care but I feel it's an important distinction to separate parties thrown by you from parties thrown by others as a gift for you. 

    Also, if you care so little about all the people who say that SEX reveal parties are AWish then why do you keep coming back to defend yourself?  Defensiveness is about offering excuses in order to avoid responsibility.  
    LOL. So you can comment on a post that I made, and call my ideas stupid, or disagree with them, but I'm not allowed to post about liking them, or how they can be fun? 
    Logic: you lack it. 

    Even if I did throw a party myself, it doesn't concern you. I didn't ask for your opinion on it, and it has nothing to do with your child or their genitals. I can throw any kind of party that I want, and I'm simply saying that if you don't like it, it doesn't matter, because you don't have to go. 

    If you guys don't care about MY child's genitals (or a party for them) as much as you say you don't, why do you keep coming on a board that has everything to do with them, to try and convince me of how dumb it it? Your defensiveness theory goes both ways.  
    This isn't for you.  Clearly you are doing whatever you want.  There might be other people in the world who are reading this thread.  Maybe, possibly, it is the EFFING INTERNET.  
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  • WashingtonQueenWashingtonQueen member
    You don't have to have your mom know before hand. We had 3 envelopes, two with notes and one with the crotch shot. The notes went straight to the bakery and the party place. We left the building so they could fill up the box and then they brought it out to our car.
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    WashingtonQueen said:
    You don't have to have your mom know before hand. We had 3 envelopes, two with notes and one with the crotch shot. The notes went straight to the bakery and the party place. We left the building so they could fill up the box and then they brought it out to our car.
    Ohhhh! That's a great idea! She's really stoked about being the only one to know for 5 days...so I probably won't pee in her cheerios, though. 
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  • CandiMilCandiMil member
    OP, DH and I had a reveal party this past weekend and we and all of our guests had a great time. My sis in law set up the food table in half pink and half blue and all of our guests had to choose and commit to one side or the other. We also did a short old wives tales game and my sister and brother made us a video featuring my niece and nephew. We revealed by cutting a cake dyed blue (for our little man) on the inside. We chose not to invite all of our friends, just our extended family to cut down on costs and everyone feeling like we were having a baby shower rather than just a get together. We asked for no gifts even though my sis in law gifted us her favorite book to read to her babies. Everyone had a good time and took it as an opportunity to get together.

     

     

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    CandiMil said:
    OP, DH and I had a reveal party this past weekend and we and all of our guests had a great time. My sis in law set up the food table in half pink and half blue and all of our guests had to choose and commit to one side or the other. We also did a short old wives tales game and my sister and brother made us a video featuring my niece and nephew. We revealed by cutting a cake dyed blue (for our little man) on the inside. We chose not to invite all of our friends, just our extended family to cut down on costs and everyone feeling like we were having a baby shower rather than just a get together. We asked for no gifts even though my sis in law gifted us her favorite book to read to her babies. Everyone had a good time and took it as an opportunity to get together.
    That's awesome! I'm glad you had fun. My cousin-in-law had one last weekend, and they have a ton of fun pictures as well. I've found lots of cute game ideas for my special princess party, my mom just has to choose which ones she wants to use now. Thank you!
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    kdaugherty4: I still think your idea is pretty bomb. 
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    TexasGirl81 said:
    We did a reveal party last year, it went great! It was around Easter so we filled up plastic Easter eggs with pink and blue candies. There was only one special one with a pink candy all lonesome. That was our special egg. A baby girl. Parties are fun no matter what! Have a great time OP! :D
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    kdaugherty4 said:

    We are doing our party next Friday. It is a lures and lace theme. We got our invites off of etsy. Super cute! We are revealing the sex through scratch off cards. Everyone at the party will get one and only one person in the entire party will get the one that has three of the same color fish in a row. That person will scream out what the gender is. We also got these off of etsy. We are going to do fish tacos and hot dogs (HAHA) and everything will go with the theme! We can't wait!

    Unbelievable. That is gross.


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  • KhalenkampKhalenkamp member
    Boy did this thread get a little crazy!
    Anyways back to the original post. This is my first baby and I did a reveal! It was a fun little party. We did a 16 week gender scan but asked the OB not to show us or let us know. She wrote the gender on a card and sealed it in an envelope. We then went to a grocery store bakery and told them not to tell us, but to bake a cake with blueberry filling (for boy) or Strawberry filling (for girl). We picked up the cake the day of the party. This way no one knew. 

    We then did a pink and blue party with close family and friends which ended up being about 20 people. We had appetizers, sodas, lemonade, and decorations. Decorations were balloons (pink, blue, and name balloons because we had already come up with a boy or girl name), table clothes, cups, plates, and silverware. We also had pink or blue beads so people could guess the gender and wear the appropriate beadings. Everyone hung around until we cut into the cake. The cake said "We are having a ..." in yellow icing. We cut into the cake and when we pulled back the knife we saw the blueberry filling! It was so much fun. My Fiancee and I are now expecting a little David. We liked it this way because we could share our excitement with our whole family and friends while we all found out at the same time!! It was super fun. No gifts, no invitations, nothing special. Just people gathering around to share a precious moment in your life. A fun shindig for everyone. 
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  • lovely2999lovely2999 member
    edited March 2014
    OP, I hope you have a great reveal party. DO YOU!

    All the negative comments,
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    Thank you ladies! 
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    MJLund said:

    Good grief! Ignore these people. Its sad that so many people claim that "no one cares" if their baby is a boy or a girl. That is the number one question we get asked. And the people who we love and who love us are just as excited as we are. It makes me sad that so many people don't have the same kind of friendships in their lives.

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    No need to feel sad cupcake. My friends and family are wonderful and we are very close. It's worth mentioning that we were actually offered a big gender reveal party and we declined because of our personal feelings on them. Thank you for your concern though.



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    MJLund said:
    Good grief! Ignore these people. Its sad that so many people claim that "no one cares" if their baby is a boy or a girl. That is the number one question we get asked. And the people who we love and who love us are just as excited as we are. It makes me sad that so many people don't have the same kind of friendships in their lives. 

    Regardless, we ARE doing a gender reveal, though it will be very casual. And put no pressure on ANYONE to come (we sent out a facebook invite, for goodness gracious! How much more "come if you want" can you get?!) And guess what? Everyone we invited not only said they were coming, but reached out to us individually (and in person, look at that!) to say how excited they were. 

    There are SO many ideas, but we are going with confetti poppers! We bought one pink and one blue (they are large poppers, so we just went with one each.) We figured it would be simple, easy, and (lets be honest) make for some cute keepsake photographs. 

    Enjoy yourself, and have fun with it! 
    Your photo will be awesome! I hope you have fun! 
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    lovely2999 said:
    OP, I hope you have a great reveal party. DO YOU!

    All the negative comments,
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    Oh. Well, pardon us for not realizing that she didn't want honest opinions, she just wanted smoke and rainbows and glitter blown up her ass.
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    weddingringsandbabythings said:
    Meery82 said:
    love said:
    OP, I hope you have a great reveal party. DO YOU!

    All the negative comments,
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    Oh. Well, pardon us for not realizing that she didn't want honest opinions, she just wanted smoke and rainbows and glitter blown up her ass.
    I didn't ask for your opinions at all. I asked who had a reveal, what they did, what THEY liked and disliked about what THEY did.

    I didn't ask what everyones opinions on the parties were. I know, that's a hard concept to grasp... I'll give you a minute to let it sink in. 

    LOL. That's cute. You think you're smart. If you don't want to hear what people have to say, don't post on a public message board. But I know that's a hard concept to grasp. :-*
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  • weddingringsandbabythingsweddingringsandbabythings member
    I couldn't care less if you post your opinion.. I was just pointing out that I didn't ask for it..even though you obviously seem to think I did. 
    "Oh. Well, pardon us for not realizing that she didn't want honest opinions, she just wanted smoke and rainbows and glitter blown up her ass"


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  • blushingbride_08blushingbride_08 member
    We had a gender reveal during my birthday party. . I had everyone guess and the winners gotta prize which was a hershey candy bar with the SHE in hershey painted pink. I also made some cake pops with the center pink. Everyone was already gathering for my bday so it was good timing.
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    Bliss+Berry said:
    Meery82 said:
    kdaugherty4 said:
    We are doing our party next Friday. It is a lures and lace theme. We got our invites off of etsy. Super cute! We are revealing the sex through scratch off cards. Everyone at the party will get one and only one person in the entire party will get the one that has three of the same color fish in a row. That person will scream out what the gender is. We also got these off of etsy. We are going to do fish tacos and hot dogs (HAHA) and everything will go with the theme! We can't wait!
    Does this nauseate anyone besides me? Ugh.

    While I would never have one, I think a sex reveal is fine if it is a small get together with immediate family and VERY close friends. Only for people who really care. A big party is absolutely hideous.
    Disgusted.

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    I was so waiting for someone to say something. I read the "fish tacos" part and absolutely cannot even comprehend why this would be considered cute or funny. FISH TACOS?? for real??
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  • weddingringsandbabythingsweddingringsandbabythings member
    edited March 2014
    cruelsound said:

    I don't understand why this was even posted. Yanno, since Pinterest and Google could help you out with ideas, since that's all you seem to have wanted in the first place. 

    Because I didn't ask for a list of ideas. I found plenty of them. "Anyways, we want to do a gender reveal party, but there are so many cute ideas."

    I asked what people did, what what they liked/dislike about what they did. "Have any of you guys done one? If so, what did you do, and what did you like about it, dislike/or wish you could've done differently?"

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