@JNCPro3130 I can’t even fathom spending that money on a party! Maybe because I’m a FTM the sex really isn’t that important to us but I’d be uncomfortable even having a party with just immediate family. Just tell them! That can be my UO for the day.
That and I’m confused how the live action remake of Lion King is going to go. Are they going to do it like the stage musical with costumes and stuff? I love the animated movie and the stage musical but I’m not sure how it will work on film. Guess we’ll see!
Married: 12/19/15
BFP: 9/4/17 EDD: 5/16/18 DD born 5/10/18 Postpartum Complications
@allie0320, I didn't have one for DS and I won't this time either. I really don't see the big deal. IF I were going to, it would be small with JUST the grandparents and close friends. Even that seems like much.
Along the "reveal" lines I'm going to go a step further for my UO. I think it's weird when parents post the picture with the arrow pointing to the poor baby's penis or vagina. I'm like "I believe you! I don't need picture proof!"
I don't think the "gender" reveal parties or second showers are really all that unpopular of opinions. I'm totally with everyone else on those. I've seen a few that were streamed on FB, but thankfully I've never been invited to one in real life. I found a thread today on another BMB where someone was complaining that people weren't buying stuff off her registry, so "humph! Totally not having a registry for the next one!" It took all my willpower not to comment and ask why in the world she would make a public one for a second that she would have to worry about people buying stuff from anyway....
Edited because I forgot to say OMG @lincbeesmom I HATE those!!! Like, why don't you just talk?? What's with the stupid cue cards?!?!?
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Do people really care if you’re having s boy or a girl? Wouldn’t they just be excited that your having a baby. I guess maybe my UO is that I don’t get excited to hear of someone is having a boy or a girl. What’s exciting is their making a tiny human!!!
Aside from just a few close friends/family, I doubt anyone even cares what the sex of the baby is. I've only been invited to one reveal party for a friend, but luckily I had another obligation that day.
yeah. I really hate "gender" reveal parties. I side-eye literally everyone who has one haha. I totally agree and wouldn't even think of asking someone if they are having a boy or a girl...why on earth do I even care? a baby is a baby, and that's the exciting part.
lol Y'all are completely right! I do like to know (just out of curiosity) if ladies are having a boy or girl, but in all honesty, I react the EXACT same way no matter what they tell me. "Aw! Yay a (boy/girl)! So exciting!" Then I go about my day. Half the time I forget what they're having and have to ask again. I'm ridiculous... I know.
@justsuzie@kpc914@RachelT1234 Yup. The only sex I care about is the baby in my uterus. Every other person having a baby and the sex is of no concern to me. Truly, even my own sister is having a baby and I'm just excited she's having a baby, period!
UO: I am too concerned about Selena Gomez and her choices lately than I should be.
I think a "gender" reveal could be cute/fun if it's done in tandem with like a family/close friends cookout where its just a quick little activity, even if it's themed, but not asking for gifts along side when a shower is coming soon after. I don't know anyone who has ever had one other than 1 cousin who lives out of state but it was a cookout at their house with the grandparents great-grandparents and the aunts/uncles/ to be. They posted a clip of the actual reveal on facebook but that was the extent that I've ever been involved lol
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I don't care if people have gender reveal parties. I have never been invited to one, but would probably go for a close friend or family member. I also don't side-eye second showers. If someone wants to throw it for you, I think that's fine.
We had a gender reveal party with DS but it was just immediate family. I saw it as an opportunity to get everyone together for a fun day. We had food and the gender reveal (icing in the cupcakes) was low-key.
I had a reveal party for DD. It was the first grandbaby on both sides so it was super exciting for the grandparents. We invited close friends as well. And cooked a ton of food so it wasn’t really the main focus of the day.
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Low key, sex reveal parties can be very sweet. Especially if it's a cookout or get together already planned already then you bring out cupcakes with the filling or burst a small piñata or something. The over the top, look at us, bring me more gifts ones are uncalled for to me. Or when the parents already know the sex. Like, then why???
@suchaglencoco yes, exactly. If it's done in a total AW manner where it's like a second shower, it just leaves a bad taste in my mouth. Honestly, no one cares as much as you do what sex your child is. Similar to weddings. No one cares about your wedding as much as you do. So yeah, have one. Awesome. Just don't turn it into a total AW moment.
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@suchaglencoco completely agree...someone I know recently posted a video of her and her husband cutting the cake at their sex reveal party but they already knew the sex, so it was only a surprise for the extended family. It was so anti-climatic. Everyone was just like "oh cool a boy."
Edit to add... maybe this should go in the confessions.. I do cry almost anytime I watch a sex reveal video (except the one mentioned above.). Seeing the parent's reaction just gets me every time. But I would never have a party of my own and am happy I've never been invited to one.
@suchaglencoco AGREED. We didn’t want gifts. We just wanted a fun hang out time. And we didn’t know the sex so it was fun. And there was a shit ton of beer for everyone who wasn’t me. Some people’s are just ridiculous.
I agree, no reveal parties for us. Unless we just shout it's a baby! If we find out I'll probably just text my family. But no one would really be upset either way, just happy. Other than that I'm just about over Trump as president. I'm not really sure if that's an UO or common one though.
We didn't do a reveal party for our twins. Instead, I went over the top and hired a photographer to meet us at a park and take photos as we opened huge boxes filled with colored balloons. We then did a mini, early maternity shoot. I love then the photos. You can feel the joy and excitement radiate from our faces. But had we known before, it would have been so silly.
I agree, no reveal parties for us. Unless we just shout it's a baby! If we find out I'll probably just text my family. But no one would really be upset either way, just happy. Other than that I'm just about over Trump as president. I'm not really sure if that's an UO or common one though.
I'll join you in that one! Although according to recent polls, we aren't alone in that feeling! I just want Congress to finally do their job and remove him before he does something disastrous like start a war. Although his war on the environment worries me immensely for our childrens' future.
I don’t understand how anyone voted for that idiot in the first place. I get not loving Hilary, but seriously this clown is unacceptable and embarrassing.
I know some who did gender reveal parties and they already knew they were having a boy. I think it's more fun when the parents don't know. My sister and I are finding out on Saturday (she's due the same week as me!) But we're not doing a big party. We'll just take some pics and that's it.
We have our anatomy scan on December 22, so I think I'm going to ask them to put the sex in an envelope and wrap it under the tree to open with the kids on Christmas morning. That's about as reveal-y as I'll get.
We have our anatomy scan on December 22, so I think I'm going to ask them to put the sex in an envelope and wrap it under the tree to open with the kids on Christmas morning. That's about as reveal-y as I'll get.
That's an adorable idea! I think celebrating with your immediate family is a perfect way to do it.
@theletlers & @arteduc8 - I really wish they'd remove him too. He is such a hot mess and really an embarrassment but the idea of Pence taking his place is not comforting to me either.
I'm on the you do you side with gender reveals. I don't think you should get gifts for them though. We sort of had a reveal but I wouldn't call it a gender reveal party. We had family in from out of state and had planned the dinner a while ago just as a chance to see everyone. Since we happened to find out the morning of the dinner we brought a cake for dessert that had blue icing on the inside.
We have our anatomy scan on December 22, so I think I'm going to ask them to put the sex in an envelope and wrap it under the tree to open with the kids on Christmas morning. That's about as reveal-y as I'll get.
Omg yes!!!! Or what you could do is bring the envelope with a Christmas bag or box to a store, pick out a girl and boy outfit for the same price, and have the cashier ring one up and secretly stuff it in the packaging for you! That plan you may have the go at like 8 in the in the morning when it isn't too busy, ha.
I don’t love gender reveal parties either. We have the benefit of having a perinatologist in the family. With DS, he opened his office on the weekend and we invited our families to come for an ultrasound and he told us we were having a boy. A few weeks before at our NT, scan, he had told us he was pretty sure it was a boy. We are doing the same thing this coming Saturday. He was pretty sure we were having a girl at the NT scan. The we are all going over to my aunt and uncles house for dinner. No gifts! Just a chance for our families to see the baby at a non-medical appointment and find out along with us.
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I can’t even fathom spending that money on a party! Maybe because I’m a FTM the sex really isn’t that important to us but I’d be uncomfortable even having a party with just immediate family. Just tell them! That can be my UO for the day.
That and I’m confused how the live action remake of Lion King is going to go. Are they going to do it like the stage musical with costumes and stuff? I love the animated movie and the stage musical but I’m not sure how it will work on film. Guess we’ll see!
Married: 12/19/15
BFP: 9/4/17
EDD: 5/16/18
DD born 5/10/18
Postpartum Complications
BFP: 10/1/19
EDD: 6/12/20
Along the "reveal" lines I'm going to go a step further for my UO. I think it's weird when parents post the picture with the arrow pointing to the poor baby's penis or vagina. I'm like "I believe you! I don't need picture proof!"
Edited because I forgot to say OMG @lincbeesmom I HATE those!!! Like, why don't you just talk?? What's with the stupid cue cards?!?!?
Married June 2012
BFP June 2013- blighted ovum, D&C Aug 2013
BFP Oct 2013- twins! A&H born May 2014
BFP Aug 2017- EDD 5/8/17
Yup. The only sex I care about is the baby in my uterus. Every other person having a baby and the sex is of no concern to me. Truly, even my own sister is having a baby and I'm just excited she's having a baby, period!
UO: I am too concerned about Selena Gomez and her choices lately than I should be.
DS born 3/11
Angel Baby 3 6/28/11 9/5/17 BFP!!
divorced October 2014 9/6/17 hCG 88 progesterone 9.1 (prometrium started)
Married DH 10/15 DH's DS born 6/09 9/8/17 hCG 242!!!
Not preventing since 11/15 EDD 5/8/18 Adjusted 5/15/18
TTC since 1/1/16 9/27/17 we have a heart beat!
DS born 3/11
Angel Baby 3 6/28/11 9/5/17 BFP!!
divorced October 2014 9/6/17 hCG 88 progesterone 9.1 (prometrium started)
Married DH 10/15 DH's DS born 6/09 9/8/17 hCG 242!!!
Not preventing since 11/15 EDD 5/8/18 Adjusted 5/15/18
TTC since 1/1/16 9/27/17 we have a heart beat!
The over the top, look at us, bring me more gifts ones are uncalled for to me. Or when the parents already know the sex. Like, then why???
Married June 2012
BFP June 2013- blighted ovum, D&C Aug 2013
BFP Oct 2013- twins! A&H born May 2014
BFP Aug 2017- EDD 5/8/17
Edit to add... maybe this should go in the confessions.. I do cry almost anytime I watch a sex reveal video (except the one mentioned above.). Seeing the parent's reaction just gets me every time. But I would never have a party of my own and am happy I've never been invited to one.
I love then the photos. You can feel the joy and excitement radiate from our faces. But had we known before, it would have been so silly.
I'm on the you do you side with gender reveals. I don't think you should get gifts for them though.
We sort of had a reveal but I wouldn't call it a gender reveal party. We had family in from out of state and had planned the dinner a while ago just as a chance to see everyone. Since we happened to find out the morning of the dinner we brought a cake for dessert that had blue icing on the inside.
Or what you could do is bring the envelope with a Christmas bag or box to a store, pick out a girl and boy outfit for the same price, and have the cashier ring one up and secretly stuff it in the packaging for you!
That plan you may have the go at like 8 in the in the morning when it isn't too busy, ha.