UO 11/2

JNCPro3130 · November 2017

@arteduc8, no kidding! I don't think I know that many people who would care enough to come!

alli392 · November 2017

@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!

JNCPro3130 · November 2017

@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!"

curleemama32 · November 2017

@allie0320 I think it's going to computer animated kind of like The Jungle Book remake. So i guess live action is a misnomer.

sandbar517 · November 2017

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?!?!?

lincbeesmom · November 2017

@sandbar517 exactly. If you want my money, don’t make me work for it by reading the whole time. Just tell me what you need haha.

justsuzie · November 2017

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!!!

RachelT1234 · November 2017

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.

kpc914 · November 2017

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.

JNCPro3130 · November 2017

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.

cups4 · November 2017

@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.

kpc914 · November 2017

@cups4 what is Selena Gomez up to?! Didn't she just have a kidney transplant?!

mamabird515 · November 2017

@cups4 is she or isn’t she dating J Biebs?

mileswithmyles · November 2017

I thought she was dating The Weekend?

kpc914 · November 2017

yeah. I really hate "gender" reveal parties. I side-eye literally everyone who has one haha. sorry, not sorry

lincbeesmom · November 2017

mileswithmyles said:

I thought she was dating The Weekend?

THey broke up this week!

mamabird515 · November 2017

@mileswithmyles she JUST broke up with him and is now been seen with JB last weekend at church and today biking... #canwebefriends ?

mileswithmyles · November 2017

@mamabird515 got it! I was behind on my celeb gossip!

ladystinson · November 2017

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

sparklingdiamond · November 2017

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.

gildah · November 2017

I’ve never met anyone who had a gender reveal party. I didn’t know that was a thing until I came here.

melanier26 · November 2017

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.

Poppy0419 · November 2017

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.

ladystinson · November 2017

@mrt723 and @Poppy0419 those sound perfect to me!

suchaglencoco · November 2017

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???

sandbar517 · November 2017

@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.

fraufarbissina · November 2017

@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.

Poppy0419 · November 2017

@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.

theletlers · November 2017

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.

suchaglencoco · November 2017

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.

cups4 · November 2017

@suchaglencoco I love this!

arteduc8 · November 2017

theletlers said:

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.

Pearlvirus · November 2017

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.

jessnoel89 · November 2017

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.

mamabird515 · November 2017

I love the person that left twitter and deleted his account. That person is amazing.

kat11223344 · November 2017

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.

arteduc8 · November 2017

k5678 said:

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.

glitzandglitter · November 2017

@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.

suchaglencoco · November 2017

k5678 said:

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.

mileswithmyles · November 2017

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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