Gender Reveals are tacky.

[Anonymous]

I don’t have kids but I don’t mind them. I think it’s fun to find out at the same time as the parents / see their reaction.

[Anonymous]

so much tackiness with expectant parents. I don't care about your child's genitalia. I don't want to see a 8x10 framed photo of the ultrasound. I definitely don't want to see uploaded photos of a diaper blowout on my feed. Just stop it. You are not the first ones to be dealing with this stuff.

[Anonymous]

Agree OP. It’s all part of the “look at me” generation.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:Gender reveal parties = tacky

Waiting to reveal the gender until birth = artificially manufactured anticipation to unnecessarily amplify an already pretty cool thing. It's crazy easy and convenient to know the baby's sex before birth. You have to ACTIVELY choose not to find out these days, which seems a very artificial thing to do. So I guess you are right, because in a way, the people who are so adamant that "it be a surprise" may be just as bad as the gender reveal people. When you make the choice NOT to find out the gender, and tell everyone you know that you "want a surprise," you are just creating a fuss over something no one really cares about anyway. People ask the gender of your unborn baby to be polite, not because they actually care.

Just find out the gender at 20 weeks, tell people, and move on. All this fuss is exhausting.

uhhhhhhh okay

Some of us don't want to know the sex, for a whole host of reasons. I fail to see how simply not knowing (even if you express that as "we want it to be a surprise") creates any more of a "fuss" than telling.

"Oh, it's a boy."
"Oh, we don't know, we'll find out when they baby's born."

I see no difference.

[Anonymous]

Attention seeking.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:Meh. It’s fine as long as it doesn’t start a forest fire.

They aren’t fine. No one cares what you’re having except the parents to be.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:Agree OP. It’s all part of the “look at me” generation.

*1

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:Attention seeking.

Agreed. For people who don't feel like they get enough attention so are forcing it.

[Anonymous]

Uh, duh. It's a party about genitalia.

[Anonymous]

We had a family only party for the older kids, an aunt and uncle, and grandparents. Fun, small family event - and it was a way to get the siblings excited about the upcoming arrival.

[Anonymous]

Of course they are. Nobody gives a sh*t about the sex of your baby.

[Anonymous]

Is it another gift grab?

Never been to one, thank goodness.

[Anonymous]

Agree.

I also think over-the-top pregnancy announcements are tacky. But I keep that to myself.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:I don’t think anyone care about your baby’s gender besides you and the grandparents.

+1 seriously.. people need to make a big deal out of every single thing in their lives.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:I don’t have kids but I don’t mind them. I think it’s fun to find out at the same time as the parents / see their reaction.

The crushing disappointment of yet another girl (or boy). Haha.