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[quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous]I actually go further than Miss Martin.  To me it is tacky to reveal the gender before the birth.  [/quote]

I think it is too. I wouldn't say that in real life though. I loved being surprised in the delivery room. It was one of those once in a lifetime moments. [/quote]

Yes!  My peeps!  I HAVE said it in real-life: there is no greater joy (to me) than NOT finding out and being surprised (or not) in the delivery room.  I'm three for three on this, too.  That's right, I did not want to know the *sex* of my babies, ever... and I had three.

Not finding out truly rankled my MIL [b](and further bolstered my bitchy conviction that I was never going to find out because SHE so wanted to know in advance so she could "shop"[/b]) but it was perhaps the first true boundary I established after MIL suggested she might accompany me to the sonography appointment.

I digress.  Amen, Miss Manners!  Thank you for putting into words what so many of us have felt for a very long time about these dreaded "parties."

I will now decline future invitations, guilt-free.[/quote]

Wow your MIL truly sounds horrible for wanting to buy you baby gifts.  What a horrible person!  [/quote]

Nothing prevented her from buying gender neutral items or waiting to buy until the baby is born.  Or giving gift certificates. See how many options? Wanting to go to the sonography when the mother to be did not invite you there is indeed horrible and controlling.[/quote]

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