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[quote=Anonymous][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? [b]Wanting to go[/b] to the sonography when the mother to be did not invite you there is indeed horrible and controlling.[/quote]
Um. Demanding to go? Throwing a tantrum when the parents say no? Sure, that's bad. Simple "wanting to go" is not horrible. [/quote]

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