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[quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous]whenever these threads come up, there seems to be a core of people who seem to imagine the worst possible event that they'd hate and then post about how much they'd hate it.  Like if I said "I'm having a wedding, how can I make it fun?" they'd say "UGH! SO self-centered of you to have a wedding! With the slide shows of your childhood and the annoying bandleader and the drunken toasts from the best man! Why does anyone ever DO this?"[/quote]

How many millennia have we been attending weddings? How many years have we been attending gender reveal parties, which, to me, pregnant 33 year old fogey that I am, feels overly intimate, like something that the happy couple should find out together relatively alone (nurses and doctors or an ultrasound tech would be there for most "gender reveals" for example). It's just too "too," like organized cake smash picture sessions. [/quote]

To be fair, [b]the modern wedding extravaganza for anyone but royalty or aristocracy is probably a relatively recent phenomenon as well.[/b]  I guess the point is, if you think it's creepy, boring, or unpleasant in any way; don't attend.  Several people have stated they don't like these.  A few others that they don't care either way.  And a couple that they enjoy them.  So OP, make your decision based on that.  I personally have only been to a gender reveal shower, which made the shower a little more interesting.  (I generally don't find showers that much fun including my own, though I will say my sister worked hard on a really relevant theme and related decor/games for mine.  I think it was more fun than your typical shower.)  I don't know what I would think of a gender reveal party.  Probably depends on the hosts, group of friends, and exactly how it was organized (i.e. two hours of focus on guess the gender games, or just a subtle theme in the background with a few minutes spent actually revealing the gender).  FWIW, though, it seems to me to be more of something someone else would host for the couple than something they would do themselves.[/quote]

The extravaganza level may be new, but even the common people have celebrated weddings for many, many years.[/quote]

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