Gross, tacky, entitled, narcissistic and attention seeking.

And just plain criminal when they're setting off explosives in the middle of wildfire season.

In my hometown someone ruined a beautiful and historic fountain in our botanical gardens by filling it with blue dye for a gender reveal. Not nearly as bad as a fire but just want to point out it’s not a one time thing. I also go running at a nature preserve that’s popular with photographers and AT LEAST weekly I see pink or blue balloons floating in the water, pink and blue confetti in the grass, or huge areas of grasses stained by smoke bombs. Selfish, dangerous, trashy — in all sense of the word.

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Anonymous wrote:My best friend had two gender reveals -- the family gathering where they announced they were having a girl, and Grandma's first diaper change, where she met her new grandson.

This seems oddly manipulative.

It wasn't planned. My friend (and her doctor and everyone else) thought she was having a girl -- right up until her son was born. She surprised her mother with the news by having Grandma do a diaper change.

Was this a long time ago? I can imagine that around when I was born (80s) since ultrasounds weren't routine and were crappy at best, but in the days of 12 week NIPT testing that seems so unlikely!

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Anonymous wrote:My best friend had two gender reveals -- the family gathering where they announced they were having a girl, and Grandma's first diaper change, where she met her new grandson.

This seems oddly manipulative.

It wasn't planned. My friend (and her doctor and everyone else) thought she was having a girl -- right up until her son was born. She surprised her mother with the news by having Grandma do a diaper change.

We delivered our 3 kids in a birthing tub at home. That's how we gender-revealed.

I have refused to go to any one I have been invited to.

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Anonymous wrote:Agree. Gender Reveals were always a little too “me me me look at me” for my liking. So are Sprinkles.

This.

The same could be said of birthday parties. Should we stop celebrating birthdays as well? How many parents are invited to kid birthday parties that they rather not attend.

Birthday party: celebrating another year of life for a loved person.

Gender reveal: Let's have a party so I can tell you if my fetus has a vagina or a penis.


If birthday parties start becoming about revealing genitals to guess we can drop those too.

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Anonymous wrote:Agree. Gender Reveals were always a little too “me me me look at me” for my liking. So are Sprinkles.

This.

The same could be said of birthday parties. Should we stop celebrating birthdays as well? How many parents are invited to kid birthday parties that they rather not attend.

Aaaaaand my MIL just insisted I help her plan and throw a gender reveal for my SIL. Hard pass, for so many reasons.

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Anonymous wrote:Oh please. Let people have their fun. Minus the fire. There's no harm in it.

I've never done one myself. I wait until birth. But let people be happy.

+1 to all of this.

Besides, I know someone who accidentally started a brushfire with fireworks at his wedding. Are weddings canceled now, too? Most forest fires that are caused by humans are because of worse behavior, like smoking or arson. And California's fire seasons are getting worse because of land mismanagement and climate change. But sure, let's all go after the gender reveals!

Lol @ a forest fire being worse because it was started by a cigarette instead of a gender reveal pyrotechnic device.

LOL @ not understanding the exact inverse was implied by the OP.

Anonymous wrote:All are trashy including the PP above. No one really cares the sex of your kids. Grandparents will be happy with either. Aunts and uncles could give a shit. Just don’t do it. And really don’t do it with fire.

Nap time grumpy?

the fail videos are the best part of them. Google it

Anonymous wrote:Only the giant fighting babies kind is allowed.

That was creepy

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Anonymous wrote:Oh please. Let people have their fun. Minus the fire. There's no harm in it.

I've never done one myself. I wait until birth. But let people be happy.

+1 to all of this.

Besides, I know someone who accidentally started a brushfire with fireworks at his wedding. Are weddings canceled now, too? Most forest fires that are caused by humans are because of worse behavior, like smoking or arson. And California's fire seasons are getting worse because of land mismanagement and climate change. But sure, let's all go after the gender reveals!

Lol @ a forest fire being worse because it was started by a cigarette instead of a gender reveal pyrotechnic device.

Anonymous wrote:I thought Boomers were called “The Me Generation” ?

Certainly wasn’t done with Silent Generation or Gen X!

Do t get me started on “gender” v. sex.

Social media wasn’t around then, so I don’t think it’s fair to say that prior generations weren’t narcissistic enough, since they didn’t have the platform available.