I actually went to a gender reveal party for a horse/mare that was pregnant. My friend breeds horses - about one a year. That was a fun party. Although the horse did not appreciate the fireworks (exploding balloon filled with blue glitter).
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Gender reveal parties are fuckin stupid as shit
What's even worse is the one-upmanship that has taken off with these.
Is that really a thing
Surely you've seen the over-the-top absurdity on social media.
I have, a little, I'm not on most social media anymore. But I didn't think it was competitive, just grandiosity? Or maybe that was the joke?
Nope, just fucking stupid.
You'll see lots of giant clean mall crawl pickups at these.
Especially in the middle of a pandemic.
Sex party is a much better term. Baby’s don’t have a gender yet.
Preliminary gender assignment party.
Sex reveal party.
Sex party obviously has some differing connotations that are very innapropriate in the context of babies.
How, do you believe, babies are made in the first place?
Sex reveal party, revealing we had sex
I'm pretty sure the kind of people that do these parties are already going around telling their families and friends (and probably internet strangers) that they were having unprotected sex on the regular, no need to have a party to reveal what you've already told everyone
It's also great for advertisement.
Narrator "It was in fact a sex party"
I mean, granny is closer to the truth anyway.
Are these gender reveals a thing for trans people? Or, let's say I'm a very feminine man, then, can I do a gender reveal as a cis man just to publicly assure people they can call me a he?
Now I'm imagining a very masculine-presenting cis man inviting everyone to their big gender reveal party, only to anti-climactically reveal that they identify as a man.
If there's free food, and I don't need to bring a gift, I'm fine with that.
Any excuse for a party, I say go for it.
I like this spirit.
I thought that’s what these were for a while too. If someone throws one you’re wondering until the grand revelation whether they’re going to fully switch or go non-binary, and sometimes at the end they reveal that they’re just staying as they are (but all choices are valid and everyone had a lovely party anyway).
As long as it's not thinly-veiled transphobia, it sounds like as good a reason as any.
I was wondering, that's all.
I mean, if the kind of friends and family you'd invite to a gender reveal party don't take you seriously about what you say your gender is, why would a party change their minds and why are they still in your life? I mean go for it but it sounds like a weird uncomfortable situation. If you were publicly questioning yourself for a while and experimenting and settle on being cis, hell yea go for it. If you just see trans people doing it and want to undermine them "all lives matter" style, then that'd pretty shitty but you do you.
All that being said, I don't know any trans people who threw a party when they came out, much less called it a gender reveal party. I think the typical experience is anxiously gradually letting more and more family and friends in on it, certainly has been the experience for me
Life's not easy. I couldn't possibly begin to list the reasons why people keep others close regardless of their sexual orientation or opinions on that, but I'm sure there are motives. This is all hypothetical, since I'm coming from a generation in which this wasn't a thing, but yeah, I was projecting my younger self in current times, too. And definitely, more like the end of a journey of sexual discovery than mocking any kind of people.
Personally, friends who I've come out to as trans who still think I'm male are no longer friends. Family would be trickier and I'm very thankful I haven't had to deal with that but I'd cut out anyone closer than immediate family for sure. One thing I definitely wouldn't do for sure? Invite those people to a party hahaha
First half response, "where?" Second half response, "goose?"
What happens in the retirement home stays in the retirement home.
Except syphilis. Gotta make sure that doesn't spread to the wider community.
By far the most interesting part is what those questions were...