Man's three-word response at baby's gender party reveal leaves guests speechless
A woman has shared the 'disgusting' comment a dad made after finding out he is having another daughter at their baby's gender reveal party - making it clear he wanted a son
A couple has been slammed for their 'disgusting' reaction after hearing the gender of their second-born baby. From the start of the celebration, the couple made it clear they'd prefer to have a baby boy believing them to be 'cheaper' and 'easier' to raise.
Their gender bias was reiterated after a note revealed they're having a second girl. Sharing their reaction on Reddit, a woman explained how her mother-in-law organised a gender reveal party for a customer – and pulled out all the stops to build up the surprise.
She told Reddit : "Today, I was once again reminded of why I'm childfree. This couple arrived with their family and my mother-in-law had given everyone an envelope with the baby's gender inside. She kept teasing them with fake reveals.
"Like at one point she had someone lift a sticker that had writing underneath that said 'It's a b..............aby!' but instead of lifting it all the way to see that, the dad just got super excited and was shouting "I saw a B, I saw a B!". When they realised it was a joke, they looked annoyed."
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After this, her mother-in-law presented their guests with envelopes - with only one containing the correct gender and the others acting as a 'tease'. "My mother-in-law told someone specific to open their envelope and announce the gender. They said, 'It's a girl!' to which my mother-in-law revealed it was another tease, and that three envelopes with 'girl' and three envelopes with 'boy' had been handed out.
"Apparently, she had given the envelope with the real gender to the grandmother and told her to hide her envelope when she asked everyone else to open theirs. When the grandmother realised she had the real envelope, she started crying and saying 'I have the gender? Me?'. She opened it and revealed it was a girl."
With that, the dad's expression completely changed as the anger started to build - and the mum immediately started sobbing into his arms saying how she was "going to be broke". But it was his three-word comment intended to comfort his wife that sent chills down his guests' spines.
She added: "He said: 'We'll try again'. So these people got pregnant knowing it was a 50/50 shot at a girl or a boy, and still did it. And now they were crying at the gender reveal. My mother-in-law was trying to smooth things over and reminded them that they already have a little girl so they won't need to buy new baby/toddler clothes so it would be cheaper.
"The mum then said 'I'm going to have to buy prom dresses!' Ma'am did you really conceive two entire human beings just to try for a boy and your biggest concern is... prom dresses? And they're going to try for a boy again, so I highly doubt money is the actual issue here."
Commenting on her post, one user said: "I mean these just sound like horrible people. I feel bad for that kid when they hear that story about how their parents didn’t want them." Another user added: "Always going to be broke?! This sentence always makes me mad. Girls are not more expensive than boys. You, the parents, just spoil them."
A third user said: "Just leaving aside how horrible and ridiculous it is to have a gender preference. If you know one of the possible results is going to make you feel bad, why make a party for a public gender reveal? Without knowing beforehand? It's like they want to be embarrassed."
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