Can we have a WTF Saturday?

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Jan 24, 2015 22:28:28 GMT -5 juliayadda said:

Jan 24, 2015 22:11:57 GMT -5 @wallflwr926 said:

Typically, I'm not a fan of the gender reveal parties because I think it's just an excuse to have another party. However, I had a good friend do the reveal at her baby shower. She had an adorable little cake made for it.
Funny enough, I ended up helping her with her registry because it was somehow easier than my bridal registry.

On a similar note, what's everyone's stance of Sprinkles?

Why are you not a fan of excuses to have parties? 

Excuses I like to have parties: Birthdays, Anniversaries, Cinqo de Mayo, Saturdays... 

Cinco de Mayo is always cause for celebration.
However, I have a very large family so I dread most other parties. I'm going further into debt because of neverending christenings and graduation parties.

[risscaboobs]

Jan 24, 2015 19:54:46 GMT -5 Sparkly said:

A former coworker started telling people the minute she found out. She ended up having a miscarriage, which I of course felt terrible for her, but I was kind of mad she had told CUSTOMERS of our store, because it was horribly uncomfortable for everyone when she had to continue answering questions and telling people what happened for months afterward because she had told so many people when she was barely 5 weeks along. If you want to share with friends and family early, that's fine, but I thought her telling people at work was very unprofessional.

I'm sorry - but this just completely rubs me the wrong way. YOU were uncomfortable?? You already stated in a follow-up that you were afraid this may have come across as insensitive. Yes. Yes, it did.

[mrsbstau]

WTF. I just washed a load of clothes and forgot the detergent.

[FunniBunni]

I planned a gender reveal after we had the sex confirmed. It was us, my parents, the big kids, and a cake - held on our regular game night... then the lame tech thought "maybe" a boy, and that we'd better paint the nursery yellow and green. So, we just had regular game night, and I made chocolate cake. It was fun... but I kinda wish I would have had the pink cake.

[LadyNymeria]

Jan 24, 2015 22:11:57 GMT -5 @wallflwr926 said:

Jan 24, 2015 20:24:09 GMT -5 ohinvrtedworld said:

Ew, I wouldn't go either, thewickedfairy. Buhh. I think that's the tackiest thing I've ever heard, to ask for gifts at your gender reveal party.

Honestly, gender reveal parties annoy me, too. Maybe it's only because I've been to one and it was H's friend's wife who I don't really hang out with ever.

Typically, I'm not a fan of the gender reveal parties because I think it's just an excuse to have another party. However, I had a good friend do the reveal at her baby shower. She had an adorable little cake made for it.
Funny enough, I ended up helping her with her registry because it was somehow easier than my bridal registry.

On a similar note, what's everyone's stance of Sprinkles?

I like the reveal at the shower idea. That way it's still a fun thing to do, but it's not a whole other party. You could even work in old wives tales guess the sex type games.

Sprinkles don't bother me. They used to, but not anymore. I realized that if I was close enough to the mom-to-be to get invited, I was probably close enough to her that I would have bought her a gift anyway. If I'm not that close to her and it was a random invite, I would just politely decline attending the shower.

ETA: spelling

[Sparkly]

Jan 25, 2015 0:13:02 GMT -5 risscaboobs said:

Jan 24, 2015 19:54:46 GMT -5 Sparkly said:

A former coworker started telling people the minute she found out. She ended up having a miscarriage, which I of course felt terrible for her, but I was kind of mad she had told CUSTOMERS of our store, because it was horribly uncomfortable for everyone when she had to continue answering questions and telling people what happened for months afterward because she had told so many people when she was barely 5 weeks along. If you want to share with friends and family early, that's fine, but I thought her telling people at work was very unprofessional.

I'm sorry - but this just completely rubs me the wrong way. YOU were uncomfortable?? You already stated in a follow-up that you were afraid this may have come across as insensitive. Yes. Yes, it did.

I'm sorry.

I didn't mean it was uncomfortable specifically for me and I think this was worded poorly. I apologize.

I did not have an issue with her sharing her pregnancy and then her loss with us, her coworkers, but rather with customers/clients. It's just an opinion, perhaps an unpopular one, but I felt it was unprofessional. I do not share a lot of personal information with customers unless asked or I get to know them really well. This wasn't the case with her.

It's early so I don't know if this makes sense but tl;dr - it was not worded properly and it was insensitive. I apologize.