40 Of The Cringiest Posts About Gender Reveal Parties (New Pics)

We’ve gathered perhaps the worst examples of gender reveal parties where something went horribly wrong. From too much enthusiasm mixed with too little safety to terrible ideas with even worse execution, get comfortable as you scroll through, upvote your favorites, and be sure to share your own thoughts and experiences below.

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There Was An Attempt To Have A Gender Reveal

My Friend Had A Gender Reveal Party… I Hope

When You Order The Gender Reveal Cake From The Babushka At The Russian Bakery

While they remain relatively popular, we are at the point where many people associate gender reveal parties with nothing butchaos, accidents, and disaster. At best, they are often tacky, somewhat unnecessary, and contain the most blatant “gendered” examples of things you have ever seen, from “Guns or Glitter” to “Pistols or Pearls.“At worst, the list goes on and on and on. For example, one 2017 gender reveal party gone wrong in Arizona caused a 46,991-acrewildfire. For whatever reason, the expecting parents wanted to celebrate sharing their child’s gender using explosives.

At worst, the list goes on and on and on. For example, one 2017 gender reveal party gone wrong in Arizona caused a 46,991-acrewildfire. For whatever reason, the expecting parents wanted to celebrate sharing their child’s gender using explosives.

My Dad Thought My Brother’s Gender Reveal Party Was Him Coming Out As Transgender

Congrats! It’s A Girl

Chocolate: Boy, Strawberry: Girl. There Is Only One Baby And I See Two Flavors

A key issue is people going overboard. In general, it can be thoughtful to do something special for those unique life experiences, even if your plan isn’t thebest formulatedout there. But for one reason or another, gender reveal parties seem to come with a sort of arms race among parents who want to outdo each other.

According To This Gender-Reveal Lasagna, The Baby’s Gone Bad

How Wrong Could A Gender Reveal Go?

We Found Out At Our 32-Week Growth Scan That Our Little Girl Was Actually A Little Boy

So This Was Supposed To Be The Gender Reveal, But Somehow The “Gender Reveal” Part Got Left Out, And Typical For My Husband, He Ate The Cupcake Whole Not Even Noticing The Pink Cream Center

Everybody Makes Mistakes

Gender Reveal Surprise

Unfortunately, these are hardly the only cases of death and destruction from a gender reveal party. Like some sort of ritual, where the old must be torn down to allow the new to come into existence, other parties have ended up withdeathsand evenplane crashes. All to announce what amounts to the results of an ultrasound.

Let’s Do The Reveal Inside. What’s The Worst That Can Happen? The Aftermath Was Crazy

My Friend’s Family Wore The Colors Of The Gender They Preferred For The New Baby

Gender Reveal Cake Fail

All this risk, over a pretty tacky andneedlessly genderedparty. There is nothing wrong with being in a celebrity mood when you are expecting a child, but it’s perhaps worth considering exactly what you want to celebrate. Announcing the name, for example, seems like a much better bet than random blue or pink items.

Gender Reveal Epic Win Or Fail?

He Or She? We Don’t Know Either. Mislabeled Streamers Lead To A Confusing Gender Reveal! This Is Something We Won’t Forget. It’s A Girl

This Was Supposed To Be My Gender Reveal For The Grandparents. Total Flop, Should Read “It’s A Boy”, But Domino’s Apparently Doesn’t Know How To Place Pepperonis Close Together

Cara And I Are So Excited To Announce Another Workman Boy Is On The Way. He Will Be Here In September And We Can’t Wait To Meet Him. Epic Gender Reveal Fail Caught. Treat Yourselves

Gender Reveal Parties In The South

My Wife And I Cut Into Our Gender Reveal Cake Today. The Baby Is?

I Just Came For The Cake

The Gender Reveal Balloon Was Missed

I’m Not Sure If I Was More Shocked To See A Blank Gender Reveal Cake Or That I’m Going To Be An All-Boy Mom. Fail On Bakery, Have Receipt That Says “Blue Icing”

Before Finding Out He Was Getting A Baby Sister And After. Hopefully, We Will Get Him To Warm Up To The Idea Before She Gets Here