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Life is full of special occasions that might call for celebration. But one, particularly modern trend is to create a lot of fanfare about announcing the gender of one’s unborn child. It seems like not even a whole month goes by without fire, injuries, or a combination of the two.
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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#1
There Was An Attempt To Have A Gender Reveal
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#2
My Friend Had A Gender Reveal Party... I Hope
#3
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 but chaos, 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-acre wildfire. For whatever reason, the expecting parents wanted to celebrate sharing their child’s gender using explosives.
#4
My Dad Thought My Brother’s Gender Reveal Party Was Him Coming Out As Transgender
#5
Congrats! It's A Girl
#6
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 the best formulated out 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.
#7
According To This Gender-Reveal Lasagna, The Baby's Gone Bad
#8
How Wrong Could A Gender Reveal Go?
#9
We Found Out At Our 32-Week Growth Scan That Our Little Girl Was Actually A Little Boy
Even worse, this destruction and injuries aren’t necessarily limited to the participants. The aforementioned Arizona fire isn’t even the sole gender-reveal-party-wildfire. The El Dorado Fire that destroyed parts of San Bernardino and Riverside in California was caused by, you guessed it, a smoke bomb lighting dry grass on fire.
#10
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
Chocolate llama 9 months ago
I'm with the husband on this one. Just give me cupcakes without imposing weird gender stereotypes on the unborn
#11
Everybody Makes Mistakes
Marcellus II 9 months ago
Yeah not having the 'right' gender warrants a funeral-type sadness ceremony. We call our house Camp Wedontwantcha.
#12
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 with deaths and even plane crashes. All to announce what amounts to the results of an ultrasound.
#13
Let's Do The Reveal Inside. What's The Worst That Can Happen? The Aftermath Was Crazy
#14
My Friend's Family Wore The Colors Of The Gender They Preferred For The New Baby
#15
Gender Reveal Cake Fail
All this risk, over a pretty tacky and needlessly gendered party. 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.
#16
Gender Reveal Epic Win Or Fail?
#17
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
#18
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
Little Wonder 9 months ago
It's a Bot! That's great news, did you know your baby can make $7,000 a month with one simple trick...
#19
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
#20
Gender Reveal Parties In The South
#21
My Wife And I Cut Into Our Gender Reveal Cake Today. The Baby Is?
#22
I Just Came For The Cake
#23
The Gender Reveal Balloon Was Missed
#24
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"
#25
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
#26
Sister Had A Gender Reveal At A Club. I Can't Tell If They're Just Dumb Or Screwed-Up And Didn't Bother To Fix It
#27
It's Supposed To Be A Pumpkin For A Gender Reveal
Little Wonder 9 months ago
I don't know much about American Cuisine, but do pumpkins normally have little chicken wings?
#28
Gender Reveal Fail. It Went For The Camera
Lunaofthenest (She/they) 9 months ago
It's a warranty claim on your Canon/Nikon/GoPro!! Congrats 🥰🥳
#29
Sorry Folks
#30
Well, It Was An Epic Gender Reveal, That's For Sure. This One Will Go Down In Family Story Books And Will Be Retold For Years To Come. It Was Almost Like "Tractors Or Bows"
#31
Our Baby Gender Reveal Fail. It Popped Right In The Nuts
#32
Gender Reveal Gone Wrong. We Ordered A Strawberry Cake, Just Like We Did For My First Daughter's Reveal. This One Was White
#33
Gender Reveal Fireworks Fail Sends People Screaming
Sally Signup 9 months ago
Did they learn nothing from that couple fined millions of dollars for setting that huge fire?
#34
My Toddler Stuck Her Finger In The Cake So We Could See The Color Inside
Anna Ekberg 9 months ago (edited)
English is not my main but I thought a toddler meant a small child that just learned or in the process of learning how to walk? This little girl looks like 4, is she called a toddler in the USA then? Curious...
#35
I Had A Welt On My Leg For Most Of The Pregnancy
#36
Husband Surprised Me With Pity Party Gender Reveal. Cake Makes Everything Better
#37
Well, Actually, It's A Girl
#38
Gender Reveal Lasagna
#39
It Didn't Pop
Christy Prater 9 months ago
That's probably for the best considering all the other cannon mishaps!
#40
At That Moment, I Almost Started Crying
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What do you think ?
Someone_from_the_Netherlands 9 months ago
I think I get downvoted a lot, but gender reveal parties are among the stupidest things ever...
Alro 9 months ago
you get my upvote. Really really really don't get it. fight for equality and on the other side assign colors on unborn babies.
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Kim Kermes 9 months ago
Top of the list is the expletives in Southern California who set off fireworks in a park during high fire danger season, killing 2, destroying I don't remember how many homes and acres of open land. I had ashes, the next town has ashes snowing, and the town after that was preparing to evacuate with volunteers coming with trailers for animals. If it had come to that, the only highway to Palm Springs would have closed, turning a 50 minute trip into 2 hours for the many who work down there and live near Joshua Tree National Park.
Corinne Wheeler 9 months ago
When are these ridiculous events going to stop. The scans can get it wrong anyway.
Someone_from_the_Netherlands 9 months ago
I think I get downvoted a lot, but gender reveal parties are among the stupidest things ever...
Alro 9 months ago
you get my upvote. Really really really don't get it. fight for equality and on the other side assign colors on unborn babies.
Load More Replies... Kim Kermes 9 months ago
Top of the list is the expletives in Southern California who set off fireworks in a park during high fire danger season, killing 2, destroying I don't remember how many homes and acres of open land. I had ashes, the next town has ashes snowing, and the town after that was preparing to evacuate with volunteers coming with trailers for animals. If it had come to that, the only highway to Palm Springs would have closed, turning a 50 minute trip into 2 hours for the many who work down there and live near Joshua Tree National Park.
Corinne Wheeler 9 months ago
When are these ridiculous events going to stop. The scans can get it wrong anyway.
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