“His face says he didn’t care whether it was pink or blue.”
A gender reveal party was an even bigger surprise for the dad because his pregnant partner forgot he was colour blind.
The big pre-birth event, where couples announce whether the expected baby is a boy or girl, has produced some pretty unexpected outcomes over the years – like explosions and wildfires – so much so that the person who invented the trend came out in 2020 to say they regret it.
The colours pink and blue – traditionally pink for a girl, blue for a boy – are usually used at the event and appear from a balloon, cannon or cracker as confetti or smoke and everyone cheers.
TikTok user @jennacowann recently shared how her gender reveal went down.
The clip shows her filming the dad-to-be with a confetti cannon which he fires in her direction.
It sends a stream of pink paper into the air. However, the only problem is he is still none the wiser as to the gender of his unborn child.
So, she then had to tell him the old-fashioned way.
@jennacowann oops? #firsttimemom #firstborn #youngmum #firstborndaughter #25weekspregnant ♬ Explosions – Ellie Goulding
Commenters on the post, which has been viewed almost 2.5m times, suggested the boyfriend was a great sport.
“It’s the fact he still did a gender reveal even tho he knew he was colour blind. He’s a keeper girl,” one wrote.
Another said: “Considering he couldn’t see the colour, his face says he didn’t care whether it was pink or blue.”
“He’s just happy to (be) there right at that moment! Wishing you a happy and healthy pregnancy,” a third person wrote.
If you’re wondering just how badly some gender reveal parties have gone, check out this list from Indy100 – it includes how one reveal led to wildfires, and another a big explosion.
In 2008, while pregnant with her eldest child Bianca, Jenna Karvunidis threw a party, during which she revealed the baby’s sex by cutting into a cake filled with pink icing.
Writing about the event on her blog, her post went viral and thus, gender reveal parties were born.
However, she later told The Guardian that she now regrets publicising how she chose to inform her friends and family whether she was having a boy or girl.
“When I first saw that a gender-reveal party had caused a forest fire I cried because I felt responsible,” Karvunidis said.
“But here’s the thing – when planes crash no one goes after the Wright brothers.
“I think the parties probably would have happened anyway. I put form to it, but it’s not that crazy of an idea.
“Now I think the whole thing is not great at all, though. The problem is they overemphasise one aspect of a person.
“I had two more kids after Bianca, but I never had another gender reveal party.”
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