The best kind of reveal.

i tried for that kind with my kid but instead i got the kind where the idiot nurses couldnt keep their mouth shut and told me. 🤬

THIS!

🤣🤣🤣🤣💯

This is what I'm doing, everyone in my husband's family is pissed. 🤣 waaa "can't get them anything!" We told them we wanted gender neutral because we weren't going crazy on gender specific items when they are born anyway. Scoffed "I'm not doing that!" So now they have resorted to buying boy stuff without knowing the gender because "its always a boy" 🤦‍♀️🙄

Exactly

I don't know. It's sounds harmless as long as you don't do it in a middle flammable field. It's just something fun and memorable to celebrate a soon to be born kid. Though I can imagine some people are crossing a line between a fun gathering with friends and a show of stunt. Not sure what is distasteful with it. In a lot of cultures there are traditions and folklore about guessing the gender of the kid. People are always curious about it. Why not revel it in a fun way?

@@pingwingugu5 yeah honestly a cake with colored filling sounds cute and delightful

@@tristanneal9552 Yes! Or just put a little confetti in a small ballon and pop it open

Esp since the first gender reveal by that blogger was to celebrate that she had kept her pregnancy long enough for the fetus' sex to be determined (she had a series of miscarriages before this). The celebration was less intended to be "LOOK AT ME AND WHAT BITS MY CHILD HAS" and more "I've made it far enough along in the pregnancy without complications that we know the biological sex of my child"

Sociopaths

How the world ends: Not with a whimper but with a ‘It’s a boy!’

this will be elon’s next baby 😂

that reminded me of one physicist who discreetly informed a colleague of a successful nuclear test using the words: it's a boy.

Good idea, on it.

@@nukecorruption such a fitting name as well. Good luck!

Yup. I don't give a toss what's between a baby's legs, it's super creepy to even think about that stuff! Yet these people try to shove it in dozens of people's faces in all these destructive ways. If you ask me, the dad who died deserved to become a Darwin award. The parents who caused the blaze that killed all those innocent people should be rotting in jail.

That's exactly it Ruth very sad indeed.

F*** social media

For real and it makes me sad cuz I heard that allegedly the first gender reveal party was simply hosted because the woman having the baby has miscarriages time and time before, so she was so happy to be far enough along to be able to learn the babies sex. So she hosted a party. Now it's just people trying to one up eachother

@@eminempreg if I remember correctly, I i think she even regretted that

Could legit say until the age of about 19 “You finished paying off my gender reveal yet?”

And then he proceeded to change his gender to pink (or any other rainbow color of his pick), LoL.

This is a free country, I have the freedom to kill public servants with my freedom.

Your freedom ends where other people's freedoms begin, that's how it works.

Isn't it the El Dorado fire? They are trying to get the charges thrown out.

Update on court outcome?

@@andredeketeleastutecomplex Actually that is not true. The way laws and rights are designed does not actually follow this logic. Take parking for example. You parking in a parking space removes another persons freedom to park there, yet it is not illegal.

"Oh gramma? Homemade pipe bomb got her ass... yea"

“But I’m not a boy, I want to be called Loretta.”

@@OddityDK Nobody wants to be called Loretta.

@@daerdevvyl4314 maybe Loretta does

@@daerdevvyl4314 lol Loretta is from a movie. Life of Brian

so it's still a gender reveal

@@Tekape way to miss the point

@@therealaintain nope

We have something for that though, and its called a baby shower.

@@Tekape Yep.

That’s disgusting please don’t share that. The doctor was sexualizing your son ew 🤮🤮🤮

Funniest reveal I’ve heard

I pray for your kid to not read this lmao 😅

Cis people's obsession with the genitals of children is truly disturbing.

Crazy how a simple cake cutting meant to celebrate a woman finally being able to tell what gender her child was turned into a trend that caused deaths and multiple wild fires

@@itstotallynotsai6577 people are so stupid

As long as fools keep liking these posts they'll keep doing it.

It’s gone from what’s the gender of my baby to how histrionic can I be?

@@itstotallynotsai6577 ,yes, just stick with the damn cake!

And it will continue simply because idiots think it will never happen to them. 🙄

What’s worse is it’s all about baby genitalia. Gross

@@jasonepstein8746 No what's worse is it killed a firefighter

Honestly these days, it's humanity at it's normal. Enough said. Humans are not an intelligent species. Not by any stretch of the imagination.

@@Mochrie99 they said, using the small highly advanced device humans made, capable of near magical feats by the metric of any living being. No, humans are extremely intelligent, which is why humans are also capable of choosing to do something so bloody stupid

I live in California, and even I think it's fucking stupid.🤬

Are there no laws prohibiting the use of explosives on tall grass?

@@mycatnamedseven-up9726 California wouldn't catch fire so easily if they didn't import all those non-native plants and performed actual forestry services like clearing dried brush.

@@KwansuMyDudes It’s not our fault that flammable invasive plants were brought here hundreds of years ago.

@@embroideredragdoll there are, but it doesn't stop people from doing it in the middle of nowhere.

I agree. And thank you for your service. Allow me to be devils advocate, none of these fools thought a fire would occur and had no intention to harm people or property. Culpable, are the products/companies made for this one-time, useless activity, and the many people who glamourized it, made it seem harmless. One reason I support imprisonment, is so that a person isn't destroyed by guilt and shamed, one must feel they were punished for a loss of life, property if they are to move on. But, I don't believe one or more people should be forced into suicidal feelings by the entire community. Your comrade perished needlessly, but please acknowledge, it's a dangerous career, and whether he perished by a preventable wildfire or a nature caused one, the results are the same, and anyone of you could have same fate. Though I respect your courage for battling fire. Again, I am playing devils advocate. But, I agree: punishment and prevention is necessary. Thank you. This is my only serious comment on here. The rest are jokes, but no disrespect meant towards your line of work, which honestly, is the most dangerous, necessary work on earth.

@@thereisnosanctuary6184 With the sheer amount of damage those morons caused, not even just the death of that innocent man, prison is looking pretty reasonable right now, honestly. Multiple buildings gone. Houses burned down. Miles and miles of nature destroyed. And the life of a man who had to deal with the consequences of someone else’s actions. I don’t care if they’re remorseful. That was a stupid ass thing to do

@@suckonmahd That kind of damage, though negligent as opposed to malicious, does require some time. I personally don't believe in destroying a person, they gave a family to raise, but a year sounds right. It does not undo damage, but helps with atonement and sends a message.

@@thereisnosanctuary6184 Not just a year in prison though. They should be forced to see the entirety of the destruction they caused, in person. Force them to walk a couple hundred miles through the burned forests and grasslands.

@@brandon9172 See, what you want is revenge. Yes, that particular person will feel awful and that particular person will never use a gender reveal bomb again, or probably ever go into the woods. I would make the manufacturers of all products used have to take same tour. And high school students, the key is prevention, education. Not punishing every fool. This thing became too easy to do. And widely celebrated. In a war, you don't capture one soldier and execute him. You demoralize and deprive the entire opposing army.

You don't have a kid so you have no idea how it is when you do. If your family cares about you they are more excited than you are most of the time and want to know what it is. Just because you want to tell them what your having doesn't make you a bad person for doing it. My whole family was blowing my phone up before we left the drs office waiting to know. Them calling first wanting to be the first one to know it's not just narcissistic thing but it's also for them especially the grandparents. Not to mention my mother in law passed away before my son was born so she wanted to know what it was gonna be. Is that wrong to give a woman dying of cancer basically her last wish? These people in these comments are hateful and say you're a bad person for wanting to do something with your family. Especially if someone is having trouble having one like we did. These people in these comments are hateful and talking about people like me because I wanted to tell my family what I'm having. I didn't have a party but people still say I'm basically a bad parent because of it. Nobody gets to tell me what to do with my family or tells me I'm a horrible dad for that stupid reason.

@@fordshojoe8080 Hey, if you weren't one of the ones throwing a big party to try and one up others on the internet, then I don't think you're a bad person at all! There's nothing wrong with wanting to know these things; my comment was a little more bitter than I really intended simply because I've lived through a few more wildfires now than most people really ought to... I hadn't meant to make a sweeping generalization of *everyone* who's excited for that sort of thing, and I apologize if it came off that way. The reason people in the comments are so angry about this is due to the overwhelming damage some gender reveal parties have caused, but those parties in particular were always done in the name of making something bigger and grander than the parties that came before theirs. I.E. going from cakes, to party poppers, to outright making homemade explosives. It's a purely narcissistic thing, a sort of internet fad chasing "arms race"; for those sorts it's not really the "gender" part that concerns them, rather the "reveal", a chance to do something big, expensive, and showy. In that sense, I can guarantee you're not included among those people, as well as others out there like you. Nothing wrong with wanting to know, and nothing wrong with being excited about it!

They actually make onesies now that just say "It Is A Baby". It's the perfect response to these things

Why pick the ugliest color though?

@@StrazdasLT Cause purple is a mix of both color families (blue and red/pink/etc),so it's as gender neutral as you can get

His tinder profile when he grows up: "I am the bringer of death. My mere existence burns down forrests and homes. Looking for goth gf."

@@SangerZonvolt Ha! Good one.

That's a pretty sick way of putting it, the child is not to blame, the stupid parents are

@@SangerZonvolt Dude, I have asthma and you're bringing out the wheeze in me 😂

Well, it isn't Jr's fault! Hopefully they learned something from it.

One of these parents, I mean

And then being transgender, also.

@@helenamirian908 boy that was quick

I'd leave them

These fires were visible from my work so I regularly caught myself wondering how terrible for your psyche that must be. No way someone doesn’t tell that kid way too young about the circumstances before their birth

That's funny 😅.

Funny doctor

So are you a boy or a girl?

Why are cis people obsessed with the genitals of children? It's creepy.

and all because he was “remorseful” 🙃

because people give a shit about nature I guess? I dunno it's rly weird.

You don't get actual prison for smoking weed. Just to be technical.

Intent matters.

He didn't inhale any of the grass tho

The good old days. You'd think no one had ever had a baby before.

Yeah whatever happened to passing out them cigars with the reveal on it. The cancer risk was low cause the things were never worth smoking.

Yeah

Because its not good for the gram

@@JJ-iq8mi We announced our pregnancy at the halfway mark and threw in the sex of the baby as well. It was just an ultrasound of their head. No need for a huge fuss, really.

I can hear the Chemical Safety Board incident narrator....

Future parents can also get a cake baked for them and the color of the cake will reveal the gender of the baby. Another safe AND tasty method :>

@@sangonomiyakokomi5764 There are many safe ways to do it without explosives..people need to get real with this and stop trying to out do each other with something bigger.

@@truthhurts63 yeah

Mine was just revealed on the baby shower invitations.

This is what normal people do. Anyone who throws a party for this occasion is a narcissist.

That is the most depressing thing about this, a woman just wanted to celebrate that her child might make it and this happens

I still think that the people who planned it should have been a little more careful. But no one could of anticipated the destruction that happened.

@@rejectrealism They placed explosives in dry grass in _California_ of all places, a state known to catch fire alot. They should've known it would've went south!

She holds 0 responsibility for other people's stupidity and tendency to ruin a good thing Every single thing she started was positive

What really gets me is: those people are like small children who all get a balloon to inflate and everyone wants to have the biggest one. But in the end the balloons burst and everyones crying.

Other than the firefighter who died, none of these people deserve respect

@@kingnotail3838 What about the innocent grandma-to-be who died? It wasn't her fault the parents made an accidental pipe bomb.

@@noriskguarantee15 What does that have to do with anything??????

I noticed

👍🙏😷

I mean, it's not like every person who repeats this or tries to top the last party doesn't have a functioning enough brain or at least have someone who does who might know of their plans and stop them considering the risks. This is why my faith in humanity is so low, it's not just one or a few, it's just too many idiots to keep major damage from happening.

the problem is that she though people could control themselves when 1 upping everyone else. she didnt count on the communal stupidity to make it a dangerous event.

whats worse is the reason this was such a big deal for her was that she'd had miscarriages before and this was the first time one of her babies lived long enough for them to find out their gender, like it was a genuine and sincere celebration and now i can only imagine the guilt she must feel for started this bs :(

She’s gone on record saying she regrets starting the craze

This sort of thing has nothing to do with gender reveal parties and everything to do with people determined to make a spectacle. If it wasn't celebrating their unborn baby's sex, it would have been the baby shower, the birth announcement, or some other excuse.

That’s correct. She also no longer supports gender reveals, and that child is now gender nonconforming. What’s really horrible is because of the disasters other people have caused, she gets constant hate mail and threats. All just for trying to celebrate that her child made it that far into the pregnancy.

To think this was all to be a comfort for parents who had suffered through miscarriages and to celebrate a whole baby being born... Not even a healthy baby at that point! A living baby is how low the bar we're putting it. That was the point. It was just to be a comfort for parents who were getting a "rainbow" child after much loss and pain. This movement was intended to be a comfort for families who had suffered tremendous emotionally. The mother has written extensively on how heartbroken she is that people have taken this to the extreme and how she adores her first born, who is gender non conforming. It's about having a living child!

Oh that's just perfect. The first "gender reveal party" and the baby in question is now gender nonconforming. This is why I get annoyed. You aren't finding out the gender of the baby. You're finding out the physical sex. But I guess "sex reveal party" sounds nothing like what's actually going to happen at the party.

@@Luubelaar No, "sex reveal party" is how you got the kid. I don't think anyone would attend that. No one I'd want around me, anyway.

@@Luubelaar It's really more a "genitalia reveal" than a gender reveal, but they go by "gender" anyway. Also gives them excuses to tack on more nonsensical gender stereotypes to the party ("blue or pink?" "trucks or tutus?" "guns or glitter?" "sports or shops?")

100% agree!

Agreed!

Humanity is a failed experiment.

@@ashkebora7262 Well I don’t agree with that. Not all humans are bad. There’s plenty of good if you look hard enough.

@@blessedmwsmom Yeah, that's the problem. You gotta look pretty damn hard.

"And the baby's gender is...Dad's dead." People without foresight can never see anything coming.

*couldn't have seen it coming

I guess the dad really didn't want to pay for child support

@@jvccr7533 Well yeah it was incredibly foolish of them, but it is still someone's loved one that died (stupidly, yes) at an event they were all probably enjoying each other until it happened.

@@89RealThe It's certainly a day they're going to remember now.

Which lead to someone being killed

That’d be neat

The anti-christ, more-or-less

"Your gender reveal party was valued at 8mio quid, child!"

Imagine being the parents who decided to start a fatal wildfire for fun

Lmao 🤣🤣

Sex and gender are different things anyway 🤷‍♀️

good.

Forever Oofing

i'll call BS on it... they would have to sell their yet unborn child to pay this "party" off...

Kid can always go to Community College or Trade School, University education isn't everything it's cracked up to be.

Dad? Yes Son? You are an idiot Fair point son

Arson is an intentional setting of a fire. When it's an accident, even through your own stupidity, it's negligence but not arson.

@@Transilvanian90 Okay, then call it negligent or reckless arson as people are punished for misusing firearms for similar celebratory events.

@@Transilvanian90 says the person who uses “it was an accident officer” as an excuse for his/hers stupidity and lack of any common sense

@@Transilvanian90 Setting off explosives in tall grass in a fire watch area is about as "intentional" as one can be when starting a fire.

The last one was smoke. Many people don’t associate smoke bombs with fire.., Somehow forgetting that where there is smoke... ...there is fire. But at least it wasn’t an accidental pipe bomb or deliberate use of explosives or fireworks, as with earlier reveals. People _might_ actually be trying to better about this, but critical thinking is not a trait common to everyone.

Unfortunately.

Do Americans always HAVE to include explosives into everything?

@@KingofHearts I think its just humans in general, people like explosions

That's a good point; the very nature of these things suggests irresponsible decisions lie ahead!

@@KingofHearts No, but that hasn't stopped us from putting them where they don't belong

By putting their self-obsession, self-indulgence, & general emotional immaturity on full display, they prove exactly why they should not breed. It casts doubt on their ability, or at least willingness, to assign the proper level of importance to the kid.

Yeah. It's ridiculous to me. I fail to understand why people think other's gender is such a big deal, and I fail to understand how someone could be DISAPPOINTED that their child is a certain gender. It isn't going to change their personality or interests or anything important unless you let society decide.

I agree it is strange to fixate on either having a son versus a daughter, but I think a large part of it is that it gives more breadth to an unborn child like makes it more “real” to the parents to be

@@pyrettablaze4325 that's true!

I remember my wife asked me whether I was hoping for a boy or a girl. I said I was just hoping for a healthy baby, I didn't care about the rest. As long as it had two arms, two legs but only one head, I'd be happy.

Thats so sad and it sounds like a lot of people shouldn't be having kids.

Mine was like that as well, except the doctor turned out to be wrong.

...said the parents' social life for the next 18-45 years...when Jr. can finally afford to move out.

@@saga2964 lolz!

Natural selection

Perhaps a Darwin award winner in the making?

Hopefully that kid is an only child - and one that learned from their father's idiocy.

Im not sad about that happening to him

He can go to his wife's boyfriend's reveal

Yep I'm good too 😄

That's how you know you're on the right track.

💖

🤣🤣 and IF I should get invited, I’ll politely decline.

@@immafaint673 your username is fantastic! 😍🤩😍

The irony

Misquote, but eh yeah it's correct and would be hilarious if it were real.

@@euclideanspace2573 "Never let the truth get in the way of a good story." - Mark Twain

I believe Frank Zappa also wrote that stupidity was the most common element in the universe. Great minds think alike.

@@sbenton62*72-MiLLion Voters, Voted for TRUMP!!!!*

Took the words right out my mouth. I feel bad for the kids knowing their "gender reveal" caused a major disaster and cost lives. Imagine the unwarranted guilt

lol okay. easy for you to say that. Gender reveals are a completely normal thing to do. They didn't intend for it to go wrong.

or operate a chainsaw, or drive an automobile or own a firearm...

@@TubeAngel its not normal for someone who has no idea what they r doing to mess with explosives. Even ur everyday idiot can go buy some tannerite and follow the directions without killing themselves, someone else, or causing a wildfire.

I think it's a cool idea especially with the surprise factor (I mean the cake with colored icing inside)

Cake or Death?

Same, I can't believe a group of adults couldn't put 2 and 2 together.

@@Kanadkun uhhh...cake, please

Right ... its supposed to be a mild, fun thing ... safety was seriously overlooked in several of these examples.

I think if I had a 'gender reveal' party it'd be a few drinks with mates and the cake would have green frosting in it or something. None of this blue or pink nonsense.

Not sure why people can't do the cake this. I did the cake reveal twice and then just basically told everyone my 3rd baby was a girl. That was in the beginning of covid so, no party lol.

Not ONLY normal people have done it but famous people have done a "gender reveal" party to I know kim kardashian HAS done a few gender reveal party's for herself and her sisters and other famous people had done these to all in california

When my family did one for my older sister (they didn’t do it with me because everybody already knew I was a girl because my parents found out they were pregnant hella late) just used the cake reveal. But this time with cupcakes.😃

@@Ashenicky2009 why even have a party at all ? There is over 7 billion people on this earth its really no big deal what sex any given one turns out to be

Yeah I hear ya. Don't know about you, but I'm going to finish this comment and climb back into my box.

Actually, people at a gender reveal party aren't strangers.. They're invited Friends and family...

@@Banggeek Cap

Those are not the actions of an introvert rather the actions of someone who does give a shit about what others think...lol

respect

"Now about your college tuition fund..."

Don't forget the red flag warning that was ignored!

To be fair, balloons aren't harmless either, they create a lot of waste in the environment.

That conversation is definitely coming.

@@InFiniTosEntertainment and kill wildlife.

Yes, an expectant dad in New York making a homemade explosive

There needs to be a public campaign to re educate people about the dangers of explosives, and playing with matches

> gender reveal bomb This is such an absurd concept.

This is the one I was thinking about during the whole video. To think that one day the Mother will have to tell her child that,” Daddy died trying to make a cool bomb for your gender reveal” It is sickening!

@@whitedragoness23 And Smokey the Bear needs to come back to TV! Teach people about forest fires and fire in general! How did we get to this point? So many stupid selfish entitled people! Lord help us!

it seems to run in extended families.

I know. There's something deeply unsettling and downright creepy about throwing a party just to celebrate whether or not a fetus has a dick.

You could of proven that by being on Twitter

@@manifestationsofasort KZfaq is the only social media I engage in; if it’s even considered that. In my opinion, the kind of people who do the stupid things of this video are those who indulge.

human stupidity can be horrific

I'm sorry the people who WHAT

@@ohno8398 yea it was like a month ago

Yes this was in Michigan. In another, the expectant father in New York was killed, in February this year.

Cannon father

@Alice Kae we don't have to imagine anything, we are literally watching a mini documentary about that right now. Your comment is so obsolete, I had to reply.

Baby- *Surprise!!!* 🤣

Awww now that's the kind of gender reveal I can get behind!!!

Future girlfriend or wife of this boy: "You have a really small Willie." The unfortunate guy: "The doctor who read my ultrasound told my mother the same thing."

@@hobonickel he's probably going to be a grower not a shower 😆

So you're going to have to talk him through what a micro penis is when he gets older

And it was on a red flag day

Nobody died? Pffft

I hope you actually wanted to know.

@@clumsypuff yeah. There was a form to fill out when we arrived & one of the questions was if we wanted to know the sex if they could see it.

In honor of your little girl, I will go burn down a spotted owl refuge / California condor habitat with a dangerous homemade concoction of chemicals and explosives. If we are really lucky this gender reveals party will break the record for cost and wipe out 2 species, thereby getting 3 birds stoned at once.

My experience too, only I had a son.

Not enough explosions.

Sweet, I like that idea.

Are you "people"? What have you done?

@@justtime6736 and you’re a bored meme account. What was the point of your comment cause mommy and daddy aren’t gonna notice you doin this

Or even, like, raising their actual child...

Not just people, that grandmother and a dad has also died because of it. ugh

Timmy: "Actually, I go by Tammy now. I'm trans." How ironic would that be? I don't know why people bother with gender reveals when trans people exist.

@@pinapplehappy1996 I was thinking the same thing!

@@pinapplehappy1996 because, I mean, they are still BIOLOGICALLY male/female. The glands, hormones, organs and such are still there. They can choose who they want to be, but you can’t really change everything.

@@the4tierbridge eh, in some cases they get surgery, but yeah. I 1000% support them but I also agree w/ you.

Its a shame there is no free health service or mental health service available for people who really need it.

@@DontStopJaime free or even paid for by taxes efficiently spent.

That's a pretty smart, plot-twisty idea your wife had there. Hope you and your family are doing well! :D

becaus this is what the OG inteanted

Sounds very American doesn’t it

It isn't just you, we hate this whole concept, why not just keep the unknown filling cake? Instead of going with pipe bombs and wildfires!

@@thesymbiotenation.4552 I think it shows some self obsession on behalf of the parents, but yeah your right

It is utterly crass, yes, you are absolutely right. Cringeworthy as hell. Something done by morons who seem to think they are doing something special but in reality are just showing their stupidity.

@@thesymbiotenation.4552 the cake idea is pretty cute, and works well. But people always have to one-up each other. It’s sad, really.

So inexpensive and yet meaningful.

But you forgot to mention how much gunpowder has your aunt set on fire to make the call.

More "parties" should be like this! Instead of getting together, catching up, spending time with loved ones for the day, it should be a 1-minute phone call. "Merry Christmas!" "Same to you!" _Click._ Keep it simple!

@@nthgth yes, quick and effective. maybe the next time this aunt will deliver this very important information to her sister telepathically.

I'm waiting for the inevitable gender reveal that ends up killing the mother-to-be and the baby. We know it's going to happen, eventually.

Well. And you where the one to build and set of the bomb that killed your mother. Yup. Must be hard to live with. Knowing you killed your own mother that is.

@@neiabaraja2044 Assuming it was the mother and not the mother-in-law. The wife would probably look at you really funny for doing that shit... >.> Either way, thanksgiving that year was AWKWARD.

@@jesuszamora6949 Well there's already been one that killed the dad so it sadly seems likely.

@@jesuszamora6949 soooooo funny that'd be

It's for everyone's enjoyment. It's a party. 99% of it is just socializing with loved ones. Eating, drinking, making merry. Way to find fault in that just because social media told you to.

I don't think having a gender reveal party gives any clout but hey my gen isn't just there yet so 🤷‍♂️

@@thatpacho You'd be surprised how far some people would go for a few likes on facebook and the dream of going viral.

The internet itself is a plague

@@fattiger6957 This. I used to know a guy who managed to go viral on tiktok for some dance. He had 100k some views, was 3 years ago, and the guy managed to bring it up in every conversation. People are desperate for validation.

@@fattiger6957 Future gender reveal parties are going to be held in metaverse

For real. When we announced our pregnancy, we just casually threw in the sex of the baby. It was just a post of the ultrasound. No need for a fuss imo.

they could've just sliced a cake or pop a balloon like every other family does

Or just not having such low self esteem that one would need to do such things.

Call me cynical, If a gender reveal party would kill the pregnant mother of a twin, it would be world news, even further increasing the popularity of these parties...

Not to mention that most people have nothing like a gender reveal party. They're more concerned with things like being healthy and getting the house ready for the baby. The popularity of showing off your party on social media creates the idea that everyone is doing it.