Gender reveal and our wedding?

So it is the day after your wedding and you will still be able to attend if you choose to, so what is the issue?

Your parents are hosting a 'gift opening'? Does that mean people sit around and watch you open your presents?

I just think that it's rude to expect us to go to a gender reveal when we alga e been so busy planning. I just wish it was another weekend. Like Christmas when the one person who loves out of town will also be home for chrstmas

I would much rather go to a gender reveal party than a brunch where I have to sit around and watch people open gifts.

I don't think it's rude for them to pick a date that makes sense for them. They didn't take your day.

Mary do they already know the sex of the baby or will they be finding out between now and February?

It doesn't interfere with your wedding and it honestly makes sense to do it when everyone is in town. You don't get to tell people what they get to do with the rest of their weekend. If you're busy then don't go. I've missed plenty of gender reveal parties but it's not like you'll be missing much. Also gender reveal parties tend to be time sensitive so it may not be possible for her to do it 2 months prior in December. They may not have a definitive idea of the sex of the baby.

But you won't be busy anymore, it is after your wedding.

But Beach....they have gifts to open and people need to watch them!

As long as it's not at a wedding related event I don't see the issue.

I've never really seen the point of gender reveal parties but that's not really the point of this. Honestly, everyone's going to be in town already so it makes sense that they would plan the gender reveal for the day after. A gift opening brunch? Correct me if I'm wrong but that sounds more like a bridal shower thing which happens before the wedding. I wouldn't stick around to watch a couple open gifts AFTER the wedding. I'd rather go see if I was continuing my winning streak of correctly guessing the gender of babies in the womb and this is coming from someone who doesn't see the point of a big gender reveal party.

@TacoCat, true true. A wedding clearly needs the entire weekend.

Mary, what else is there to plan the day after the wedding? Most brides that I've worked with just pick up their stuff and go home, or have someone else do it if they've left for their honeymoon already.

I'm all for a brunch but I would feel tortured watching someone open a bunch of gifts. I don't even want to open gifts in front of people at my shower!

@BeachDreams, funny story. We had a wedding scheduled this year that was a weekend-long production for no reason other than they wanted it to be all weekend long. It was referred to as THE wedding, complete with side eye; it's *still* referred to as THE wedding.

Celebrate your wedding on the day of your wedding and celebrate the gender of the baby the day after. There is enough love to go around!

@Jay, sounds like the couple wanted it to be memorable and they got wanted lol. Be careful what you wish for

@BeachDreams, oh, they were memorable. I made a *lot* in OT that weekend, I'll put it that way. I'd love to share my venue employee stories on here, but I'd be too nervous about someone reading something and knowing EXACTLY who I'm talking about, haha.

My cousins had their birthday party the day after my wedding, because the family would be in town. Guess what? We went and bought them presents. That's what normal people do. Putting people's gifts on blast by making other people watch is the thing about this that is rude. What if someone couldn't give as big a gift? that is supposed to be done in private.

@Jay, oooh I'm sure you have some awesomely horrid stories!!