'Mother-in-law pranked me at my gender reveal party - I can't stop crying'
A pregnant woman has revealed how she’s been left in tears after her mother-in-law pulled a prank at her gender reveal party. Taking to social media to share her upset, the mum said she already has two boys and is currently expecting her third child.
For the gender reveal party, her mother-in-law had offered to be in charge of keeping the secret and organising what colour confetti cannons would be needed - pink for a girl, blue for a boy.
Unfortunately, what should have been a happy event ended in tears for the pregnant woman after her family decided to play a prank on her. She explained: “I have two boys and of course would adore a little girl, I would also be happy keeping my ‘boy mom’ crown, but damn a little girl would just be so freaking sweet.
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“We get to the cannons. Mother-in-law hands us both a cannon. Husband gets to go first and all I see is pink confetti, the sweetest surprise, my life with a daughter flashing in my mind. I’m hugging my husband, tears shed, I was shaking happy. I'm always very calm and collected when I'm excited. My mom is crying happy for me, this is the biggest best surprise I've ever had. I was fully expecting a third boy.”
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Thrilled, the mum was left confused when her mother-in-law insisted she do her confetti cannon too but did it anyway, expecting to see pink again. She continued: “But instead it's blue, I instantly regret my initial ecstatic response. Why are there both colors now? She then hands us the 'real' cannons, and they both pop blue.
“Of course, I can't match my previous energy. I hugged my husband and people around me and excused myself. And I cried. And I haven't really stopped for hours now. Don't get me wrong, I am so incredibly thankful for the opportunity to have any children and I know health is number one. That isn't lost on me.
“But it's as if I had this space in time where my dream of a daughter came true and I experienced the joy of having a girl join my crazy boy-filled family, and now I'm grieving that. I know I'll love my son with all my heart and I am not upset he's a boy at all, it's just the rollercoaster to find out who he was broke my heart today.
“I feel like a jerk for being so upset but all this happened in front of an audience. I'm so embarrassed and this happy video taken of the reveal isn't even real. It's a moment in time I got my heart broken. I don't understand the humor even if everything had gone according to plan. What was the point? I didn't find the humor or what the end goal was.”
People reading the Reddit post were sympathetic to her feelings and rushed to assure her she wasn’t in the wrong for feeling upset. One person replied: “This is why I hate pranks. They are only for the entertainment of the prankster. I mean, who pranks a pregnant woman?”
And someone else added: “A good version of this prank would have been an unexpected color like green, then mother-in-law being like ‘Oops, that was for the plant reveal tomorrow’ with the actual confetti shooters.”
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