I just found out that the "gender reveal" party is a thing.

[The Velveteen Ocelot]

46. Social media is a plague on civilization. It encourages - demands - oversharing

of every damn thing people do, which then turns into various ridiculous celebrations of every damn thing they do. I don't think it's entirely for the gifts, although that might be part of it. I think it's because social media - Facebook, Instagram, Snapchat and so forth, along with obnoxiously ubiquitous selfies, have made it socially acceptable, if not actually mandatory, for people to tell the whole world in detail about all of their personal events, especially, it seems, the reproductive ones. HEY, WORLD, WE HAD SEX AND MADE A BABY AND AREN'T WE WONDERFUL! Wonderful, like billions of people throughout eons of history.

I'm happy for people who have babies. When the baby is born they can let me know and maybe I'll send a stuffed toy or a fuzzy blanket. In the meantime I do not want to be invited to ovulation parties, gender reveal parties, baby showers, water-breaking parties, episiotomy parties, sip-and-see parties, first poop parties or anything else having to do with somebody else's biological processes.

And I very definitely do not want them on my lawn.