The venue's booked. The invitations have gone out. The cake's been ordered, the ballons have been picked up.
Everything is set for the perfect gender reveal party.
And then, you hear... sirens.
For one married couple in the US, this is exactly the scenario that played out when their lavish gender reveal party turned into a disaster, after it was allegedly ruined by a family member.
Candace and Wesley are TikTok influencers with a huge following of almost a million fans, thanks to their candid and open posts about family life. The Oklahoma couple are parents to twins and are expecting another child later this year.
While they have become known for posting cute videos of their home life, they've recently gained a lot of attention for... another reason. Around a week ago, Wesley went on TikTok to share the story of how his mother apparently ruined their gender reveal party, or which they paid $9k USD — or around $13,600 AUD.
It all began when Wesley's wife Candace reached out to his mum, Michelle, to let her know the invite details for their party, set for February 22. Michelle responded by confirming her attendance and asked if they needed any help planning the event.
Candace let her mother-in-law know that she and her sister were planning it — a roundabout way of saying that they didn't need any help in organising.
"That's not what I asked..." Michelle replied via text.
The blunt response prompted Candace to be more specific, writing back, "Oh, um, no we are good." But sensing that her mother-in-law was keen to be involved she added, "But we might need help setting up on the day of if you can get there at 2:30!"
Top Comments
MIL asked if couple needed help planning gender reveal.
MIL asked for payment because she's "not your f**king maid.
Son blocked her and uninvited her.
She was re-invited at the last second and set off the fire alarm before the gender was revealed resulting in what is most likely a planned disruption for content.
I hope the fire department works that out and charges them for wasting their time.