[Danielle G.]

A gender reveal cake coloured... WHAT?! Find out how chaos unravelled in this party​

AIBU, which stands for 'Am I Being Unreasonable', is the perfect platform for sharing your thoughts and opinions! So, for today's AIBU discussion, we have this story from Reddit/MilktheAlgorithm:

Am I being unreasonable for making my sister's gender reveal cake grey?

'I bake as a hobby, and I'm actually pretty good at it. I get paid under the table for weddings and baby showers.'

'My sister is pregnant and wanted me to make the cake for her gender reveal.'

'I asked her to send me the info so I could prep the inside-classic pink or blue filling. She says, "Oh no, I want to be surprised too. Just make it neutral for the reveal and we'll all find out together."'

'I was like... huh? So you want a gender reveal cake with no gender revealed...? She says she'll have someone email the info to me later.'

'That someone never did.'

'Deadline comes, and I still have no gender. So I make the cake. It's grey inside. Grey outside. I added little fondant clouds for effect. It still tasted great, but visually? It looked grim.'

'The reveal day comes, they cut into it, and my sister looks angry. Her husband is confused. People start murmuring. Then she pulls me aside like, "Why would you make it grey?"'

'Calmly I reminded her that no one told me the gender. I told her I wasn't about to guess on someone's baby cake.'

'Now, my mom says I embarrassed her in front of the family and that I should've tried harder. So was I unreasonable for making the most neutral reveal cake in history?'

 

[mOiOz]

Yuk.. grey? Even white or chocolate would have been preferable!

Next time, try a shade of purple! You can never go wrong with that... being a mixture of pink and blue, and even if non-identical twins are born, it's a winner!

 

[gamiry]

you did well. Sister was a dickhead.

 

[relljube]

So, what did she think it was not her responsibility to let you know - somebody else will advise you? How rude to ask you to make it in the first place but can't be bothered to let you know details?
Gender reveals are stupid anyway - started by the idiots in the good ole USofA - anything to garner attention in the "look at me" crowd - bugger the baby! 99% of the time people, other than the immediate family, couldn't give a bugger anyway! Just like celebrity births - ho hum!!

 

[mOiOz]

So, what did she think it was not her responsibility to let you know - somebody else will advise you? How rude to ask you to make it in the first place but can't be bothered to let you know details?
Gender reveals are stupid anyway - started by the idiots in the good ole USofA - anything to garner attention in the "look at me" crowd - bugger the baby! 99% of the time people, other than the immediate family, couldn't give a bugger anyway! Just like celebrity births - ho hum!!

Agree, it is a load of bull..., never been to one and never will!
What's the point anyway nowadays, make such a fuss about gender, then they all want to change it after birth!
Make a bloody rainbow cake!

 

[deni67]

The latest one that has been going around for a few years now is the gender reveal when the kid is older and can tell people what sex they would like to live under

 

[mOiOz]

The latest one that has been going around for a few years now is the gender reveal when the kid is older and can tell people what sex they would like to live under

Have a Gender Reversal Party and make the cake out of pet food!!!!!

 

[Viellarde]

Agree, it is a load of bull..., never been to one and never will!
What's the point anyway nowadays, make such a fuss about gender, then they all want to change it after birth!
Make a bloody rainbow cake!

Don't you think that might be dicey, seen as some sort of prediction?

 

[mOiOz]

Don't you think that might be dicey, seen as some sort of prediction?

They'll never know either until their child changes gender later!