re: #426 klys (maker of Silmarils)

Part of it was it used to be not so common to find out, I think?

Out of my friends, a few have found out ahead of time. No one has done the stupid party thing. Of those who’ve found out, not everyone has shared the info anyway.

My parents chose the surprise route for the first two but did cave on the third because Mom wanted to know if she needed to go buy “boy” type clothes. (I think she would have only really cared when it came to formal stuff, because I’m pretty sure there would have otherwise still been a lot of recycling going on.)

We had our first one as a surprise and we found out on our second one, just because (no cheesy “reveal party” or anything like that). My son was awesome, though, because my mother-in-law had, without our knowing it, knit him a hat before he was born… and she guessed the right gender. Well, “guessed” is the wrong word. She claims she “knew”. When you’ve had seven children and 20 grandchildren, I suppose she might be closer to knowing than guessing on grandchild #21.