i am going to sound ssssooooooo mean. but. i legit do not care if it wasn’t that couple’s intention to start a wildfire. like...no kidding. i never thought it was. who would intentionally set california on fire for a gender reveal??? they still deserve to be ridiculed as much as they are. sorry
as a californian, we know when wildfire season is. we watch it every year. we know what point in the summer is most dangerous for things like bonfires or outdoor barbecues or fireworks. how self-centered do you have to be to set off explosives in the middle of a dry field, in the middle of california, in the middle of august? in the middle of a PANDEMIC? for a GENDER REVEAL! i’m fucking livid
Fun fact, the first gender reveal party in the late 2000s was because the couple had lost their babies early in development multiple times and that was the first baby that made it that far in the pregnancy. It was less about the gender of the baby and more to celebrate that they were finally going to have one successfully after multiple failed attempts. The creators of the gender reveal party expressed regret with the trend theyve began.