so, i have my gender scan on the 13th of may and my gender reveal on the 18th. my boyfriend is going to be sorting everything out as he wants to. mother in law told me she expects us to tell her the gender of the baby. i told her i don’t want to do that as i want it to be a surprise and if i told her i would also have to tell my dad as i don’t believe in one without the other. she is adamant on knowing and will not let it go. what should i do?
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Stick to the plan, if you start giving in now it will continue to happen. There is no harm in her waiting like everyone else

There is no reason she needs to know before anyone else. Stick to your guns, and frame it politely. "We are so excited to surprise everyone together and it's very important to us as a couple to have that experience. Please do not ask again."

Yeah just tell her no. My in laws got annoyed that we wanted to wait until the family was together and tell everyone but it was worth it. Absolutely no one is entitled to any information about your baby ❤️

do what you planned!! i invited mine to come find out even tho it was meant to be simply recorded to announce on social media & she asked us to change it to the weekend after. we didn’t want to bc we were excited to find out & she threw a huge fit & brought it up multiple times since then, including at my bb shower. you can never win w these ppl. damned if u do, damned if you don’t. so just do what you want!!

But you are telling her. She just needs to wait five days. Fingers crossed the baby is in the right position as that could be an awkward gender reveal!

Don’t tell her wait till the gender reveal and make sure your partner is on the same page
hey guys! update. me and my partner sat down and told her we’re not telling her, as we’re doing the decorations on the day of the reveal and the balloon as he’s going to open the envelope on the day. she said no one else should matter because she’s “nan” visibly annoyed i told her he’s my dad. anyway thank you all for the advice!!