A father took to social media to share a story from his and his partner’s gender reveal party that seems straight out of a soap opera.
In a viral TikTok video, Wesley shared how his mother allegedly sabotaged the special celebration, which cost a hefty $9,000.
The story begins a week before the reveal during a conversation between Wesley’s mother, Michelle, and his wife, Candace.
- Wesley and Candace suspect Wesley's mother sabotaged their $9K gender reveal party.
- The couple initially uninvited Wesley's mother following an offensive remark she made to Candace.
- Despite being invited back, the mother-in-law is suspected of triggering a fire alarm to disrupt the event.
Michelle asked Candace if she needed any help planning the event, to which Candace politely declined.
While Wesley and Candace live in Oklahoma, her family resides in Pennsylvania. Therefore, Candace decided to ask her sister and mother to help plan the party as a way to get them involved, and she thought getting another person on board wasn’t necessary.
A man shared how his mother allegedly ruined his and his partner’s gender reveal party
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However, her explanation didn’t sit well with Michelle, who bluntly replied, “That’s not what I asked.”
To avoid confrontation with her mother-in-law, Candace texted back, “But we might need help setting up on the day if you can get there at 2:30!”
Michelle unexpectedly replied by asking whether she’d get paid for assisting the mother with the event.
Taken aback by the question, Candace said, “Why would you be getting paid?”
“Because I’m not your f*** maid,” Michelle wrote.
Following the tense conversation, Candace burst into tears and showed Wesley the message exchange.
“There is a grand total of zero people who are ever going to cuss out my wife,” Wesley said on his TikTok, viewed by over 3.5 million people.
Wesley and Candace “ghosted” Wesley’s mother following a tense conversation she had with Candace
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Wesley proceeded to uninvite his mother from the gender reveal party and told her never to speak to Candace like that again.
As he explained, Michelle tried to make amends by calling him on multiple occasions to ask whether she could attend the event. When Wesley stood firm in his decision, she wrote, “Okay, I have no choice then.”
During the event, however, the couple had a sudden change of heart around half an hour before the reveal: they decided to invite Wesley’s mother again so she wouldn’t miss out on the cherished family moment.
“Now, this is where stuff gets so weird,” Wesley explained during his video.
The couple changed their minds during the event, but the furious mother seemingly had a surprise in store for the 60-second countdown
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Michelle didn’t show up, so the pair decided to start the 60-second countdown to the big news. Unfortunately, they didn’t get to the announcement because the fire alarm went off at second 13, plunging the venue into darkness and making guests wet with the sprinkler system.
When the couple evacuated the building, they found Michelle sitting outside and smoking a cigarette.
“The timing of it makes no sense. I don’t know what to do. Candace doesn’t know what to do.”
Listen to the story below
@candacenysm Do you think she did it or no? 😅#storytime #momsoftiktok #motherhood #motherinlaw #mother #funny ♬ original sound – Candace & Wesley
The couple suspects Wesley’s mother set off the fire alarm before their big announcement
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In a simpler gender reveal using paint, Wesley and Candace announced on social media that their third child will be a girl
@candacenysm BABY #3 IS… 💙💞🫶🏽 #uniquegenderreveal #t#twinmomm#momsoftiktoky#youngmomt#trendingviral #m#motherhoodunpluggedgenderreveal #pregnant ♬ original sound – Candace & Wesley
Candace and Wesley then decided to approach Michelle to ask her whether she had orchestrated the chaotic scene. “No, I just got here,” she responded. “I’ve been outside smoking a cigarette.”
“But her pant legs were wet, so that means she was definitely inside the building,” the confused father continued.
“Candace thinks that she set the fire alarm off. I don’t know. If I had to guess, it does seem logical, especially considering the text she sent me beforehand and the fact that we’d been ghosting her for two months.”
In a simple gender reveal using paint, the couple—who already have twins—announced on social media that their third child will be a girl.
People debated whether the mother-in-law was behind the party fiasco
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I admit I read that and immediately lost all sympathy for them. Maybe that's a character flaw on my part but that seems profligate to me.
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Right , this sounds like a whole bunch of bull-wad. First $9k for a gender reveal? What the ...?!?! Okay, Perhaps, but still. But ... since when does pulling a fire alarm set off the sprinklers? It doesn't. The sprinklers are independent of the fire alarm. She would have had to create a flame directly under a sprinkler to set them off. And then, it would only set off the sprinklers which are affected by the heat. So, she was running around holding her cigarette lighter under all the sprinkler heads and no-one even saw her?! (Bunch-a attention seeking TikTokkers making up stories!)
Depends. She could have held her lighter up to a heat sensitive alarm. That would have set off sprinklers. As witnessed by idiots and pillar candles.
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This story could not be more fictional.... fire alarms do not work that way. There needs to be heat and flames to activate the sprinkler system. Also anyone who spends 9k on a "gender reveal" (really anyone who has a "gender reveal") should not be allowed to have children....
Then why is the box and handle telling me to "Pull Here" in case of an emergency?
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I'm leaning towards this being a BS article. The sprinklers do not activate like that. They are not set off by pulling on the alarm, no matter what Hollywood has told you. It just doesn't happen that way. They also don't all go off just because one was triggered.
Oh now o see it's tiktok. Ruin more of their stuff please. Also bored panda stop sharing tiktok. Downvote
Is mom a sociopathic loon? Yes. Was what she did bad? Yes. Was it criminal and charges should be pressed? Yes. Should you have been throwing an embarrassment to America party? NO. Enough with the gender reveal garbage!
I’m commenting again to say that I love how we in the comment section collectively cannot get past the 9k. It’s like “hold up HOLD UP… you spent how much on this now??” 😂
I'm ok with this. I didn't read anything other then the headline. Gender reveal parties are basic and beyond stupid. Ruining a 9k version of something so hateful stupid and wasteful gets gold stars in my book. Don't do gender reveal parties. You're not original, they're not cute and it's a huge detriment to the environment.
Who on God's green earth spends $9000 on a gender reveal party? SMDH
I am having a lot of trouble getting beyond the fact that if some sort of fire alarm was set off, then first responders would have received notice and also the venue would have a lot of water damage. I can't believe no one would have been asking a lot of questions as to who activated things. This was a felony - and both the venue and the fire departments would want to know who to investigate. Sounds a wee bit fishy to me.
I know this isn't the takeaway, but 9 grand!?!? SERIOUSLY?!
You lost me at still doing cringe a*s, desparate attention seeking gender reveal parties. lmao
ESH, we all know gender reveal parties are OUT, so I side with the sabotage here. I hope the couple gets charged. They decided 30 SHORT MINUTES before the reveal to re invite her, that is an insult. The stupid, dim look on his face above....
Why isn't a ban being put on these, so items are no longer allowed to be sold? Screenshot...d0017.jpeg 
Why do you care about the reason people have get togethers?
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Gender reveal parties are so nasty. No one, really, no one cares what the gender of your fetus is. Literally no one.
Idiots - a cake, backyard and some drinks was all that people needed in the past. Morons spend 9K for social media points...
at first i thought the mil was a b***h and now my minds just focused on "what world class moron spends 9 grand on a gender reveal?"
there is an old adage about when a woman is with child, how low or high she carries it tells someone whether or not its girl or boy, this was used way long before gender reveal parties
Let us be honest; is there anything more onerous than a gender reveal party?
What absolute nonsense! Fire sprinkler systems do not activate on a fire alarm, or by security cameras, or by remote control. They active individually, based on heat surrounding a that little glass bulb,making it rupture and allowing water out of EACH SINGLE sprinkler that is affected by tempreures above 68 degrees! This is not Hollywood movies, and this couple clearly made up this story based on education from television to get likes.
I agree that they need to check any video. Find out, don't assume. Also, spending 9k just to say that it's a girl? Would have been better to start baby's college fund. Like Forrest Gump said, stupid is as stupid does...
That $9000 would have been better spent on things the coming baby will need - diapers and other necessities. Or put into a college fund. What are they spending all that money on with one of these parties?
I wonder how many more failed gender reveals will it take before we figure out that they're BS ... if the sonogram isn't enough, then you're just a entitled pricks ...
“There is a grand total of zero people who are ever going to cuss out my wife,” this right here. Of course you know it was Michelle who did that, her damn clothes were wet. I would go 100% no contact with her until she apologized, AND reimbursed you for the 9k. If she is willing to stoop that low for a gender reveal, imagine what she will do next, not worth the stress. She is as toxic as they come.
honestly... a part of me thinks they deserve it for wasting that much money on a f*****g GENDER REVEAL party. This trend is getting way out of hand.
Good Lord! Why are there so many people that are so pissed off about a gender reveal party? Like really, the hate on here is crazy. I am not a fan of them but they don't make me boil with anger. As for spending 9K on it (that's a lot) but if they have the funds I guess they can do what they want.
How much is their income? 9,000$ to tell people if you are having a boy or a girl? Send an email
Am I the only one to not care? When you spend 9G's on a gender reveal, you live in a different world than I do. They spend more on toilet paper than I do on food most likely.
$9,000 on a gender reveal party is a vulgar display of wealth. I didn't even read the story. Just came here to say that.
So, the couple wants attention on the internet because they've successfully created another life and need the world to know what type of genitals the baby will, possibly, have. Ok, cool, have your gender reveal I suppose, weird, but, you do you, boo. They also need the world to know they spend ridiculous amounts of money on potential genital reveal parties, because that's important. On top of that, they want the world to believe his mother is not only vindictive, but superhuman and managed turning on ALL of the sprinklers, in a matter of seconds, without anyone seeing her, with a cigarette. This reeks of family vloggers who aren't getting enough attention so need to ramp it up. Dude, get off the internet and spend time with your family, leave your kids and their genitals out of your and your wife's need for attention. It's going to backfire someday if you keep it up. (also, this entire story is horse manure, clearly, lol).
Gender reveals should be just as the baby leaves the womb. Unless there are very specific reasons for *needing* to know, just keep it a surprise. As for $9K on a party, unbelievable.
I dont even understand gender reveal party so a 9 thousands dollars genbder reveal party looks like a joke for me.
Who the h*** spends $9,000 on a gender reveal party - that is insane and makes me dislike this couple. Invite a few people over with a cake and do whatever you were going to do to reveal the gender and donate $8,500 to a diaper bank that donated diapers to families who can't afford them.
100% fake That's not how sprinklers work. A sprinkler has a glass tube with a reactive in the sprinkler. When it gets hot it breaks, and water flows. Pulling an alarm does nothing but sound. Using fire on a sprinkler activates THAT sprinkler, they aren't interconected that way
Nope. This is BS. First the 9K for a gender reveal then the sprinklers going off doesn't make sense even if they were somehow connected to the fire alarm. Some comments have said that's not how it works but I don't know. What I have read though is that the water in sprinkler systems sits for a long time and by the time it is needed it is usually black, smelly and just in general nasty. So it's not like TV shows make it look where clean clear water rains down. People would not only be filthy from the water but the property would need a major clean up in addition to water damage. I call liar, liar pants on fire so maybe someone should hose him down.
All I know is that people who book a venue for a gender reveal party live for drama, so this may not have broken their way, but b3ing talked about on the internet is exactly what they hoped for.
Well, if these mo**ns can spend 9000 on a 'gender reveal' I can see why mom thought she should be paid too. Why not put that money into a college fund for the kid? And even thinking everyone around them is soooo fascinated about the gender of their kid, says all I need to know about them.
Ok, my first thought is who the f**k has $9000 for a goddamn gender reveal. Followed by that change of heart is what is going to make you go no contact forever - please do NOT have another when grandma realises she ghosted her grandchild by proxy. Fairly sure there are also legal implications to deliberately setting off a fire alarm.
I'm for any and all efforts to stop the scourge of inane gender reveal parties. And $9k?? And the pain video is so cringe. Ugh.
If I was the mother, I'd be disowning my kids for holding one of these stupid occasions in the first place.
Load More Replies... The not being a maid comment seemed entirely unnecessary. I suppose parents might not want a relationship with their adult child.
Attention seeking whores inventing fiction for more attention. This is beyond pathetic.
well, number one a child is a gift from God, and why are you worryed about the gender, just except it, and if the wife would not have been so callous toward his mom, none of that would have even happened, and it was a accident, just cause pants are wet, could have come from ice melting or split drink, give me a break, as far as cutting her off, shame on all you idiots you'll never know when the in laws will be needed for anything at all, you might be in dire straights and people do have memories, besides you could have had a paint reveal at your own house, dam
I admit I read that and immediately lost all sympathy for them. Maybe that's a character flaw on my part but that seems profligate to me.
Load More Replies... Right , this sounds like a whole bunch of bull-wad. First $9k for a gender reveal? What the ...?!?! Okay, Perhaps, but still. But ... since when does pulling a fire alarm set off the sprinklers? It doesn't. The sprinklers are independent of the fire alarm. She would have had to create a flame directly under a sprinkler to set them off. And then, it would only set off the sprinklers which are affected by the heat. So, she was running around holding her cigarette lighter under all the sprinkler heads and no-one even saw her?! (Bunch-a attention seeking TikTokkers making up stories!)
Depends. She could have held her lighter up to a heat sensitive alarm. That would have set off sprinklers. As witnessed by idiots and pillar candles.
Load More Replies... This story could not be more fictional.... fire alarms do not work that way. There needs to be heat and flames to activate the sprinkler system. Also anyone who spends 9k on a "gender reveal" (really anyone who has a "gender reveal") should not be allowed to have children....
Then why is the box and handle telling me to "Pull Here" in case of an emergency?
Load More Replies... I'm leaning towards this being a BS article. The sprinklers do not activate like that. They are not set off by pulling on the alarm, no matter what Hollywood has told you. It just doesn't happen that way. They also don't all go off just because one was triggered.
Oh now o see it's tiktok. Ruin more of their stuff please. Also bored panda stop sharing tiktok. Downvote
Is mom a sociopathic loon? Yes. Was what she did bad? Yes. Was it criminal and charges should be pressed? Yes. Should you have been throwing an embarrassment to America party? NO. Enough with the gender reveal garbage!
I’m commenting again to say that I love how we in the comment section collectively cannot get past the 9k. It’s like “hold up HOLD UP… you spent how much on this now??” 😂
I'm ok with this. I didn't read anything other then the headline. Gender reveal parties are basic and beyond stupid. Ruining a 9k version of something so hateful stupid and wasteful gets gold stars in my book. Don't do gender reveal parties. You're not original, they're not cute and it's a huge detriment to the environment.
Who on God's green earth spends $9000 on a gender reveal party? SMDH
I am having a lot of trouble getting beyond the fact that if some sort of fire alarm was set off, then first responders would have received notice and also the venue would have a lot of water damage. I can't believe no one would have been asking a lot of questions as to who activated things. This was a felony - and both the venue and the fire departments would want to know who to investigate. Sounds a wee bit fishy to me.
I know this isn't the takeaway, but 9 grand!?!? SERIOUSLY?!
You lost me at still doing cringe a*s, desparate attention seeking gender reveal parties. lmao
ESH, we all know gender reveal parties are OUT, so I side with the sabotage here. I hope the couple gets charged. They decided 30 SHORT MINUTES before the reveal to re invite her, that is an insult. The stupid, dim look on his face above....
Why isn't a ban being put on these, so items are no longer allowed to be sold? Screenshot...d0017.jpeg
Why do you care about the reason people have get togethers?
Load More Replies... Gender reveal parties are so nasty. No one, really, no one cares what the gender of your fetus is. Literally no one.
Idiots - a cake, backyard and some drinks was all that people needed in the past. Morons spend 9K for social media points...
at first i thought the mil was a b***h and now my minds just focused on "what world class moron spends 9 grand on a gender reveal?"
there is an old adage about when a woman is with child, how low or high she carries it tells someone whether or not its girl or boy, this was used way long before gender reveal parties
Let us be honest; is there anything more onerous than a gender reveal party?
What absolute nonsense! Fire sprinkler systems do not activate on a fire alarm, or by security cameras, or by remote control. They active individually, based on heat surrounding a that little glass bulb,making it rupture and allowing water out of EACH SINGLE sprinkler that is affected by tempreures above 68 degrees! This is not Hollywood movies, and this couple clearly made up this story based on education from television to get likes.
I agree that they need to check any video. Find out, don't assume. Also, spending 9k just to say that it's a girl? Would have been better to start baby's college fund. Like Forrest Gump said, stupid is as stupid does...
That $9000 would have been better spent on things the coming baby will need - diapers and other necessities. Or put into a college fund. What are they spending all that money on with one of these parties?
I wonder how many more failed gender reveals will it take before we figure out that they're BS ... if the sonogram isn't enough, then you're just a entitled pricks ...
“There is a grand total of zero people who are ever going to cuss out my wife,” this right here. Of course you know it was Michelle who did that, her damn clothes were wet. I would go 100% no contact with her until she apologized, AND reimbursed you for the 9k. If she is willing to stoop that low for a gender reveal, imagine what she will do next, not worth the stress. She is as toxic as they come.
honestly... a part of me thinks they deserve it for wasting that much money on a f*****g GENDER REVEAL party. This trend is getting way out of hand.
Good Lord! Why are there so many people that are so pissed off about a gender reveal party? Like really, the hate on here is crazy. I am not a fan of them but they don't make me boil with anger. As for spending 9K on it (that's a lot) but if they have the funds I guess they can do what they want.
How much is their income? 9,000$ to tell people if you are having a boy or a girl? Send an email
Am I the only one to not care? When you spend 9G's on a gender reveal, you live in a different world than I do. They spend more on toilet paper than I do on food most likely.
$9,000 on a gender reveal party is a vulgar display of wealth. I didn't even read the story. Just came here to say that.
So, the couple wants attention on the internet because they've successfully created another life and need the world to know what type of genitals the baby will, possibly, have. Ok, cool, have your gender reveal I suppose, weird, but, you do you, boo. They also need the world to know they spend ridiculous amounts of money on potential genital reveal parties, because that's important. On top of that, they want the world to believe his mother is not only vindictive, but superhuman and managed turning on ALL of the sprinklers, in a matter of seconds, without anyone seeing her, with a cigarette. This reeks of family vloggers who aren't getting enough attention so need to ramp it up. Dude, get off the internet and spend time with your family, leave your kids and their genitals out of your and your wife's need for attention. It's going to backfire someday if you keep it up. (also, this entire story is horse manure, clearly, lol).
Gender reveals should be just as the baby leaves the womb. Unless there are very specific reasons for *needing* to know, just keep it a surprise. As for $9K on a party, unbelievable.
I dont even understand gender reveal party so a 9 thousands dollars genbder reveal party looks like a joke for me.
Who the h*** spends $9,000 on a gender reveal party - that is insane and makes me dislike this couple. Invite a few people over with a cake and do whatever you were going to do to reveal the gender and donate $8,500 to a diaper bank that donated diapers to families who can't afford them.
100% fake That's not how sprinklers work. A sprinkler has a glass tube with a reactive in the sprinkler. When it gets hot it breaks, and water flows. Pulling an alarm does nothing but sound. Using fire on a sprinkler activates THAT sprinkler, they aren't interconected that way
Nope. This is BS. First the 9K for a gender reveal then the sprinklers going off doesn't make sense even if they were somehow connected to the fire alarm. Some comments have said that's not how it works but I don't know. What I have read though is that the water in sprinkler systems sits for a long time and by the time it is needed it is usually black, smelly and just in general nasty. So it's not like TV shows make it look where clean clear water rains down. People would not only be filthy from the water but the property would need a major clean up in addition to water damage. I call liar, liar pants on fire so maybe someone should hose him down.
All I know is that people who book a venue for a gender reveal party live for drama, so this may not have broken their way, but b3ing talked about on the internet is exactly what they hoped for.
Well, if these mo**ns can spend 9000 on a 'gender reveal' I can see why mom thought she should be paid too. Why not put that money into a college fund for the kid? And even thinking everyone around them is soooo fascinated about the gender of their kid, says all I need to know about them.
Ok, my first thought is who the f**k has $9000 for a goddamn gender reveal. Followed by that change of heart is what is going to make you go no contact forever - please do NOT have another when grandma realises she ghosted her grandchild by proxy. Fairly sure there are also legal implications to deliberately setting off a fire alarm.
I'm for any and all efforts to stop the scourge of inane gender reveal parties. And $9k?? And the pain video is so cringe. Ugh.
If I was the mother, I'd be disowning my kids for holding one of these stupid occasions in the first place.
Load More Replies... The not being a maid comment seemed entirely unnecessary. I suppose parents might not want a relationship with their adult child.
Attention seeking whores inventing fiction for more attention. This is beyond pathetic.
well, number one a child is a gift from God, and why are you worryed about the gender, just except it, and if the wife would not have been so callous toward his mom, none of that would have even happened, and it was a accident, just cause pants are wet, could have come from ice melting or split drink, give me a break, as far as cutting her off, shame on all you idiots you'll never know when the in laws will be needed for anything at all, you might be in dire straights and people do have memories, besides you could have had a paint reveal at your own house, dam
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