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Mom sends me another text with pictures of cakes she found on Pinterest for a gender reveal party.
“How do you feel about having a gender reveal party?” Iask.
“What is that?” Archer gets up to make a pot of coffee.
“Basically a party announcing if the baby is a boy or girl. You don’t tell anyone until the end, and you pop a balloon with pink or blue confetti in it or something.”
“And it’s a thing people donow?”
“Yeah. If you have a halfway decent Instagram following and you don’t do one, people will wonder what’s wrong withyou.”
Archer chuckles. “I don’t really care either way. Any excuse to have a party is good in my book. Do you want to haveone?”
“I know they’re a little lame, but yeah.” I bite my lip, looking at the photos my mom sent. I haven’t told anyone besides my family and Marissa about the baby. I’m a modern woman with a successful job, and shouldn’t worry about people judging me over having a baby when I’m not married. But I do, just abit.
“Then let’s doit.”
Archer’s words make me smile. “My mom is going to go crazy over this. She wants to know where to have the party?”
It’s a simple question, but I know it raises the same concerns to Archer too. He turns on the coffee maker and comes back to the table. “If you’re going to take impressive Instagram pictures, your parents’ farm has the perfect setting.”
“I’m glad you have your priorities in check.”
He nods. “I gotcha, babe. We’ll make sure to have everything posed perfectly. I’ll even take pictures of all my food before I eat it. Actually, we could invest in some of that realistic-looking fake food. I hear it photographs better.”
I look at Archer, a big smile on my face. He makes it so easy tofall.
“Good idea. Anything for the likes.”
“Exactly. The number of likes is a direct correlation to how loved this baby is. We really have to step itup.
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