I Found Out My Husband Was Cheating While I Was Pregnant – So at Our Gender Reveal Party, I Had a Very Special ‘Surprise’ for Him

I called a party supply shop across town.

A woman answered, chipper.

“Hi! How can I help?”

“I need a reveal box filled with balloons,” I said. “Not pink or blue.”

“Okay,” she said.

“What colors?”

“Black.”

Silence.

Then, gently: “Black?”

“Yes,” I said. “And I need a word printed on every balloon.”

“What word?”

“CHEATER.”

Her voice dropped into that tone women use when we recognize a shared enemy.

“Got it,” she said. “Do you want matte or shiny?”

I blinked.

Even in grief, I appreciated professionalism.

“Shiny,” I said. “If we’re doing this, we’re doing it right.”

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