A gender reveal from a Cuban couple living in the United States is causing a stir on social media, although not precisely for the moment of the reveal. The clip, published on Instagram by the account @un_martitodurako8_live_oficial, racked up thousands of views and hundreds of comments within a few hours, and the unintended star was not the blue smoke announcing the arrival of a boy, but the reaction of the future father.
The scene unfolds in an outdoor area, with a group of family and friends gathered together. The countdown begins, blue smoke bursts forth, and then... nothing. The mother is filled with emotion while the father stands there as if he has just seen the weather forecast. No hugs, no leaps, no shouts.
The Cuban community on social media reacted in no time. The comment that best summarized the general sentiment, and the one that received the most support with 165 likes, was devastating: "Who are they? The most excited father couldn't be more thrilled. The love between them is evident from the next block. You don't have to be prepared to be a parent; you just have to want to be one. Goodbye."
From there, the comments poured in. "She was left waiting for the hug," wrote someone who received 62 likes. Another, with 112 likes, was more direct: "At that very moment, he decided he wouldn't carry his father's last name."
There was also irony: "What a great emotion that father, wow, it brought me to tears." Others were more straightforward: "How cold he is, how immature," or "God save me from men like that."
Someone even asked out loud what many were thinking: "Wasn't anyone able to hug her?" And one user went further: "What an emotion that father expresses; you can truly feel his longing for another baby, that I, the mother, immediately declared myself a single mother."
The gender reveals of Cubans in the United States are a recurring phenomenon on social media that often leads to debates: from the father who was hoping for a boy but found out he was expecting his fifth daughter, to the gender reveal set to the rhythm of a dance, not to mention the Cuban who faced criticism for his attitude towards his pregnant partner in a clip that exceeded 15 million views.
In this case, the baby is on the way, the smoke was blue, and the child will be welcomed. What lingers in the air—along with the smoke—is the question left by a comment that had only been posted for a few minutes but said it all: “I’m more excited watching the video than they are.”
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