to pour myself a pomegranate juice in a wine glass and pretend i'm drinking wine on a friday night.

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stupid pregnancy.

i my mind it's a nice merlot.

i might start getting lairy in half an hour too.

I'm not pregnant and I would do that

It's lovely with ginger beer, lime wedges and lots of ice if you feel like a cocktail tomorrow night!

i fuskcing loves you all.

showw em the way to go home. I'm tiered and I 2WANT TO GO TO BED.

Don't go starting any fights though...

oh i have ginger beer.

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sounds good.

But do keep a book of I.O.U.s too, to be cashed in once the baby is here. Every time you forgo a glass of wine, or a prawn curry, or runny brie, or whatever you are missing, pop it in the book - I owe me one prawn curry - and then when you are feeling in need of a treat, later on, out comes the book and you tear out the page and present it to dh . . .

i owe me a whole heap of wine.

While I'm having actual wine tonight, I am trying to cut down in general so I have diet lemonade with Bottle Green pomegranate and elderberry cordial. Tastes like a sparkling rose without the alcohol after taste. Is yummy. Wish I'd discovered it when I was pregnant.

Oh bless you. I was pregnant this time last year and tbh I felt so flipping dreadful I didn't actually miss wine, but for my other two pregnancies yes yes YES - a soft drink in a wine glass really helps you believe it is actual wine

At least you can eat some crisps to go with it (I have proper wine tonight and have already scoffed two packets of some crisps to accompany it).

Also try elderflower presse in a wineglass...close your eyes and you might almost believe it's champagne

I'm not pregnant but I do this, usually with cranberry, apple or grape juice.
Occasionally I have a tonic with ice, a wedge of lime and a slice of cucumber and I pretend it has gin in it.

I like a tonic, in a proper heavy tumbler, with lots of lime and ice. Use posh tonic (Fever tree is good) and you almost don't miss the vodka/gin.

Ha ha, cross post with Eternal

it goes down too quickly! i'm going to be pretend wasted.

Ha, I did that and my partner came home and nearly flipped at me thinking it was red wine!

He seemed to have forgot that I'm allergic to red wine.....

oh FFS, now i feel sick again. i almost enjoyed myself for a moment there.

But no red wine head tomorrow

Longtallsally I am banking that idea. that is inspired.

that's the crap thing, i will still have the hangover. i've been feeling hungover for the past week. grim.

Try tonic water with lemon. I can trick my brain into thinking it's a g & t. Wish I'd known abt it when I was pregnant!