6 weeks gone - girls weekend imminent- non drinking excuses required!

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Had my BFP a week ago! About 6 weeks.
Due to go on girls weekend this weekend so looking for some great plausible excuses for why I'm not drinking without letting the cat out the bag!

Well you could say you are on antibiotics, but they'll guess anyway.

Antibiotics- I was on one where if you drink you are violently sick- will google name

January detox?

Nobody believes the antibiotics excuse.

Metronidazole

Urine infection and/or antibiotics is always a good one! Usually people don't want to know the details then! You could even drink a cranberry juice cocktail for added realism!

Have been weighing up the medication excuse but not sure I could keep that one up to be believed!
Jan detox is good but socialised with them already in Jan!
Was thinking about "I'm so put off drinking due to an excess this weekend that I'm still recovering from"

Say you have to have blood tests on Monday and so trying not to drink.

Say you have a suspected stomach ulcer and arecwaiting for tests.

Thanks Changeisagoodthing will ponder on that one :)

getting over the flu???
important work meeting/interview the day after and can't be hungover?
cystitis sounds good though, most people have had enough pain through that not to do more than wince in sympathy...

or
set up the 'can't get totally rat-arsed' excuse, be the first to buy the round, get yourself a 'double' gin and tonic (ie, tonic) then just have soft drinks afterwards??

Lighter life no eating/ drinking diet??!!

If any of them have children, whatever excuse you give, they'll guess anyway.

The only way to hide it is not to say anything and just drink look-alikes (tonic with no gin etc) but it's hard to keep it up for long if anyone else is getting the drinks. And for a whole weekend?

Something like "Glass of red wine for me. Actually no, I just raced here from work / shopping whatever, I'm baking hot, just a water for me, then I'll sort myself out in a min."

Or omaoma's second suggestion.

That kind of thing. No-one will notice or care after they've had even just one drink. It's only you that'll be counting =)

Congrats, too!

As soon as you start coming up with implausible excuses or drawing attention to what you are or aren't drinking, people will suspect. Really, will you be monitoring what other people are doing?

Say 'I'll have an oj/water/coke thanks'. Go and get a drink and just drink it. Nobody will even notice what's in it. If somebody offers another just say 'no thanks, got one' or 'in a bit'. I never, ever sit around monitoring what other people are putting in their mouths.

Thanks Ladies for all your suggestions - will sleep on it!

ShowOfHands, that definitely wouldn't work with my pisshead friends. Anyone not drinking is always accused of being up the pole. Mind you I am Irish.

What ShowofHands said. Once you start coming up with excuses you'll draw attention to yourself.

Drink?

OJ thanks.

Haha, are you pregnant?

No. Are you?

I really can't see the problem.

Thanks ladies for the advice! I'll go with the flow and take it from there............

Order non alcoholic cocktails - I managed a whole night of it. They have fancy names that sound like normal cocktails anyway. When you're buying the round just say it's an alcoholic one and after a couple of rounds no-one will notice.
Maybe you could be the one to suggest "let's start with cocktails" and immediately they won't suspect...

Thanks Annie456 thats a good idea which I'll keep up my sleeve for another occassion :) Tricky with this weekend is we are in a cottage and its bring your own so will need to pack the vino but not consume!!

IN that case just a glass of red wine and dump it every so often in the sink/plant pot/ loo.

You can also get grape juice to keep in the fridge and top up your glass with that when no one is looking.

Also pour your own "gin" and tonics.

Just back! got through weekend with no one suspecting (I think!). No major excuse just went with the flow - ate lots so no room for anything else

But how much do you bet that in a few weeks when you do tell them, they'll all say 'I knew it!'