Good excuses for not drinking at work do!

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I'm very early pregnancy and have a work xmas do this week which unfortunately involves a whole day of drinking (or hiding that I am not drinking!)- I wld usually take part in this sort of thing so it will be obvious if I don't drink

What good excuses can I give for not drinking that won't lake it obvious that I might be pregnant?!

This is the worst time of year to be hiding a pregnancy!!

Thank you x

How about saying you feel sick? You still wanted to come to celebrate with everyone but the idea of drinking makes you want to puke?

If you fake drink be careful what you order. We had a package and a friend ordered a virgin mojito on the barmans recommendation, looked fab til 2nd friend came in and said oh I’ll have one of those. Ah the non alcoholic ones aren’t included. Busted.

You're driving (presuming you do) and going out that evening to another do with DH so its the only way you could attend both, it's a good excuse to leave early when everyone is sloshed.

Just watch out for tag alongs wanting a lift home!

At my work do on Friday I always had a glass of bubbles in my hand and always accepted a refill when offered. A couple of people knew so we would do sneaky swaps throughout the evening with their half drunk glasses. Or I'd abandon the glass on a table. Drunk people really don't pay that much attention!

Just got back from mine (overnight alcohol thing) I managed to order my own drinks went for “vodka” and coke or ordered cocktails alcohol free when no one was near :)

Don't say anything, being too ready with an excuse is a sure sign of being pg.

IF you are asked, say you're hungover from last night or had too many big nights recently and need a couple of days off to recover. (it helps that early pregnancy looks a lot like a hangover anyway!)

Drive or don’t go or pretend your drinks have alcohol in.

This. If you can't engineer some last minute crisis that meant you unexpectedly had to drive, pretend to drink. Wherever possible have an alcoholic-looking drink in your hand that is fairly full so you if anyone asks you don't need a refill quite yet. If you end up with real booze, walk around holding it for a while then accidentally leave it on a table. Just try not to get involved in buying rounds of drinks. I got through an entire wedding like this at 10 weeks pg and no-one suspected!

Agree with pp not to even try the antibiotics excuse, no-one will believe it!

Antibiotics = being pregnant. Don't say that. You need to have been preparing the tooth infection storyline weeks ago.

I'd go for an early morning thing for which you have to leave early and drive home. Pretend to have just one as soon as you get there then Say 'wish I could but I'm driving' when anyone asks.

A few glasses in no one will notice.

Don't use the antibiotics one, everyone knows that's bullshit congratulations I'd personally drive and that way there's no discussion about it. If anyone offers you a lift/their taxi, say no, you have to pick DP up from his works do/the station/his friends etc etc later so, shame, you just can't!

I would say no one will pay attention after the first hour once the drinks have set everyone to tipsyville.
Say you're driving or just keep a full glass of beverage in your hand (Appletiser in a wine glass anyone?) That'll keep them at bay.

I went to a birthday party when I was around 10 weeks and just told everyone a week leading up to it that I would be driving on the night as I'd have to be up early next day to drive to London with hubby for the day, but id stay as long as I can. (It was all a big fat lie). Worked though

Another vote for the pretending to drink thing, I just carried around a half-empty glass of red wine all day one Christmas here at home.Not even that many people around and no-one noticed. I did the same thing at a wedding a week or so later.

Antibiotics is basically code for 'I'm pregnant'. As is 'No thanks, I'm not drinking'.

Also, if you'd rather not do the charade of pretending to drink, just get your own drinks.

However, in my experience of three kids, pretending to be drinking is by far the best bet.

I don’t drink very much.

Work nights out in a previous company were always tortuous because a particular group would hassle me about not drinking.

I discovered that if you have a glass of wine, no one actual notices whether you drink it or not. Wander round holding it and quietly abandon it on an empty table.

If you go around telling people you are on antibiotics the first thing hald of them will think is she's pregnant. Because no-one really notices or cares if you are drinking, its only when you draw attention to the fact you are not that people notice at all.

Just drink tonic with lemon or whatever and it will look like a g&t. Or have a glass of wine but nurse it for hours. Just don't make excuses, because you might as well just tell everyone.

I went to a work do yesterday and drove.

Have another one next week but it's in London so will be nursing prosecco/wine. Will be easier that way!

Even yesterday I had questions about driving, even though I actually had evening plans afterwards. [santa]

Hangover from hell and cannot face drinking again.