Hiding sickness on Christmas Day!!!

[poohbears]

I'm telling my parents about the pregnancy on Christmas Eve but I don't want to tell the rest of my family. Christmas Day we're at my parents and I have a bad aversion to veg, especially broccoli so badly that I heave if I smell it uncooked let alone cooked on a big plate at the table!

If I go I'll literally have to leave to vomit constantly and to top it off we'll all be crammed at a tiny table so I'll have to fight for an exit!
How do I get around this?!

I've had a loss previously and I really can't make it public with everyone just yet.

Pretend that you have a stomach bug.

I feel for you, just had to endure this yesterday with my work Christmas lunch and it was hard going - couldn't stomach any of the 3 course meal apart from the roast potatoes. Meat in particular really makes me feel sick just now so having that on my plate in front of me was hard! Luckily I'd told my manager earlier in the week because my sickness has been bad, and she was great at helping me out - sat beside me and sneaked half my food onto her plate so it didn't look as though I wasn't eating anything and helped me fend off any questions about why I wasn't drinking.

If your parents know at least they can help you out - seat you near an exit, strategically place the veg as far away from you as possible on the table, perhaps put it in a dish that's got a lid on it so as to keep the smell contained a bit? Good luck!

I would just not go, say you're not feeling well and stay at home with your partner and toast!

Last chance for a quiet Christmas for a while

Are your parents hosting the Christmas Day lunch? Could you tell them to leave broccoli out this year?

Best way to distract people is give them something else credible to believe in. You have food poisoning, but dont want to miss out on xmas day, you are making a huge effort to be there, will have to lie on the sofa during the meal as you are only allowed dry biscuits and water for another 24 hours. Just make sure you have a thiught out back story, where you got it etc. btw this will also cover you for not drinking.

Just tell them you're not feeling well and it'll settle all your worries. :)

Thank you all so much for your replies! I think I might have to cancel last minute and they can just tell everyone I wasn't well and didn't want to pass them anything!!
My parents definitely won't be upset about it.
They could definitely help with containing the smells thing but I think I'll find it too stressful as SIL is pregnant at the moment and will sniff me out I'm sure and certainly wouldn't be discreet about it!
Thanks again

Don't go, it will be so easy once you say you cant and are too fragile to just stay home and dry. Just lie if you need, once done its very easy to get away with these things! It would be awful if you go, I felt so sick the first few months and think it would have actually made people incredibly worried if they saw me for some of the queesy days

Surely they won't be serving broccoli with Christmas dinner? 😮

Fake a hangover?

Say you have norovirus and stay at home. Or tell your parents a few days in advance and see if they can avoid broccoli in favour of things which are less likely to make you sick?

You got bladdered the night before and now have the mother of all hangovers.

No one has broccoli with Christmas dinner obviously so that should be fine