Creative White Lie Suggestions

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So... I’m 5 weeks pregnant and, like most of us, won’t be telling anyone until after the first trimester.

But, I have no idea how to convincingly get thought the next seven weeks without being rumbled.

I bloody love alcohol, there is no way anyone who knows me would believe I just didn’t feel like drinking. Similarly, the antibiotic line would not be believed either, that’s the standard ‘I’m pregnant but not telling anyone’ line.

So... what excuses are you using/used? I have parties, girls nights out and various other events to get through 😬😬

I just said “I’m 5 weeks pregnant” I don’t want a fanfare or anything as I’m worried about miscarriage, and I found everyone very empathetic.

I ordered drinks how they would look but without the alcohol, like tonic in a proper glass with the usual stuff so it looked like a posh g&t. Alcohol free lager/cider already in a glass, wine etc etc. Even cocktails!

Having blood test early the next day for a possible thyroid problem? Quitting drinking to lose weight?

@The3

See, I naively did that with my first pregnancy.. then lost it. Having everyone ask me how it was all going, and having to explain over and over again that it wasn’t, was horrendous.

I’ve lost three so far, so definitely won’t be saying it till I feel safer.

In the past week I’ve:

Done drink swapping with DH
Surreptitiously dumped three quarters of a glass of prosecco in the bin (I did feel quite bad about that one)
Claimed to have an early work thing I was really worried about so didn’t want to drink (that was actually true)
Claimed to be too hungover to drink

I’m only at 6 weeks though and got more things to dodge this week... need to come up with some more excuses!

@Kt2108
Good shout, won’t work in MH local pub though, as the barmaid will ask questions! 😂

@mimibunz I’m already fairly slim, U.K. size 8/10 (and the pregnancy bloat is showing!!) so claiming weight loss wouldn’t cut it I don’t think.

I also gave up smoking on the day of my BFP, that’s made my boss ask questions already!

@ronniemipperton

It’s so hard!! Doesn’t help that I’d really really like a glass of wine!

RIP Prosecco 😩

What do you normally drink? Could it be swapped with a soft drink that looks the same, I was a G&T fan so just had water with a lemon slice instead, if your tipple is WKD blue though you might have an issue
😂😂

@Lymphy

Usually rosé wine, but also vodka and lemonade, so that could be replicated easily.
I always feel too suspicious though... trying to sneakily day I want a lemonade but not in a tumbler, it needs to be in a short glass, etc. Bar staff have not usually been quick on the uptake previously 😂

Plus, everyone knows what Im drinking as I’m usually out in a crowd, and drinks are just bought for me quite often.. they’ll just be put in front of me 😬

I tell the bar staff that I’m pregnant and hiding it and to give me something which looks alcoholic but isn’t. I’ve had various given to me. Lemonade with a slice of lemon/lime works well. The non-alcoholic Koppaberg looks and tastes exactly like alcoholic version but it is possibly the sweetest drink in the world so I wouldn’t have many!

You probably feel like you look suspicious but I bet you don't, I remember going to the loo every 20 seconds thinking I'm going to be rumbled, no one had a clue! Got to 20 weeks at work and only close family and friends know now (I'm 37weeks!) order a soda and tonic water alongside, or you could say you are on metronidazole you most definitely cannot drink on that if anyone google it
Would your partner drink your share on the sly?
😂 It's a mare

Imaginary medical condition meaning you’re on medication you can drink with?
Or in my case I’m actuslly epileptic and can’t

Do a sponsored alcohol free month(and get them to sponsor you for a charity) after the month no one will take notice you aren’t drinking Cos it will be normal.

I think it’s really easy to over think it and think people will notice, when they won’t. As long as you have a glass in your hand, people won’t realise you aren’t actually drinking from it. Just make sure your DH takes a sip from it every now and then so the level goes down. And if people offer to buy you a drink you can either show them your glass and say ‘I’m ok tah, I’ve still got one’ or ‘yeah go on then, actually can I have just a , I’ve got a bit of a headache/hangover from last night.’

Congratulations

If you’ve given up smoking that’s a good excuse for not drinking - I remember I genuinely had to give up drinking when I quit smoking as every time I had a drink the temptation to smoke got too much and my resolve crumbled...

Done really good ideas here, thank you 👌

I think I am definitely over thinking it all... I need to chill out a bit!

I also need to proof read before pressing ‘post’..

Please forgive the typos.. 😳

Ronnie has a good point - you could tell people every time you have a drink you end up smoking so knocking both on the head till you’re over the nicotine addiction.

Could you confide in one friend and they help drink any alcoholic drinks bought for you and get you lemonades?

My sister got pink shloer in a wine glass. It looked obviously a different colour to the one she got me but rather than suspect I assumed she'd bought herself a more expensive wine than me and bitched about it to my mam

If you’re getting the drinks, ask for a swizzle stick in your lemonade/coke. You could also say you had a bad migraine earlier in the day so alcohol is a no no!

I just avoided going out, drove or told people I was pregnant. I knew how it would look if I pulled the old antibiotic line.

I did go for a Christmas meal at the height of morning sickness and drank orange juice and left as early as i possibly could. No one said anything until I announced a few weeks later and was like "aaaaah, I thought something was up"

Take the drink and pretend to sip from it occasionally. When no-one is looking discreetly "lose" it or pour it down a plughole.

People notice if you refuse a drink but they never ever notice what you do with it once it's in your hand. I've never been rumbled this way.

And for a woman between the ages of 18 and 45 to say "I can't drink, I'm on antibiotics" is akin to hiring a plane to skywrite "I'M PREGNANT".

I overthought this too as I had a work event that I couldn't get out of when I was about 6 weeks. I just ordered tonic without the gin and no one noticed. I even managed to get to about 10pm on the second night of a hen do before people noticed I hadn't been drinking. I had placebo drinks including non alcoholic prosecco and vodka free vodka jellies. People really don't pay as much attention as you think they do.

I was the same was a smoker and drinker, I just said as I was trying to stop smoking I didn't want to drink as that would make me more likely to have one! Most people believed me!

Driving.
Driving tomorrow.

General fitness kick.

Dry month.

I found that even if people probably didn't believe my excuse/reason they were polite enough not to question me and just let it go. When we did announce the news a few people said "oh we did wonder if that was it" but none of them ever asked me outright until we were ready to announce it.
Most people understand this as they have or might be in a similar boat one day.