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Give me your best not drinking excuses :) ...

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FutureMrsD · 21/08/2019 20:08

Getting a bit ahead of myself here.. but I think I got a positive test this morning, but pregnancy TBC by a hopefully incoming BFP.
Anyway, I am going to a music festival at the weekend, for the weekend, where I was usually be drinking copious amounts of cider and I know the first whiff of not drinking my DSister would suss me out.
Just looking for your best excuses which you used before announcing your pregnancy.
Thanks in advance :)

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LiliesAndChocolate · 21/08/2019 20:15
  • Antibiotics for a skin rash, ear infection, or any other recurrent illness you are known for
  • a contest, a charity, a memory for someone who just passed away, even a Facebook challenge thing
  • a sudden interest in health, and the risk of cancer associated with drinking, so for good measure and better hiding, say you have become vegan, so people will focus on your diet and not on your drinking.
ohdearymemumof3 · 21/08/2019 20:15

You have a head ache/feel sick/dodgy belly.. although they might work for a day i dont no about a weekend😣🙈 or just tell your sister, good luck! Xx

Jjbay · 21/08/2019 20:18

Drunk to much the night before and still feeling sick from it was a good one of mine for a night/day out but don’t know if that will work for a weekend.

willlowthewisp · 21/08/2019 20:21

Just say you're taking antibiotics x

waltzingparrot · 21/08/2019 20:21

Well there's the obvious 'I'm on antibiotics' . You could have an enormous infected boil in an embarrassing place that you're not even going to show your sister. You're in trouble if she wants to see your packet of tablets though.

Cuppa12345 · 21/08/2019 20:22

Too hungover from the night before. But a beer or wine and just don't drink it, say you can't face it after last night and stick to lime and soda

NewAccount270219 · 21/08/2019 20:25

Saying 'I'm on antibiotics' is essentially announcing you're pregnant in a slightly annoying way

Fake drinking (buy a drink, take the tiniest of sips, wander around with it and then put it down somewhere - or just have something that looks like drink but isn't) is the only convincing solution, but it's going to be hard to make that work for a whole weekend!

lljkk · 21/08/2019 20:25

I never take antiBs so that one wouldn't work for me.
More likely I'd say "I had a puke bug few days ago & since then I still feel odd, don't want to push my luck" is line I'd go with.

GenevaMaybe · 21/08/2019 20:28

I’d just say “I don’t fancy a drink yet, I’ll have a coke and get one later”. People genuinely don’t care but they instantly go on high alert if you mention antibiotics or tummy bug or whatever

Girlwhowearsglasses · 21/08/2019 20:28

But why should you have to lie?

Either have the heads up but say it’s early days, or just don’t say anything. But if it’s your DSis and something (god forbid) goes wrong I really hope she can be a support to you in a bad time?

Best of luck

Dandelion1993 · 21/08/2019 20:33

Just say you don't fancy a drink.

There really doesn't need to be a game made out of it.

Just say no and move on.

treeplop · 21/08/2019 20:35

Fake it!

We went to an event when I was first pregnant, we told everyone that we were saving cash so to just get me lime and soda and I'd fill it up with vodka from my hip flask. I actually took two hip flasks, one with vodka and one with lemonade.

Years later husband confessed he'd already told his friends so it was bloody pointless anyway 😂

Snowflake9 · 21/08/2019 20:36

What I said, which got me through the first 12 weeks was

"We are trying for a baby so I have limited my drinking to a glass of wine on a Monday night to wind down after work. I am not going to be socially drinking for some time"

Worked a charm every time. Obviously didn't have my Monday night wine.

Congrats on the pregnancy!

Star801 · 21/08/2019 20:38

Could you say you’re TTC so not drinking?
I usually just get a lemonade and people assume it has alcohol in it...

icarriedawatermelon81 · 21/08/2019 20:39

'I'm on a detox- no alcohol for 30 days! Eeek!'

'I'm thirsty so going to have a soft drink first to down- fizzy water with some lime would be great! ' (then make it last until people have stopped caring!)

'Designated driver!'

'I've got a ridiculously early start. Just can't afford a fuzzy head!'

'Mate, I'm still drunk from the weekend- I'm off all alcohol for the foreseeable! My liver needs a rest!'

'I'll have one with you later but I'll start with a Coke Thanks'

Really- if you say it sternly, people move on quickly. If you waiver then you get the 'oooooo- she's not drinking' comments!

PieAndPumpkins · 21/08/2019 20:41

Don't you want to tell your DS?

Might she be a bit offended you lied to her, when she does find out?

doyoureallylikeit · 21/08/2019 20:47

Metronizadole (that's the antibiotic that makes you vom if you have alcohol with it) for a infection "down there". No one will ask anymore questions!

tiintoon · 21/08/2019 20:53

If you want to lie, do it properly. Send her a text tomorrow that you've got a really bad ear ache and you're not sure you can make it even to the festival. Then say you'll go the GP and then that you have to take antibiotics now. Then you won't announce it there but she already knows you've got an ear infection, are not feeling that great and are in pain so getting drunk is the last thing you want to do.

Having said all that...I would just tell her. if something happens, you'll have more support.

YouJustDoYou · 21/08/2019 20:54

No alcohol as part of the new XYZ-insert random name here DIet I've put myself on.

Teddybear45 · 21/08/2019 20:56

Just said the ivf clinic told me not to. That usually stopped all questions dead.

TheFatberg · 21/08/2019 20:58

No one will ever believe antibiotics so don't say that. Fake it or be honest.

ChikiTIKI · 21/08/2019 21:06

Like others have said, either drive everywhere or drink things that look like alcoholic drinks. Don't bother with a story. Nothing more obvious with a long story about why you're having a different drink than normal, when nobody even asked or noticed :) most people don't really pay attention to what others are drinking.

I am early pregnant and hardest thing for me to hide is the exhaustion. I am so tired right now because I wanted to go to bed at 7pm but it felt ridiculous so I held off for a bit then watched a to show. Was asked to go to the pub yesterday evening. At first I said I would go but drive, then I changed my mind because I couldn't face pretending not to be exhausted!

NewAccount270219 · 21/08/2019 21:08

OP's going to struggle to drive everywhere at a music festival!

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FutureMrsD · 21/08/2019 21:15

Thanks everyone. Some very good suggestions! The pretend drinking seems like the best thing to do as I’m not that good at lying!
Re telling not just telling my sister, I’d literally be like 3/4 weeks pregnant. She’d be one of the first people I’d tell as we are very close and she knows I’m TTC, but I think I’d rather tell her by showing her a scan photo or something rather than at a music festival on her only child free weekend of the year 😂

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SmiledWithTheRisingSun · 21/08/2019 21:19

Hungover or a fake g&t 🤷🏻‍♀️