"Can I get you a drink?" *excuses*

**myson** · July 28th, 2008, 03:14 PM

Ok. I have been TTC for 9 months now. And every TWW I give up alcohol completely. But I am running out of excuses for "no thanks..." as no-one knows we are TTC. It is getting harder to make it believable.

So can I get some suggestions please. Make them as helpful or as ridiculous as you like, I've got another TWW approaching with nothing better to do than read replies that will hopefully crack me up and pass the time more quickly.

Here are some I have used in the past;

"No thanks...

Its my turn to drive (...but you could just have one...) no I have no self control once I start...

I am a recovering alcoholic ( that was people I didnt know and will most likely never meet again)

I am on antibiotics, or antiinflammatories, or antidepressants or I just took a pain killer for my headache or whatever is believable for you.

Or take a drink and carry it round but dont drink out of it. Works good with cans or bottles you can't see into.

Also good to have the same drink as your partner and when he is finished you can discreetly swap, and then he drinks yours too. Of course you may have to carry him home....

I also poured a very expensive vodka ****tail down the sink once (the pressure to have it was UNBELIEVABLE)when no one was looking, felt awful to do it because vodka is my FAVOURITE, but there was someone there who was watching me like a hawk (she is suspicious that we are actually TTC) so i pretended to drink all night!

Or offer to do the ordering or making of drinks and just have a juice that looks like a vodka and orange.

I did try saying once "no thanks, I don't drink" but that just got a roar of laughter from the ones who know me

Anymore ideas?

**thepixie** · July 28th, 2008, 03:23 PM

How about mocktails? Just say 'no i'm going to get my self a ****tail" and get a mocktail instead..... I have been hooked on them since getting pregnant! And so much cheaper than the real thing.... Might have to make them last though, otherwise people will think you've won lotto....

**Lulu** · July 28th, 2008, 03:31 PM

Im just getting over gastro. This also covers ms and the need to chuck at work....

**sneakysparkle** · July 28th, 2008, 03:32 PM

Ok here goes. I can tell that this thread will become my new hobby!

"Sorry I'm watching my weight - do you KNOW how many calories that wine/beer/whatever has?!" *insert horrified look*

"Actually I'm on a detox diet at the moment - you should really try it sometime"

"Sure - have you got any Cristal? That's all I drink these days"

"Just a lemonade for me - alchohol is against my religion"

"No, thanks - I've already puked 3 times tonight!" (slurring words, holding up 4 fingers!)

**Kitt3n** · July 28th, 2008, 03:36 PM

liver cleansing diet is a great excuse!!

**myson** · July 28th, 2008, 03:38 PM

the puking one!!!!!

**Miss K** · July 28th, 2008, 03:38 PM

often used the excuse - Its been making me cramp and be sick lately so I would rather not thankyou I hope it goes soon

**Muppity** · July 28th, 2008, 03:39 PM

liver cleansing diet is a great excuse!!

I've been on one for years!

**sloane** · July 28th, 2008, 04:24 PM

"Sure - have you got any Cristal? That's all I drink these days"

i love this one! but if someone got me one i'd never, ever be able to refuse! damn my expensive tastes

**sneakysparkle** · July 29th, 2008, 10:22 AM

hehe I agree Sloane! But what are the odds...

**Nai** · July 29th, 2008, 10:29 AM

I had a big night last night and am hungover/have been vomitting all day.

Was told by my specialist that if I want my liver to recover then I have to give up alcohol.

**sloane** · July 29th, 2008, 10:51 AM

I had a big night last night and am hungover/have been vomitting all day.

Was told by my specialist that if I want my liver to recover then I have to give up alcohol.

i soooo had one of those on saturday. i swear my liver was actually aching on sunday

my withdrawal bleed after stopping the bcp has finished so now i'm exciting about TTC officially & so i think it'll be easier to avoid those big nights now! (cept if it's expensive champers!)

**sloane** · July 29th, 2008, 10:49 AM

hehe I agree Sloane! But what are the odds...

unfortunately...sorry, i mean fortunately not very good!

bundybabe · August 4th, 2008, 04:26 PM

Say that you have a mouth ulcer & the alcohol stings it. or that you have just got a filling & it still hurts.

**Berrybaby** · August 4th, 2008, 06:03 PM

Love all the funny suggestions - this is just my story RE babies, body and booze:

I've been tee-total for a couple of years now, started as a pre-conception health-kick and the idea of alcohol just doesn't interest me anymore. Guess I was lucky in that I could say "I don't drink anymore and I'm not pregnant, so don't get any ideas" and now it's been so long that no one thinks anything of it.

I think it's easier if you don't drink at all rather than 2 weeks out of 4, then people get used to you not drinking and it's not an issue any more.

After all, people who try and force drinkies on you are drug pushers (but it does seem to upset people when you point this out to them)!

**Smoke Jaguar** · August 4th, 2008, 06:29 PM

I think it will be easier to deal with this sicho with the 2nd pg by saying "No, thanks, kid's still on the booby juice and I hate pumping and dumping". Hopefully no-one will remember that I've had nips of wine here and there in the last 12 months of BFing!
Or else "I got so sick after the last session, I'm going alcohol free for a while".