How do I get out of drinking on NYE and make it NOT look like pregnancy?

Hi there everyone!

Well I am 9 weeks tomorrow and we're not intending to tell anyone (except the few I've trusted to tell initially) until after a safe 12 week scan. The only problem is, we'll be staying with family for New Years and a few days after and one of the cousins is pregnant, due in Feb.

When her cousin from the other side was pregnant and before she'd told anyone, my cousin guessed and asked her straight out, just because she wasn't drinking. She will KNOW that I am pregnant if I'm not drinking, but there's no way I'm drinking of course!

Does anyone have any good ideas for
a) pretending to be drinking but not really
b) not drinking and having a good believable excuse - preferred to option a)

I would like to swim while I'm there, so pretending I'm on antibiotics for an ear infection is out, because I'm pretty sure you can't swim with an ear infection.

Any ideas? :doh:

Mm drink orange juice and say there's vodka in it? lol

Ypu could say you have a uti or something lol

Just take the drink and walk around with it in your hand. If anyone asks, you can just say you'll sit on this one at the moment. Tip it out later. No one will know if it's your first or your third. ;)

Or say you're on a new diet to lose weight (you've put on a few kgs recently ;)) that means no alcohol for the month. But you might have to add a couple of other diet-things as well.

Mocktails! Premake them and bring them in your own jug... Then pour into a ****tail glass and hey presto! :D

Can you be the designated driver?

Maybe you could just say you're on a detox? Or you've had a few big ones since Christmas and wanted a sober night because you just don't want to drink tonight. Or you could just say "Nah, not drinking tonight". But then I guess the world would all text each other like that ad that was on TV a few years ago. "NOT DRINKING TONIGHT?!?!?!?!?!?!?!" :rofl:

Thanks! Some good ideas there. I was thinking about the diet one, but that would mean I can't have anything fatty or sugary... not sure how well I'd do at that :D Could do the walk around with a drink one possibly... I'd have to tell DH beforehand so he didn't yank it out of my hand in front of everyone, lol. Can't do the designated driver one because it's just a family thing staying in a house together so there's only about 8-10 people max and nowhere to drive :) Can't really do the mocktail one cause I'm going there tomorrow and it's a bit difficult logistically.

What sorts of things can I pretend to be on antibiotics for? Maybe a UTI, though that would be quite embarrassing!

I know for a fact that the antibiotics needed for a skin infection cannot be taken with alcohol or they'll make you sick. You're also not supposed to drink a week after taking them so maybe you could say you had a nasty infection on your... Um.. Say.. Leg that has now cleared up but you still can't drink.
Or depending on what you drink you could take an empty bottle (eg beer, cruiser) and fill it with a similar coloured liquid!

I like the antibiotics one. You could say you had an adverse reaction to a mozzie bite and that's why you need them.

One of the girls in my belly buddies group got away with drinking non-alcoholic champagne at her wedding anniversary party. I find that as long as you have a non-empty glass in hand people don't usually question what's in it.

Say you have thrush and have to stay off sugar and yeast :)

Before i knew i was pregnant with our first angel i was out at a pub with people buying me drinks all night. I didnt want to drink (and realised why later) so i just kept accepting the drinks because it would have been rude not to. I just wondered around and left them on various tables and then would have a water as my alternate drink. Just say you're alternating. You can have a sip of bubbles at midnight though (if you want).

I have a bad reaction to alcohol - it burns my tummy so bad after a few sips so you could explain it in something like that. Or Google alcohol allergy - a real condition, and something that can happen even if you used to be able to drink alcohol. :)

I got westcoat cooler bottles and filled them with mineral water, no one was any wiser and easier than the ab option.

Just take the drinks offered and tip them out later, in the garden, toilet etc.....
If you dont say anything, then nothing can be taken the wrong way or seen as a "lie"...

Keeping quite is usually the best way to lie.. I had wine poured at chrissy, sipped it, and it went down the loo whenever I went so noone noticed or said anything..I think I wasted a fair bit!!!
making up a lie, or it being a big deal, usually brings about suspicion!!!

As soon as you arrive, say you're nursing a wicked hangover from the night before, play a little sick and then throughout the day say you're feeling a bit better but still don't think you could stand even a sniff of alcohol after the night you had... At least then you don't have to hide your morning sickness/queasiness all day too, it could actually work well as it would all tie in to the being hungover cover up story :)

My tips using one of the following:

1: On Antibiotics
2: Have a Hangover
3: If you feel like you need to have a drink go the champagne & orange juice option - about 1/10 of the glass bubbles (or less) and then the rest OJ. If it is going to be really hot for your NYE then you could say you don't want to go too hard on the bubbles/alcohol to get dehydrated.

Fake wine and whack it in a real wine bottle. Or just sit on a glass all night.

Agree with others.
The more antibiotics etc excuses you make, the more suss people get.
I'd personally take non alcoholic champers in a previously used bottle etc and stick with that all night ;)

We had this discussion just the other day - I am the Designated driver so its much easier for me :)

Could you possibly say you've caught a nasty bug going around and have been having gastro/vomiting? :lol: He had severe stomach cramps too

DF had this tummy bug all last week so it was good for Xmas when I had to avoid all those foods you *shouldnt* have like prawns (as hard as it was tho!) so that was easy to fake!

Good Luck!

I'd go the fake champers poured into a real bottle, or drink lime and soda and say it's vodka, lime and soda. Otherwise, just accept the drinks, pretend to sip and tip it in the garden when no one is looking :)

it's going to be too hot to drink. I've been a bit unwell lately and don't want to dehydrate in the heat with the alcohol... so I'm just going to stick to water and soft drink.

if you drink dark spirits, just walk around with a glass of coke and say it's bourbon or whatever..

If you are driving on the 1st, you do NOT drink on the 31st! I won't; alcohol from NYE parties is heavy and will still be there at lunchtime on the 1st, when I want to drive.

Grape juice is a great option. Low alcohol wine/beer is OK. You can have a couple of 0.5% drinks and everyone can think they're full strength, just nurse them. Or go for grape juice. Or lemonade and orange juice.

I'm a drinker and I still love going for non-alcoholic drinks sometimes. Freshly squeezed orange juice is a great alternative because it's what you fancy at the time without screaming "not drinking!". I will often stop, think, then say "actually, do they have a cranberry J2O?", which isn't the same as saying "no alcohol thanks" but instead "I fancy a juice now."

I'd pour my own "grape juice in a wine glass" and nurse (or get your DH to do so), occasionally requesting a juice when others buy the rounds in. Nothing strange about the odd juice drink! Also, no harm in having 1-2 glasses of wine given to you. Give them to hubby after a couple of sips when he has finished his glass. Or just leave it on a table somewhere.

just say you got some girly problems that you are taking meds for. Surely no one will question more!

Or when someone pours you a drink, throw it over your shoulder or a pot plant while they are not looking!

Goodluck tomorrow

I had a dinner when I was about 5wks, my friend assumed we'd all share a bottle of wine, as we would normally do! I had to key my BIL in and I'd switch glasses across the table with him. So they'd fill my glass, I'd pretend to sip, then when BIL had almost finished his glass we'd swap.

No one noticed!

Taking drinks you are offered, then leaving them, ditching them somewhere or palming them off to DH I reckon is the best option! No lies to complicate things!

I have done heaps the I am on a SERIOUS detox eat healthy diet and i am not going to cheat.. I need to do this for weight loss.. bla bla bla..

WORKS everytime!

Thanks everyone for your great suggestions! I have decided that I'm going to go down the Coke/spirit mixers path, except just have Coke & make everyone think it's alcoholic. DH is in on it & will actually drink the spirit mixes.

I have a lot of dietary restrictions as I have PKU (phenylketonuria) so it will be easy to beg off wine and beer as they contain protein (which I have to avoid) but spirits don't, unless they're made with cream. Juices have some protein in too, so they're out. I'm a terrible liar, so pretending my Coke is mixed with a spirit is probably the easiest thing.

Thanks so much for all your ideas! I hope they work for you if you're in the same boat! :D

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I'm a naturopath so I'm saying I'm on a detox. So maybe go that way and say you are doing a moderate detox program that lasts for (as long as you would like). The secret is not to get stuck into the fridge and start eating all the naughty foods that shouldn't be on a detox program like cookies etc.

Happy new year!