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

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!:p

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 :redface:

Anymore ideas?

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....

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

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!)

liver cleansing diet is a great excuse!!

:rofl: the puking one!!!!!

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

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liver cleansing diet is a great excuse!!

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I've been on one for years!

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

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

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

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.

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

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

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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.

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

I would buy the first round and order myself a tonic water and ask for a piece of lime in it - then tell people I was drinking gin and tonic. So, the next time it was due for a drink I'd say I'll just have a tonic water this time.

when i knew i was actually pregnant - abour 4 - 5weeks with #1.
I had girlfriends fly up to stay with me and we lived in a party town (airlie beach) lol - and so we were out drinking every night over the weekend

What i did was order my own drinks from the bar (offer to pick their up) and got mocktails!! and they never knew till i told them at 18 weeks lol.

Im on a anti candida diet. no one wants to know the details!

good one Meg. that would end all pressure and probably conversation in general too for a little bit....;)

I just order a soft drink in a short glass - people just assume there is alcohol in it!

'i've decided to stop drinking since the accident'

then just turn your back on them and walk away looking into the distance, bold and beautiful style.

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ha ha ha ha ha ha ha
Awesome stuff!

How about just order a soft drink and don't offer an explaination?

I'm not TTC and not pg but do this - sure, people think I'm weird but sometimes I just don't want alcohol and I love my wine usually.

Other great excuses would be "nah, this pic of my hubby's looking attractive and he says that means I've had too much." - perfectly reasonable to say sober.

Or just (slurred) "are you trying to get me drunk so you can sleep with me?" Most people won't buy you a drink after that one.

oh my gosh how funny. these are all great! ive been thinking about how to get around that one, as were getting married next month and as soon as that is over, i know everyone is going to be watching my alcohol consumption like a hawk!

These are great excuses! I was just discussing this with DH yesterday, as we have just started TTC'ing and are often out for drinks with friends. I like the mocktail idea, as well as the antibiotics excuse.

Not sure how these work when you are at a small gathering at someone's house though... we are going to stay with DH's parents this weekend for his Dad's bday and we usually all have a few wines together. I don't mind telling them we are TTC if that's what hubby wants to do, but I think I want to wait to tell the family til we have news to announce. Maybe I will just tell them I had a big night the day before we get there and need a break from the alcohol! :P

ha ha.. these are great!

will be putting them to good use as of today! got my positive opk, so off we go with the waiting again!


How about this one for when out with friends... "no thanks, I am SO HOT if guys see me drinking they will keep buying me more drinks all night... and then I'll never get any peace"

ok... thats funny... if you could see me, you would think its funny...i think its funny... trust me, its funny...

because I refuse to pay the government any more money in tax ;)

I've always said "thanks, I'd love a lemon, lime and bitters this round... light on the bitters"
Sounds alcoholic but has virtually no alcohol if it's light on the bitters.

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

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)! :lol:

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".

I am an epileptic, (no really)
so i had to think of great reasons to not drink, without saying why,

No thanks, I am on antibiotics
No thanks I'm driving
No thanks my yoga teacher says its bad for me
no thanks my tai chi teacher syas it interferes with my chi energy
No thanks my buddhist master says its bad karma
No it intereferes with my anti psychotic meds
i just dont like it lately
mind your business
my father was an alcoholic
i'm morally against binge drinking
i'm only 17!!
i just had one before i drove here
sorry i've been drinking all day
i've had a liver transplant
in a past life i was a drunk prostitute , i'm trying to make it right,
oh do you drink do you?
sorry i leave the drinking and swearing to my husband

"No thanks, I'm on a list for a liver transplant and if I drink I'll go straight to the bottom"
(sorry sim1 you beat me to it)
Or if you really want to scare people you could get that zealous look in your eye and tell them you're in 'recovery' and invite them to an AA meeting........

the voices in my head say alcohol is good, but my psychologist says the voices in my head are wrong and I shouldn't listen to them

Ok, but I"m only having one tonight because I'm driving, actually let me get this round.
& then you can get a fake drink, or if they don't let you get the round accept it but just don't drink it, carry it around for a while & then 'loose' it.

or "Actually I'm really thirsty can I just get a water / lemonade etc"

I have done the thirsty one too Meli....

i better have a water first to quench my thirst, otherwise i might scull the wine and be on my ear...

then get your own later...

Something I did once was to approach the bar person straight away and explain the situation to them. I said that if anyone tries to buy me a drink they'll order a vodka, lime and soda or a gin and tonic, and could the bar person please exclude the alcohol? Bear in mind this was a session which started at 2pm, so it was pretty quiet at the time. This trick would fail of course if there was anyone else in the round who wanted the same drink as you. I tried to stay out of rounds and just got DH to buy our drinks, so I would clearly ask him to get me a G&T, and he would just get the T.

Most of the time I say I'm driving.

I've got a friend who knows I've been TTC, but doesn't know I'm pregnant. She's also TTC so abstains herself in the TWW. If she notices I've been 'driving' a lot I'll just say I'm in the TWW.

The water one reminded me! I'm often under-hydrated, so when I was pregnant I used to say "Actually, I haven't drunk water at all today and I'm feeling dehydrated, drink will make it worse". Seems to have worked...no-one saw the announcement coming ;)

hehehe those are some good ones!!

You could also say that you have just had your annual doctors check-up and you are diabetic/borderline diabetic, so the doctor has told you you have to stop drinking if you want to avoid becoming full diabetic - ie you are trying to control it with diet not drugs

definitely the illness of this century - no-one questions medical reasons

on the other hand most of these excuses make people think you are ill and maybe that would be worse than people thinking you were trying to conceive.lol

theres no shame in it, and the practice is fun.
sim1:hug:

I see your point sim. However if TTC takes you a long time you probably don't want people asking how it's going. Also if you don't want people to know you're pregnant until 12w then alerting them to the fact you're TTC means their pregnancy radar will be on high sensitivity.