How would you handle this?

cjpreuss

I am in a wedding in 4 weeks. When my friends and I get together we always have a good time & tend to have quite a few drinks. I'll only be 8.5 weeks and we'd rather wait to tell everyone until we hear a HB. I'm not sure how to go the entire day (since we've been talking about how much fun we're going to have forever) without drinking or looking suspicious. If someone calls me out, I will totally fail at hiding things.. I have an awful poker face. Any thoughts?

I also have a meeting in 2 weeks for a group I started where we all bring a different bottle of wine to the meeting and usually don't leave with any wine left. lol I'm not sure how to handle not drinking there either.  

seahorse01

I always just use the "I'm on antibiotics" line.

cjpreuss

I will have to try.. We've all been on them before though and drink anyway. lol It may come to that though!

soveryexcited

Can you order without them knowing? Just tell the bartender that you don't want the cat out of the bag yet and order drinks that COULD be alcoholic drinks. :-) Just order a coke but tell everyone its a rum and coke. :-)

sukovatk

I was recently in a wedding and I just always had a drink in my hand! My husband was there to help me out with the drnking part of it! I also had lots of "rum" and diets! Good Luck!

BerkCow

If you are a bad actress (like me) I would stick to the antibiotics line.  If you used to drink on them before- just tell them that your doctor has you on ones that will make you really sick if you drink.  For me it would be too stressful to pretend to drink.  I would think someone would want to taste my drink or something. 

greengirl0909

What about "we're TTC and I don't want to drink just in case." This is what I used several weeks ago and no one batted an eye.  GL

elizxu

These drinks always "hide" not drinking for me: Cranberry juice & tonic water with a lime, Plain tonic water or sprite with a lime ("vodka tonic"), gingerale ("7&7"). If you're a beer drinker, just stick to the non-alcholic stuff. If someone offers you a drink, just take it and dump it out in the bathroom or leave it on a table later. Unless you make it an issue no one will notice. :-) Good luck!

CJPowers

I would just get drinks and pour them out in the bathroom at the wedding (or have my husband drink them).  I have a wedding in August and that's what I'm going to do.

Meganequine

BerkCow:

If you are a bad actress (like me) I would stick to the antibiotics line.  If you used to drink on them before- just tell them that your doctor has you on ones that will make you really sick if you drink.  For me it would be too stressful to pretend to drink.  I would think someone would want to taste my drink or something. 

This-  or if someone offered to get you your drink-- or if the bartender/waitress forgot.  (I don't always taste the alchohol in mixed drinks).

Depending on the antibiotic you wouldn't be lying if you said one would make you sick- I've been on ones you can drink with, but I was also on one once and the doctor warned that I would be "violently" ill with even a little alcohol in my system.  In fact I was told no alcohol 24hours before the first and after the last pill.

vanillacourage

"I'm on antibiotics" = "I'm pregnant and don't want you to know".  At least, that's how I've always heard it and I've always been right. 

Just keep a drink in your hand, bring it to your mouth every so often (you don't have to drink it), then either keep setting it down on tables or trade glasses with your husband.  And anyway, if you're in the wedding party you'll have plenty going on that day that people will likely not pay 100% attention to every move you make.