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January 2011 Moms
Anyone "fake drink" ?
I had a cookout last weekend at my mom's house to celebrate DH's law school graduation and everyone in my family,all of my in-laws, and lots of close friends were there. My mom and sister know I am pregnant so they helped me fake drink. I just filled a glass with wine and never sipped it. I would occasionally go into another room and pour some of my glass into my sister's glass. It seemed to work, but I wonder if anyone noticed that I never took a sip. And I have another cookout this weekend, but I don't plan to fake drink. It's kind of a pain in the a$$. I will just not drink and they can think what they want. What is everyone else doing about drinking?
(I mentioned in previous post that, yes, I am a big enough lush that my not drinking would be noticed 
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Re: Anyone "fake drink" ?
I plan on "fake drinking" with "mixed drinks". My signature drink is whiskey and gingerale so no one will even notice I'm only drinking gingerale!! Also, cran/rasp juice with lime seltzer looks festive so I don't think anyone would question it....
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I'm a big Morgan drinker, so my fake drink of choice is Captain Diet, so then I can drink my pop and people think nothing of it.
I use my daughter as a cop out occasionally. "Sorry, I don't drink when I have to drive my child home and take care of her."
I think it's common if you're a social drinker, and usually have 1, that people are automatically suspitious if you don't have one. I didn't have a drink at my DH's bday dinner 2 years ago, and my SIL assumed I was pregnant.
I dont have to worry about it since i'm not much of a drinker, but i posted ?on another thread that this is a great time of year to find reasons not to drink or cover symptoms,?
the heat is geting to me, or my allergies are erally bad cover alot of ills, then "i cant drink I just took an allergy pill and combining makes me really drowsy/ill" works really well too.?
the fake drinking works or you can always claim a maladie "I have been getting indigestion ever since we ate at that place last week so I'm holding off til i'm sure it's passed"?
a friend of mine even went around telling everyone she and a friend were on a fast together and giving up sushi for a month to buy time til she was ready to tell everyone LOL
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This is me. I have been fake drinking when necessary with soda water and lime. I'm a wine or beer girl typically, but when I am dieting, I drink grey goose w/ soda and lime.
Married 12.9.06
DD born 1.6.11
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I'm right there with you, as in people knowing I drink so I can't just NOT drink!
I choose Bloody Mary's! Perfect because no one can tell that there is no booze in it!
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Yes, that was one of my concerns. I would hate to be "fake drinking" and someone ask me to make them one!
This happened to me last weekend. I am a total beer drinker. We were at a friends house and I took a bud light bottle and went to the bathroom and rinsed it out real good with water and then filled it with water. I just kept filling it up again so it looked like I was getting a new beer. These people would have DEFINITELY called me out if they didn't see me drinking, and I am a terrible liar, so they would have known.
That was kind of a headache though....now I am going to try to avoid social situation where I feel I have to drink or get called out cause its not worth it.
We're also going to a cookout this weekend where everyone else will be consuming lots of beer. i don't know if I'll fake drink - I may just claim to be designated driver. Or I'll just put something in DH's empty once he's done and drink from that!
I did the "fake drink" thing when pregnant with DD. We were always attending events and parties and get-togethers that involved alcohol, and it would have been way, way too suspicious amongst our circle of friends/family to just say "nope, not drinking tonight". So DH would make me a mocktail or I'd just carry around a half-full beer all night.
This time around, I'm telling people that we're TTC, and that I'm cutting out alcohol in an attempt to be healthier during the process. Then I think we'll probably just tell people after our first u/s (if all goes well), as opposed to waiting until 13 weeks like we did last time.
Last weekend, I just had root beer and avoided the alcohol altogether... but we were at a bar/pub with friends and I was driving (DH had several beers), so it wasn't too suspicious. Tomorrow, we're hosting a BBQ at our house for DH's birthday... there's no way our group of friends would buy it if I don't drink in my own home. So, I'll be fake drinking. DH is making mojitos for the group, and I'll be mixing some mojito mixer (rum-free, of course) with club soda for my drinks. Hopefully, that will keep the speculation to a minimum - some of them know we've been trying, but we really don't want to tell anyone until at least after the u/s on 6/3, especially since several of our friends are also co-workers.