Survived my first "drinking" situation out!

PinkRoses53 · July 2012

Whew--I survived my first dinner at a restaurant with family hiding my pregnancy! Since I am never one to turn down a drink, I didn't want to make an excuse bc I really believe people would catch on to me being pg.

My H and I ordered the same drink, put them next to each other and he just alternated drinking both ours while I picked mine up at random times and took pretend sips. I don't think anyone noticed but who knows.

Being with everyone made me really excited to share our news with everyone but I cannot trust that my MIL wouldn't get excited and slip/tell extended family. I don't want our news "out" yet to everyone quite yet.

00jennifer00 · July 2012

That's really clever!

It always cracks me up reading the creative drinking stories. I was 20 when I got pg with my first, so I didn't have a problem with that, and then we stopped drinking altogether when he was 1.

My husband loves your little blue e card siggie thing.

lioness13 · July 2012

Cool! I went out with friends last night and my DH kept the cranberry juices with a lime wedge coming. At the end of the night we both had water. I don't think anyone suspected.

betheny · July 2012

you clever girl! it is so hard to be around family and not tell. i feel the same way about my MIL - once she knows the world will know! Good Job!

braelyn26 · July 2012

ugh! i had my first situation tonight, my friends had their annual party and i have told my family but not a ton of friends cause last pregnancy resulted in m/c. i did the same thing, hubby grabbed two beers and just kept it near each other and i sipped on a water too. made an excuse that i was feeling crappy all day and left after 2 hrs LOL

Whatever+Ever · July 2012

That's pretty clever!

We just had our annual week-long trip to the beach (aka boozefest) with several friends. I knew there'd be no way to make excuses the entire time, and they knew we were "trying," so we just went ahead and told everyone.

I'm a sucky liar anyway.

Sparkles01 · July 2012

So clever! I'm fine in the group situation at a bar because it's easy to order something that looks like a cocktail but I was nervous about the sit down dinner thing. I have a group dinner with girlfriends next week and I think I'll have to tell- we always share wine and I can't skip without looking suspicious.

emisi · July 2012

Clever! That would be a great way for me to hide it... if my husband drank alcohol. Boo.

jaxyjeanjellybean · July 2012

I have that same situation today! It's both my and my mom's birthdays today and we'll be spending the day with family. They know I'd never turn down a drink but we're not telling anyone yet so....I'm bringing my own peach lemonade and told my husband to "spike" it with vodka himself all day and to never let me not have a drink in my hand. Hopefully it works!

stahlop · July 2012

I went to a friend's birthday party last night. I was just drinking water. I let her guess why I wasn't drinking, pregnancy was not her first guess, but she eventually figured out. She was one of the first people I told last time, so I figured I'd let her know this time too (she's one of my oldest friends, plus she already has 3 kiddos). No one else said anything. It's also a good thing I have a beer allergy because it's a lot easier to not drink when everyone else is drinking beer.