How to hide it on NYE!

jbean1325 · December 2012

Happy New Year! I am seven weeks today and had US today where I saw the heartbeat!. My husband and I haven't told anyone yet. I've been using fake hang overs, illnesses and designated driving as reasons why I'm not drinking. I've even switched out regular wine for nonalcoholic it's super gross! but now it's New Year's Eve and I'm out of excuses. We were invited to a little cocktail party that I hate to refuse mostly because I've been bailing on all social situations that I can. My friends are starting to get mad. Or I'm paranoid! But I was just wondering if any of you had any fake drinking techniques so that we can keep our secret a little longer!

skittles230 · December 2012

Avoid the fake wine! Go with a hi ball glass with juice in it, it's not like they can tell there isn't alcohol in mixed drinks

Or just offer to go as DD, and say you still feel a little under the weather, so you probably shouldn't drink and add to it anyways.

peanutmuse · December 2012

The two things I have been doing:

1) Tonic water, club soda, sprite or 7up with a lime garnish = fake vodka drink.

2) If people are around me when I am "making" a drink, I'll add a few different fruit juices, some club soda, a fruit garnish and not make a big deal of it. They just assume I'm making myself some sort of cocktail.

BoxerMom21 · December 2012

We went out for drinks with friends this weekend and H discreetly ordered me a sparkling water with cranberry and a lime. No one even questioned what I was drinking. Maybe you can mix yourself something similar?

Emmakins87 · December 2012

I have been getting ginger ale/ and cranberry in a cocktail glass tell them to hold the straw and put in lemon and lime

LnR70707 · December 2012

I made fake looking drinks with DS and that only works if you aren't making them right in front of everyone. This time through I'm carrying around a real drink and dumping it in the bathroom periodically or having DH really drink it while I take fake sips.

janneann1127 · December 2012

Cranberry juice and sparkling water with a lime. Have DH make your cocktail while you chat with people, if it's a do-it-yourself kind of thing, so people don't notice you aren't drinking.

anvloveskme · December 2012

Same as others - I made it through three xmas parties out (2 with open bars, 1 with free drink tickets) and wasn't found out. I regularly drink gin and tonic so club soda with lime worked great.

Millie1984 · December 2012

peanut+muse:
The two things I have been doing:
1) Tonic water, club soda, sprite or 7up with a lime garnish = fake vodka drink.
2) If people are around me when I am "making" a drink, I'll add a few different fruit juices, some club soda, a fruit garnish and not make a big deal of it. They just assume I'm making myself some sort of cocktail.

This!

jslaw83 · December 2012

were a pretty social couple, and people are on teh lookout for us since we got married last year, so heres what weve done. if its a house party, ive bought the alcohol free wine, its called fre. ive even poured it into an empty bottle of white wine ( my husband happened to have had a glass of wine the night before, giving us an empty bottle). at bars, ive gotten club soda or tonic, and once when i wasnt feeling well, a ginger ale i said had rum in it. at a brinch i ordered a bloody mary then followed the waiter to the bar and told him anything i ordered had to be a virgin. the only thing with that is you need to get the bill before others see it, bc the drink are clearly cheaper. we sound crazy bt really dont want people to know, as we had a m/c last time... good luck!

johnson8586 · December 2012

In college when I didn't want to drink I would order a water with lime. I just said it was a gin and tonic so people wouldn't ask questions. Plus no one I know likes gin and tonics so no one ever asked to try some.

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