How did u fake drink thru NYE?

joannerows · January 2015

I fake drank blue moon (dark bottle), had to decline the hot tub bc I "forgot my swim suit," declined midnight shots bc I "hate whiskey" and had a headache. Nobody bought any of it. It would've been ok if more than 6 people came to the party! I'm pretty sure everyone knows I'm pregnant haha! Was anyone successful?

hollyk224 · January 2015

We told my parents and in-laws the news on New Year's Eve, so we didn't have to worry about it. My in-laws are visiting and my parents came over to eat that night.

doreminae · January 2015

I had cranberry "cocktail" (cranberry juice). Luckily no one offered me champagne at midnight.

DorkyMama · January 2015

Not very convincingly, as it seems.

I did my usual "fake drink" of seltzer over ice and with a twist of lime... but then when our friend shouted "round of shots!" and I declined, he and his fiancee were suspicious. I played it off by saying, "Oh, I drank way too much over Christmas, so I'm taking a break for New Years!" My husband also corroborated by jokingly saying his parents were making me get drunk every night we were at their house. But, I could see the curious look on their faces when I also turned down the glass of champagne at midnight.

The next morning, our friend asked my husband if I was pregnant. Ugh, fail.

missliz53 · January 2015

I did the headache thing too, but I'm sure everyone is probably suspicios.

AshMoon86 · January 2015

I also played the "I drank too much at Christmas" and also the designated driver card. My DH wanted to announce on NYE, but I'm set on waiting awhile.

Venessa88 · January 2015

I just avoided the topic and kept drinking my apple juice. My friends and family we're too drunk to notice that I hadn't had a drink.

AshMoon86 · January 2015

Ha! @slh33 not having a hangover on New Years Day never felt so good.

I did ask my husband to wake me up at 10 til midnight so I could watch the ball drop and get my NYE kiss though.

mkf519 · January 2015

I was offered a shot or two but I told everyone I was the DD. My DH kept my sprite refilled and even got a fresh bowl of pretzels for me (even though I told him I felt fine lol)

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ABombard12 · January 2015

It has been hard. Away with whole family, drinks before dinner, drinks at dinner, drinks after dinner. So hard. So we came up with a plan. First drink I ordered through my mother - vodka seltzer and cran- held it. Had my sister taste it because she didn't know what to drink and then the potential idea I didn't have an alcoholic drink was out the window. However, my mothers bf daughter (young into shots shots shots) kept pushing me for shots but I haven't honestly had one since college and even if not pregnant it would not be good.. So I had the whole story about never doing them etx., fake sipped wine at dinner (DH would slyly take big gulps to "try" it

he's a beer drinker and apparently a great sport!) it's been two day of this playing drinking and I'm exhausted. Can't wait to go home and now worry about any holidays! 12 weeks will be amazing to finally be ok with just asking for water!

bfonz619 · January 2015

MW and I stayed home so it wasn't an issue.

We're not huge drinkers as it is, so if we had gone out with friends they wouldn't have been surprised if I wasn't drinking.

mandy522 · January 2015

I "sipped" my champagne and swapped with DH every time he emptied his glass. People kept refilling me, so he ended up drinking a boatload of bubbly, but he never gets hangovers so I don't feel bad about getting him so drunk. I'm 100% sure at least one couple we were out with noticed, but they were too polite to call us out and I am definitely not ready to talk about it.

Mufflerlove · January 2015

Honestly it is sad the lengths we go to to make nosy people mind there own business lol. I don't think people who haven't had children understand why someone might want to keep it a secret for the first trimester.

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ABombard12 · January 2015

I agree @Mufflerlove‌ it is sad. I have never made people feel so uncomfortable to keep it a secret. Now that. I'm in the position now and I wish people were all the same way

it wouldn't be so exhausting! (Especially when I'm exhausted anyway!! Haha)

dragonmommy422 · January 2015

I stayed home, lol. I was too tired to hang anyways, DH and I were passed out by 9. Lame.

nocatanywhere · January 2015

Yeah man, it sucks that we have to play-drink in order to keep people off our case. Like it doesn't occur to anyone that maybe people are keeping it quiet on purpose?

We just didn't go out. Stayed in and toasted the new year with sparkling cider

Though some of these stories make me glad that I decline shots on principle because I don't do hard liquor, so me saying no to a shot wouldn't raise any eyebrows.

RazzyRN · January 2015

I had cranberry and water. Nobody noticed. I did have a sip of bubbly at midnight !

CruiseGirl28 · January 2015

We stayed home. I was a little sad about it, but didn't want to ask anyone to babysit.

MrsFindlater · January 2015

We went to a party late , so most people were already pretty tipsy . I bought a bottle of MADD wine and took the lable off, told everyone my uncle had made homemade wine and given us some bottles for Christmas

worked like charm!

tiffard · January 2015

aditigirl said:

CFearsy said:
I just drank water. No one thought anything of it.
+1... Well we stayed home but had we gone out I just would not have drank.

+2 We went to a friend's house with another couple but no one seemed to notice.

jms627 · January 2015

We went out to eat with a few friends. One knows I'm pregnant (so is she) but no one else did. I pretended to use the restroom and found our waitress, and asked her if she could make whatever I ordered a virgin. Worked wonderfully

thedanijohnson · January 2015

We stayed home and just one of our friends came over for a low-key hangout. I even made a few of the mules because I like squeezing the lime over the ice haha I bought myself an organic sparkling apple cider, which I happily sipped, and at midnight we all poured champagne, I clinked and had a little sip, then let it sit til my hub's glass was empty and I just switched my full for his. If our friend noticed, he didn't say anything. Easy breezy and no overthinking

gmp450 · January 2015

I served myself and sipped on FRE wine all night. I figured it would be gross but it wasn't too bad tasting! If anyone is craving some wine I would recommend it. No one was surprised when I turned down shots.

Sunshinemelody · January 2015

DH let it out of the bag on Christmas Day to his parents then MIL to that side of the family. Then on New Years Hubby blurted it to all his friends... The only people left for me to tell are both sets of my parents. Let's just say no one could keep a secret.

Mufflerlove · January 2015

Sorry. Bad wording. I just meant some people, especially while drinking, don't think about things like that. People are excited about pregnancy and don't necessarily think about it before they ask you if you're pregnant.

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