Office Christmas Party

ReadyForaB · December 2015

I have my office Christmas party this weekend. I haven't told work yet and plan on telling atleast my boss next week after my first appt. (Although there will be no ultrasound, but I have to tell them bc we are extremely busy and if I request a day off for the ultrasound two weeks later and they don't know why they'll be a little "wtf") anyway ... Me not drinking will be EXTREMELY suspicious. If I pretend and just walk around with a glass of wine all night I'm worried that when I do tell them three days later that they will be judgey thinking I was drinking at the party. But if I don't pretend and just don't drink they will know right away something is up. What are your doing/what did you do at your office parties?

Ps. Am I thinking too much into this?!?

ZedPM3 · December 2015

What is the first appointment going to entail? Bloodwork? Or just sitting down and discussing things? If there's not going to be any benchmarking done (bloodwork or ultrasound), is there any reason not to tell them before the party? I could see if you were having an ultrasound next week and wanting to wait until after that, but it might save you the stress at the party if you tell them beforehand. Just my thoughts.

amandazap · December 2015

I am in the same boat-my husband's work party is 1/2, 10 days before my first appt. I have decided that I am not going to drink and let that be that. If they question me (which they absolutely will) I will just tell them I am the DD for my husband lol. I also thought about joking around that I was pregnant (they are firefighters and have a sick sense of humor). At the end of the night, I'm sure I am overthinking everything though.

mumblefrog86 · December 2015

I was in the same boat I asked the bartender to give me a diet coke in a small glass so it looked like a rum and coke. No one was the wiser, I am not planning on telling anyone at work until mid January . If anyone asks about the Christmas party I will tell them what I did.

smpear · December 2015

I have a work Christmas dinner tonight and I just found out this week I'm pregnant. Only one coworker knows and it's not a big group going out. After a miscarriage in October, I don't plan on telling work until late February. I think the place only offers wine.. So I may just have the glass sit there!? Or say I don't drink during the week and I have a big party this weekend where I will be 'drinking.' Either way it shouldn't be anyone's business to question.

Pepper6 · December 2015

There's a lot of options, so it's up to you what's best.

1. carry a glass, but don't drink (you can tell people that you didn't actually drink it later)

2. have a 'mocktail' made that you can drink

3. tell people you are on medication that you can't drink with

4. tell people you've been fighting a headache all day and drinking will just make it worse (this is the one I use at my family party)

Ktande22 · December 2015

I go the the bar, ask the bartender to give me a drink with soda and a splash of cran, I put one of those little straws it in and walk around. Or I carry a glass, pretend sip and have Dh slowly borrow my glass and drink sips down for me :-)

bluesky24 · December 2015

Another option I've been employing - say that thee have been too many holiday parties and you've been drinking too much...hungover and can't stomach any more!

lalalorelai · December 2015

I went the mocktail route at a friend's wedding last weekend and it worked like a charm. Soda water and some kind of fruit juice looks just like a cocktail. I even did diet coke with a lime for a bit and no one knew. I know my friends would have been suspicious of any medication/headache excuse, but they know me too well.

If you want to just carry a glass of wine, don't worry about people later judging you. If they bring it up just explain you weren't really drinking it.

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