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06.12.08, 15:26 PM General Topics
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one of my best friends is getting married this summer and the bach party is next weekend. i will be 6 weeks pregnant. i will tell her, but not ready to tell others. i also had a miscarriage at 5/6 weeks this winter so i am nervous. what do i say to everyone else when they see i am not drinking? [ Reply | Watch | Flag ]
General Topics 06.12.08, 03:26 PM Flag
 

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Say you're hungover from the night before or that you are having a weird reaction to alcohol and trying to stay away for awhile. [ Reply | More ]
General Topics 06.12.08, 03:27 PM Flag
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i am a working mom who has a 3 yo. this is not a believable lie. thanks for the idea though! [ Reply | More ]
General Topics 06.12.08, 03:29 PM Flag
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np: Say you pulled something in your back and are on muscle relaxants. [ Reply | More ]
General Topics 06.12.08, 03:51 PM Flag
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Ahhhh....get a drink and hold it. Is this really worth posting a question? [ Reply | More ]
General Topics 06.12.08, 03:28 PM Flag
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ITA and at 6 weeks, a few sips will not hurt - you and DB aren't sharing a blood supply. [ Reply | More ]
General Topics 06.12.08, 03:33 PM Flag
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np- when does this happen? [ Reply | More ]
General Topics 06.12.08, 03:34 PM Flag
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not at all... we all seem to have this need to confess ! It's nobody's business and if they ask just say that in such heat you really just want some water or whatever... you feel really dehydrated... [ Reply | More ]
General Topics 06.12.08, 03:29 PM Flag
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just say you're on antibiotics [ Reply | More ]
General Topics 06.12.08, 03:29 PM Flag
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good ! say, "I have a raging case of the clap and have to tackle it with a super powerful antibiotic this time around !" [ Reply | More ]
General Topics 06.12.08, 03:32 PM Flag
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No one cares if you are drinking. If they even notice they will only ask just to be polite. Dont make such a big deal over this. [ Reply | More ]
General Topics 06.12.08, 03:30 PM Flag
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are you kidding? you are at a bachlorette party and NO ONE notices you are not drinking? my friends would and i would too! [ Reply | More ]
General Topics 06.12.08, 03:31 PM Flag
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no i wouldn't notice unless you were making a big deal of it. I couldn't careless what anyone else is drinking 'cause I'm a grown up. [ Reply | More ]
General Topics 06.12.08, 03:32 PM Flag
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you sound more like an old fart [ Reply | More ]
General Topics 06.12.08, 03:33 PM Flag
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And you sound like an attention whore who cannot imagine people aren't clinging to your every move. But its over for you baby your just a boring old mommy now. [ Reply | More ]
General Topics 06.12.08, 03:36 PM Flag
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are you 12? [ Reply | More ]
General Topics 06.12.08, 03:37 PM Flag
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How old are your friends? When people reach a certain age, they could care less who has a drink or who doesn't. [ Reply | More ]
General Topics 06.12.08, 03:32 PM Flag
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all around 30. they will not care, but def notice. [ Reply | More ]
General Topics 06.12.08, 03:33 PM Flag
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get a selzter water with lime, ask the bartender to put it in a highball glass, and everyone will think you have a vodka tonic. [ Reply | More ]
General Topics 06.12.08, 03:32 PM Flag
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I drank water in a martini glass... still do sometimes at office parties and I learn a whole lot... [ Reply | More ]
General Topics 06.12.08, 03:33 PM Flag
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they most likely will not notice. Drink tonic, they won't know there is no gin. But if they do, say you are one meds. [ Reply | More ]
General Topics 06.12.08, 03:37 PM Flag
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Sip a glass of red wine. Red wine is fine. [ Reply | More ]
General Topics 06.12.08, 03:37 PM Flag
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order a white wine spritzer - have a sip or 2 if you like. with ice and seltzer and a splash of wine [ Reply | More ]
General Topics 06.12.08, 03:40 PM Flag
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tell them that you're on serious allergy meds and that you get really loopy if you drink on them... [ Reply | More ]
General Topics 06.12.08, 03:53 PM Flag
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