What parties will you/have you postponed?

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I’m 50 in summer and was going to have a mahoosive party with live music in the garden, outside catering and champagne everywhere. Don’t think that’s happening now. Hopefully I’ll be able to have a postpone party. Anyone else sad about not being able to have a milestone event?

It's my 40th in 3 weeks. Last year I was hoping we'd be able to do.something (probably pub meal with family) now it'll be a takeaway and a sad drink on what will feel like a random week day, although we are taking the day off work we work from home & will still be doing home school so definitely won't feel special.

DD's birthday last year was in full on lock down, I'm dreading lapping that this year. All she wants is a sleepover with her best friend & a trip to the zoo

DS1's 18th...he'll turn 19 in 6 weeks! He managed to have a small garden bbq with his girlfriend and best friend in the summer but nothing like he/we had initially planned.

Only bday parties for ds. I don't care for parties for me (although I do love going to them). But I've had to cancel girly weekends etc with my friends which is really pissing me off. Rewind South got cancelled last year, booking moved to this year, but with Glasto being cancelled, I'm not holding my breath that Rewind will go ahead either. I'm so fucking fed up.

Should probably say in case someone points out the dates don't quite line up for lockdown: he couldn't have his 18th as planned (just before lockdown one) because he was ill after going to a gig in early March - no community testing then so can't say for sure but covid symptoms.

My DD is still waiting her 7th birthday party. It should have been on the 22nd March 2020.

Our wedding, 2 kids birthdays, my dad's 70th and a 'celebration of life' - in looking forward to a big old party when I can!

Since last March we've not been able to celebrate my 50th, DDs 18th, No1 son's 30th, no3 son's 16th and my mam's 75th birthdays. My niece is 21 this year too.
No1 son and I were booked for a weekend music event on his birthday that has been postponed to December this year and will hopefully go ahead then, so we'll just pretend it's our big birthdays then.

My dd was fortunate, being an Autumn Birthday, but her year group missed out on so many important celebrations for their 18ths (it seems all her friends were Summer Birthdays)
That seems more sad to me than those of us missing 40ths or 50ths or 60ths. I think we can all just have a 50+1 or whatever it turns out to be. Very different from your fist legal drinks / clubbing / etc and your first 'foreign holiday with the girls' and so forth.

I Do like a party and a good old boogie though - can't wait until they can happen safely again.

My 30th and baby's christening.

Dd's 1st birthday
Dad's 80th
I might have been married by now as dp and I had our notice appt cancelled last march! We'd nothing booked but were just going to have something small and simple. They're still suspended in our area.

DS2’s 4th and probably 5th (late March birthday)
My 40th
DFIL’s 70th

GRUMP

3 milestone birthdays:

• Daughter's 21st
• Husband's 70th
• My 60th (coming up very soon)

Mother in law's funeral (right at the beginning of the first lockdown. Only two attendees).

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My dd was fortunate, being an Autumn Birthday, but her year group missed out on so many important celebrations for their 18ths (it seems all her friends were Summer Birthdays) That seems more sad to me than those of us missing 40ths or 50ths or 60ths. I think we can all just have a 50+1 or whatever it turns out to be. Very different from your fist legal drinks / clubbing / etc and your first 'foreign holiday with the girls' and so forth.

I Do like a party and a good old boogie though - can't wait until they can happen safely again.

I hadn't thought about this because I don't have relatives in this age bracket, but now reminiscing about the nights out after GCSE and A level results, the holiday at the end of A levels, it must be so sad to.miss those milestones

It's my dad's 80th birthday next month. So this time last year we were having "what do you want to do , what should be be planning now" conversations with him. And then the roof fell in.

So we hope to have an 80 1/2 birthday party in August. And in the meantime his 2 daughters (DSiS and I) and 5 grandchildren have co-ordinated sending him, between us, 80 birthday presents. Lots of them very silly indeed. I am particularly pleased with the "Contains strong language" facemask that is one of mine.

We all hope that this will bring joy and extreme silliness into his day. Thant and a big pre-dinner drinks Zoom call!

Mine and DH's 40ths, our first wedding anniversary, Mum's 70th.
We can make up for the first ones, but not Mum's as she was diagnosed with vascular dementia at 69 during lockdown #1, and is now in a home and very unwell

Our 25th Wedding Anniversary
My DS 21st
My DD 18th

This year would be my DParents 60th but I am going to my DDad's funeral (socially distanced and minimal mourners which is about the only permitted gathering) next week..
So no Diamond Wedding

My ds 18th last April and dsis 40th last March. Postponed to this year and neither going to happen again. Not going to rearrange now. Feels like having a party is never going to happen.

My granddaughter's 11st birthday, pre Christmas meet up with friends. My birthday ,we managed our wedding anniversary, and my husband is retiring soon so it looks like that's off