To be fed up with all the cancelled events and miserable feeling

[supermommyof4]

After living a full long life to 96, i just feel that it shouldnt be like this. Celebrate the life she had, why does it have to be so miserable.
Cancelling everything, stopping anything in anyway fun i dont feel is a good way to celebrate the life of someone who lived a long life.
We lost our Mil last sept she was 69, she lost her husband 19 years previous. We were a bit sad but we knew she was out of pain and suffering and we proceeded to celebrate her life.
Its a natural life cycle, we live, then if we are lucky we die of old age, some are not so lucky. I think more focus should be on celebrating a life lived not mourning for weeks and cancelling any and all events.

My daughters under 10 football session has been cancelled on Sunday. It's absolutely ridiculous

Yep my babies Swim lessons cancelled for at least the next week, like why?!?

'Have you not read about all the ‘protocols’ in the papers 🙄 That’s what I’m referring to in my last sentence.'

Yes. And most papers are making it very clear that the decision of whether or not to continue is completely at the organisation's discretion. Only the FA seems to have cancelled everything so it isn't compulsory to cancel, the FA have just decided to.

@countrygirl99 totally fair enough for your DH, zero judgment from me. Small business have had it hard enough over the last few years

Cancelling so many events is going against the Queen's ethos of the show must go on. It's doing the opposite of what she would want so isn't completely honouring her. It would be nicer to have perhaps a two minutes silence, sing the national anthem, huge round of applause etc at beginning of each event. That would be honouring her. Imo

Agreed, absolutely livid at the blanket cancellation of kids and grassroots activities. DS school sport fixture this am cancelled - maybe somewhat understandable - but now had an email from commodore of our community sailing club that tomorrow's fun sailing regatta for the kids has been cancelled....

I mean, really?!!!! Woyld HM the late Queen really have wanted kids up and down the country not to have any fun and shuffle around in black robes in mourning all weekend?! I'm livid, pure virtue signalling.

I think if the lockdowns hadn't happened, there would be much less outrage about this.

But it feels like people ( and the economy) have missed out on so much over the past couple of years, that cancelling - other than on the day of the funeral when presumably extra police presence will be needed - is simply not appropriate.

Think it's silly and Queen wouldn't want it. Utter respect to her could be shown in other ways, such as monitor silence.

Surely a day or two of mourning on her death and on her funeral would be more than enough. This just feels enforced and it's dragging everyone down at a time when the nation's general mental health is already at a low ebb.

It is ridiculous. I can understand businesses closing on the day of the funeral - it’s an historic event obviously and people will want to watch so businesses that can close for that probably will. But other than that it makes no sense.

Wallowing in misery.

So unfair that it's directly impacting children and teenagers with the cancellation of sports and fairs. Should they be sitting in their rooms curtains drawn writing sad poems? Some of these events won't be rescheduled until next year now due to darker nights/colder weather.

It's not protocols. It's organisations being terrified that they'll be shouted at by the grief vampires if they carry on so they're choosing to cancel

Absolutely this! There are some people in this world who have to shout on social media or make complaints over the most trivial perceived slight. They can't just live and let live. Attention seeking idiots who spoil things for everyone.

This is pretty offensive. Sombre music does not make people want to kill themselves, it's a severe and crippling mental illness.

There should have been more outrage at the lockdowns and the amount of businesses that folded, people’s livelihoods and mental health. Not to mention the thousands of people who missed out on vital medical treatment.

Agree. Much like the poppy fascists.

To continue on as normal makes you a traitor to the nation, who must hate the country, hate the Queen, armed forces etc

Why? It's such a pick and choose about what's cancelled - football is a no, rugby is a yes? Proms is a no but the cricket is a yes? I highly doubt those at Lords this weekend will avoid the booze and singing? It's all about being scared of the far right

The school I use have cancelled our rugby tots for the next two weekends, which is fine, but they haven’t refunded my weekly booking fee!

Surely 10 days of mourning will now set a precedent for HR departments?

No more using a days annual leave for your grandparents because it’s not ‘direct family’.

It’s overkill. Completely ridiculous. The grief hags are loving it, though.

It’s all embarrassing - the cancelling (which the trooper of all troopers would have hated) and the disproportionate media coverage. This is a shitty time to be a UK resident.

Totally agree. I think it’s disgusting the great north run has been cancelled. People are running for charities and in memory of loved ones they have lost. A lot of people travel from near and far and will have hotels and travel booked.

Sorry ignore that last comment I should of checked it is going ahead which is great news

I think organisations are trying to outdo each other on their competitive grief. They are terrified of being accused of being disrespectful. Or not caring enough. And how this justifies cancelling kids activities when they've been in school all week is a mystery. The Royal family probably think its nuts too.

That is terrible, absolutely ridiculous.

There was a bubble fest event at a park near me today, loads of kids had tickets and were really excited. It's been cancelled. I have no young kids so no skin in the game but I find it outrageous.