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.

I can't understand why rugby is on tv right now but the premiership football game I was meant to attend today is cancelled. Also apparently the Royal family want theatre to continue. Seems a bit classist - let's target the sport followed mostly by the working classes

So we are going to the cinema instead. Apparently this is permitted

Why are kids events being cancelled ? Most of them can't relate or honestly be too bothered about it.

I was thinking about this this morning. I'm not sure the 10 day National Mourning is on step with the 24 hour rolling news cycle and internet age.

It would have been created initially in a period where the subsequent organisation and communication following the monarch's death would have been by newspaper, hand delivered documents, limited TV etc.

I can see the need to cancel events where policing will divert resource from planning for the state funeral, National strikes etc, but have to agree about the level of kids activities.

So of all those complaining about kids sports etc being cancelled, have any of you pushed back and asked why? Or suggested that it might not be a good idea?

Other than police intensive events in London and Edinburgh I can't really see why anything needs cancelling until the day of the funeral.

Yanbu I didn't see the beginning of the test match cricket but did see a little bit of them talking about it at the lunch break. Apparently it was extraordinary and a "tingly" experience. People coming together and sharing in this mark of respect. A letting out of emotions.

Not sure how people are going to dial back from having to do what "grief vampires" tell us to do. And those looking for an excuse coz they can't be bothered/fancy a lie in.

As I said upthread, a park local to me had a "bubble fest" event on for kiddies. They've cancelled it. People who have complained on the parks Facebook page have been absolutely slated.

Local pub cancelled their live music. Again, anyone who complained on FB was slated.

The professional football cancellation is about policing requirements.

Football requirements for policing are high and those officers have been redeployed to palaces etc for crowd control. Or if haven't yet will be.

Absolutely no reason for amateur events to be cancelled.

@TheyreOnlyNoodlesMichael so I guess those doing the slating are in the majority, in which case cancellation is justified. Or, if not, then the majority need to stand up for themselves.

Thought it was just me.

I’m not anti monarchy at all and had much respect for the queen.

But apart from the day of her funeral, I don’t see the need for such a protracted mourning period. Certainly the Queen herself was a real one for everything carrying on as normal.

I explained to DD5 about what had happened on Thursday evening, she understood it and expressed sadness for her family but was fine. Then yesterday at school all the teachers wore black to school and behaved in a sombre way, there was a dedicated assembly with a sad tone and DD came home in tears upset about it all. Really hope that won’t continue right up until the funeral or she will probably stop enjoying school.

The day of the funeral, fair enough, I can understand things being cancelled that day and everything feeling different but not every day in the run up to it.

In the case of grassroots football all matches including children are cancelled because the FA decided they should be. No pushing back against that.

I get that - in London - but this premiership game was on the South Coast

My local town has cancelled a suicide prevention event

Now that is bad!

That is scandalous!!! Really the most cegregious example

See? I mean I didn't have any words for that except for blinking at the screen confused

Apparently Morrisons have disabled the beeps on scanning items at checkouts to ‘show respect’. Numerous shoppers struggling with self checkout as a result because the sound is an important piece of system feedback for the user to know items have registered etc.

Madness.

I agree that none of this is suited to the digital age, but disagree with the idea that the Queen wouldn't have wanted it - she could have easily changed the plans or made those wishes known but didn't. We can assume that these are her wishes.

Wow - this is purely ableist, people with disabilities will now struggle to shop. Are we supposed to just walk around silent and miserable for the next week and a half?

The whole thing is ridiculous. An wealthy, powerful woman has died having lived a life of utter luxury. Those who want to participate in grieving for her can do so, why are the rest of us be forced to? Cancelling children's events and suicide awareness events is over the top.

It is like the death of Diana on steroids. People gave lost all sense of proportion.

Have no gave.

Too fucking right it's not comparable. Most people set far more storey their granny than someone they have never met who wouldn't know their name unless briefed beforehand.

I agree with you OP and don't think the Queen would've wanted any of it.

I had to do a longish drive yesterday, put the radio on and all the Heart channels were playing the same easy listening crap, switched to Radio X, same thing, switched to Radio 2, same thing - argh! I appreciate them having ditched all the tedious adverts, but surely the Queen wouldn't expect bloody Adele wailing away on repeat on several radio channels at once?

And as for the football being cancelled - why???

This is exactly why l don't have a tv, so l cannot be dictated to. I heard about it on Thursday eve, but by the next morning l had completely forgotton about it and haven't given it a second thought since.

The football is cancelled but the rugby and cricket aren't FFS