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My weddings going to be cancelled by a rat virus isn’t it!

301 replies

EyUpNowThenLass · 07/05/2026 18:17

We tried to get married in May 2020 and after trying for 18 months gave up. Lost loads of money in deposits. We are now finally in the position to be able to afford to get married again and we’re just about to book it for October.

It feels like history is repeating itself with recent news, and the world wants me to be a spinster. Is it going to happen again? I just don’t want to get my hopes up yet again for the same thing to happen!

OP posts:
BambooLampshade · 07/05/2026 18:18

No, it isn't.

Have a great day!

SnappyUmberLion · 07/05/2026 18:18

No.

Upstartled · 07/05/2026 18:18

😁 No.

BuffetTheDietSlayer · 07/05/2026 18:19

Only if everyone starts snorting rat shit.

cardibach · 07/05/2026 18:19

No. Definitely not.

Jackiepumpkinhead · 07/05/2026 18:20

A spinster 🙄

NovemberMorn · 07/05/2026 18:21

Who knows?

Imicola · 07/05/2026 18:21

Very much no.

HoppityBun · 07/05/2026 18:23

YABU. I wish you well. Make sure to have insurance.

Concerning your comments about what the world wants, take comfort with the thought that the world is indifferent.

Butterme · 07/05/2026 18:37

Get a grip OP.

The world doesn’t revolve around you.

People have died and you’re worried about a wedding.

This isn’t Covid, it’s highly unlikely to even transfer human to human.

DandelionClockSeeds · 07/05/2026 18:55

Are you planning on getting married on a cruise ship?

Clearinguptheclutter · 07/05/2026 18:56

I mean a lot of bad things could happen between now and October given the state of the world but a pandemic of rat virus is not one of them

Tableforjoan · 07/05/2026 19:00

I know a school mum whose wedding just kept cancelled she’s given up now and just changed her last name.

Pregnancy due date, Covid, Covid, partner sick, mother sick and so on.

whatcanthematterbe81 · 07/05/2026 19:01

lol

Overtheatlantic · 07/05/2026 19:01

Sure, why not? So many horrible things could happen between now and October that could indeed see you doomed to spinsterhood forever.

maftay · 07/05/2026 19:02

Where is this wedding taking place? Do you need a boat to get to it?

Rooroobear · 07/05/2026 19:02

No it’s not. In any way, shape or form

GuineaPigWig · 07/05/2026 19:03

WW3 is more likely, which I guess could also put a bit of a dampener on any wedding.

shellyleppard · 07/05/2026 19:04

Get married here in a registry office/wherever takes your fancy then honeymoon abroad?

BiteSizedLife · 07/05/2026 19:04

The world is always balanced on a knife edge. We were so naive before COVID

Bubonic plague (you know the thing that wiped out half of Europe in the 1600s) has always been alive and well in Madagascar, a popular tourist destination with over 150,000 international visitors a year. 🤷🏼‍♀️

Passingthrough123 · 07/05/2026 19:06

I get that you're anxious having had it cancelled already but if your wedding can't go ahead, it will be because a lot of people have died again. Sense of perspective, maybe?

ToKittyornottoKitty · 07/05/2026 19:07

Incredibly dramatic OP. Your wedding is more likely to get wiped out by norovirus than the rat one.

NeverDropYourMooncup · 07/05/2026 19:08

BuffetTheDietSlayer · 07/05/2026 18:19

Only if everyone starts snorting rat shit.

Let's be a little more precise - if they start snorting Argentinian Rat Shit.

Crispychillifriedbeef · 07/05/2026 19:09

Have we moved on from monkey pox and nuclear war?

FinchiePink · 07/05/2026 19:11

You realise you could pop down the registry office and be married in fairly short order? How on earth have you been trying but not managed for six years? You could probably be married within six weeks if you really wanted to!

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