What small but significant disappointments are you facing?

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Things that you know are nothing in the great scheme of things but still bother you more than you know they should.

I'm very concerned about how the illness will play out, how people will cope with a prolonged lockdown and how long it will take the economy to recover but I was knocked sideways by the realisation that the festival that DS2 has worked hard and saved hard for probably won't happen.

He's been getting more and more excited as all the "right" bands have been added to the lineup. I'll be gutted for him if it doesn't happen.

My eldest is finishing primary this year, if school finishes this week he won’t get prepared for secondary, won’t get to say goodbye to his mates or have the end of year stuff.
It will be really sad. In the scheme of things he will be ok. But he’s really sensitive and not ready to go up at all.

I was invited to speak at an event in Boston next month which is highly unlikely to go ahead. I was so excited and honoured to have been asked and now it’s probably off or I won’t be able to fly out. Necessary but sad.

Our holiday of a lifetime, all my 50th birthday celebrations, I’d planned to have a few months of socialising and treats. Youngest leaving primary school.

My best friend was going to come to uk in April from NZ . She hasn’t seen my children for 16 years(we met up in New York two years ago ) and we were going to go to Barcelona for a long girlie weekend. She was going to meet my granddaughter who is 14 weeks old . My daughter is my friends goddaughter!! So feeling sad but hopefully we can go to NZ maybe next year .

My son's school trip to France has been cancelled. He would have turned 13 on the trip - his first ever school trip - and was so looking forward to it.

I am sad about that as he is such a good, kind boy.

Watching climbing at the Olympics for the first time.

Much needed holiday. Worried about jobs. The usual

I saved for years to have a family holiday abroad last year. Thomas Cook happened. We only recently got our refund so booked a holiday with Jet2 in Spain....... I could cry. First world problems I know, but my DC are teens & I would love 1 family holiday abroad with them before they fly the nest

Local science festival was cancelled this weekend.

We were planning to go to the Tower of London next weekend. DS has been learning about kings and queens and castles at school and was so excited about travelling down on the train. We even timed it to be able to see the bridge open too .

We have flights booked to America to visit family in the summer. Very much hoping we can hold onto that.

Also got a family wedding in June.

We've just cancelled our holiday in June. We had to choose today whether or not we went ahead as this was the last day to cancel without a charge.

We had booked a few holidays before DS1 starts school this September and we've put them all on ten back burner.

Thankfully we squeezed in our Disneyland trip last week and came back the day they announced the closures.

I was looking forward to adventures with my five month old DS. He probably won't see much outside of our house for the next few months as I'm immunosuppressed so am not making any unnecessary trips right now.

Most likely not seeing the Pet Shop Boys live this summer. Or having a big party for a special birthday for me. Also in the summer.

Bought my DS My Chemical Romance tickets as surprise for his birthday, concerts in June so cant see that happening now

Last week we were talking about going to arizona for a week as dp on a course and asked would i come too and make a hol out of it. Not going to happen now.
Dd will be 2 on 1st may. Really sad at the prospect of not getting to celebrate with family. We cancelled her party last year as she had chickenpox so was planning on a naice cake and party for her this year.
Wont be having everyone to ours next sun for mothers day dinner.
No toddler groups for now. The groups we have here are all lovely and the same mums go to all so they are a nice way to kill couple of hours.

Holiday coming up
Taking DM out for her birthday
Something new and exciting happening at work this week which would bring in much needed funds to a small local charity is now going to have to be cancelled

Going in hospital Tuesday so will probably not get to see my granddaughter for a bit, my decision to stay away just in case.
And a weekend away for all of us to London and Harry Potter in April. We will get our money back for HP though.

DP due to start new job after being unemployed for a while
I suspect they’ll tell him to hold off starting date to avoid paying him sick pay or if needed to isolate

Cancelled my babies christening!

I organise a small-ish festival in June to celebrate local food and drink. I’ve been working so hard with freelancers, contractors and producers to make it the most fun and innovative one yet, but of course it can’t go ahead now. We have a really dedicated and enthusiastic customer base, and have already sold hundreds of tickets that will have to be refunded. I’m really sorry for them, and personally very despondent, as the festival, and promoting amazing local produce, is my passion.

I’m also upset that if we go into lockdown, I won’t see my partner - who lives 50 miles away - for god knows how long.

Hard times ahead for us all, and I’m sorry so many are facing such disappointment. Having little things to look forward to is so important for our mental health.

My sons team was on track to win both their division (they are in the bottom one of 6!) and a good chance of winning the cup - semi final today was cancelled, am gutted for all of them- this has been 4 years in the making

My parents retired abroad 16 years ago and I usually use my annual leave to visit them. I obviously love them but there are so many other places I'd love to see. This year, I arranged with them and siblings that we would take a year off - it's a special anniversary so DH and I planned a really special holiday and were so excited about it. Now we won't be able to go and it's not like we can reschedule to next year as I couldn't stay away from my parents for 2 years. Obviously worry about my parents who are elderly and have underlying health problems outweighs this bit I can't help being gutted anyway.

On a professional level, I spent 3 years trying to persuade senior management to invest in two new posts in my team which is constantly stretched to capacity and often beyond. I have high turnover and regular years and stress-related leave due to the workload. I was finally granted the posts and have spent 8 months working on a restructuring plan to endure we are using this opportunity for growth and not just filling gaps. Existing staff have been consulted, many have been re-trained and all are very excited. The job ads for the new staff were due to happen in April. Now I'm being told that due to predicted financial losses related to COVID-19, the posts have been withdrawn. In addition, the whole virus situation has unearthed an area of work which hasn't previously been done but now needs to be routine and fits best with my team, so next week I have to break the news that they are staying with their original jobs, not getting extra help and have even more work added to their workloads.

I know lots of people are suffering much worse than this at the moment but it's still shit.

Camping trip, skiing trip both France. Theatre tickets that cost me a fortune. Not seeing in laws.

I'm supposed to get married in 9 weeks' time...

Big holiday booked to celebrate the end of DS's GCSE's. Am currently hovering over whether to pay the (big!) balance and hopefully get a full refund, or suck up the loss of the (almost £1k) deposit.
I'm well aware there's bigger issues out there, but secretly I feel like weeping

We are supposed to be taking dds to see Disney on ice, front row tickets, at the end of April, can’t see that happening now, gutted if we lose the money tbh (£200)