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.

Due to visit my parents for Easter (I'm in London, they're in N Ireland). Not seen them for six months and they've both been ill. Still hoping we can go but will depend on any travel restrictions as well as whether any of us get ill, or even just end up wary of potentially passing it on ...

same as you OP. Ds is 17, has a saturday job and has saved for festival tickets, he is gutted.
Only consolation is that he should get a refund and can go next year. (not confirmed yet it will be cancelled, but it will be)

Fo me, I was supposed to be going on a work trip to an unusual country, and I have never been before. I was both nervous and excited. It has been cancelled. I will probably go in September, but I am sad.

We’ve just had to postpone my sons birthday party. We’re instead spending the week indoors, feeling unwell with him asking if they could bring the bouncy castle to our house instead.

David gray concert haha, it was a Mother's Day gift for my mum and my first Mother's Day so that would've been nice.

My sister had a trip to Poland cancelled, she's gutted

DC3 waited 3 years to get a place on an overseas trip, which was cancelled yesterday. They won’t get another opportunity.
DC2 starts their dream weekend job tomorrow - in a visitor attraction. It’s currently open, but I expect it will close shortly. So no job, no earnings.
DC1 has first ‘mates’ holiday abroad booked, which may get cancelled.
DH is an avid sports fan, with loads of tickets booked for the Euros, cricket etc.
I’m going on a UK weekend with friends in a couple of weeks...or not.

So many things
We had our first family holiday booked to Disneyland Paris in may we are now currently trying to either move it to end of year or get our money back 🥺

Also worried my DS birthday day treat out may get cancelled over the Easter hols

Wanted to start going swimming with my DD while my DS is in nursery but that's unlikely to happen if things escalate

Me and DH didn't go to a concert few weeks ago because I was slightly worried about being in confined space and not knowing if someone could have it

It does feel like it's put life on hold

We booked to go away to Chessington in May. We booked the day my DD would be off school due to the local elections. That is not happening now!

My DS is in last few weeks in sixth form, if schools close he will be so sad to miss final term there plus of course his actual a-levels ...

The Olympics if they get cancelled, we love them and plan our holidays around them

Just cancelled a holiday to Spain.

Nothing that matters in the scheme of things but matter to us. It's a very sobering time and horrible to think of so many people worried and scared around the world.

Dh has been waiting for a non urgent operation for 15 months, we haven’t officially been told yet but all routine procedures have been cancelled by Welsh Government.

I left frontline nursing 6 1/2 years ago because if had enough, I retrained as a HV and now we’ve been told all our routine contacts are likely to be stopped. That’s potentially mums I can’t support with PND or I worry children with developmental delays will be missed. I can’t run my group either. Plus I’m likely to be sent back to the front, it sounds selfish but I don’t want to, especially not now!

I have been planning our May holiday, in the UK but that’s up in the air. I will probably avoid our usual Easter trip to family too.

I don’t want my local cafes and restaurants to go

The cycling season has basically been cancelled. I'm disappointed for fans of other sports too, it's exactly the sort of time you want that sort of escapism.

A trip to see family in the UK and a summer holiday in Italy. Will suck it up if one of those has to be cancelled, but will be really gutted if they both are.

DS1 is due to do Sandhurst selection in 2 months. It's been his dream forever and was very delayed because of issues with his medical. He finally heard 2 weeks ago that they had been resolved, almost 2 years since his first application. I hope it still goes ahead but I'm starting to wonder.

We are due to fly to Portugal on 4th April so guessing that is off

Also worrying about ds1s A levels. He's worked so hard for them and he and his girlfriend both saved up over the past year and have a trip booked after them to the Carribean.

Cancelling my 40th birthday celebrations. For my husband, the marathon he has been training for 15 weeks for to crack a sub 3!

I live in another country 9 months of the year. I'm gutted I may not be able to get back to my house in the UK in 4 weeks time. I miss my other DC there, my family and friends so much

And I've been training to be a volunteer and that's been postponed until the summer :(

Also not wanting to take my 18 month old to playgroups.

First weekend away for almost 15 years with just my best friend next weekend - in Spain We used to go travelling together, lived together, the works but life got in the way and we realised just how long it had been. I lost my Dad last year so have an apartment in Expat Spain that I'll be trying to sell very soon so seemed the perfect opportunity to get away on the cheap.

As all pp's have said, it's very small really given the scale and the loss some people are dealing with, but I could cry.

I'm just gutted about missing out on a normal first year with my son. This summer will look nothing like I imagined. I wonder what the next will look like.

Sharing assembly on Friday. Its my DD 3rd birthday on Wednesday and we always do birthdays in sharing assembly. School have stopped all parent assemblies, mother's Day lunch etc. We're only a school of 25 so it really is such a shame they have cancelled it

Manchester Marathon being postpones. It's my first ever marathon and I've trained so hard for months over the winter, running for hours in gales, torrential rain, hail and snow! Gutted. (but totally agree postponing was the right thing to do.)

I cancelled a tattoo appointment. It was meant to be my birthday present for myself, and the artist normally works hundreds of miles away but was going to be visiting at a studio I could have got to easily.

Going to friend’s for dinner tonight. I’ve wokem up with sore throat and headache and aches. Fairly sure it’s just a cold as no cough or fever, but I’ve cancelled just in case. He’s s good cook and I’m disappointed.

My honeymoon cruise. Not major in the scheme of things but disappointing non the less.

The business has had a few clients say that they’re not sure they’ll be able to pay/deciding to delay and the number of new clients has really dropped off. If the next few can’t pay we may go bankrupt. Not the end of the world but hardly ideal.

DD’s school is closed due to teacher with CV waiting to see if she develops symptoms as is friends with a girl I’m teachers form who has symptoms.
I can’t visit my elderly parents at the minute as dad is very vulnerable and isn’t in the best of health. On Mother’s Day or my mums birthday.
Bright DS has finally started really enjoying school knuckling down and making a proper effort and at the last parents evening he was told he has the potential to achieve whatever GCSE grades he wants in almost every subject. Now he is unlikely to be able to sit his GCSE’s or attend his prom.
I probably won’t get to go to an 80’s festival with good friends and our summer holiday is probably also under threat.