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.

2 months of travelling for ds is not going to happen.
Ditto his uni end of term ball, celebrations and graduation. All cancelled.
Our holiday will be cancelled and it was a special one.

I turn 30 around the time the virus will peak and I'd be disappointed if I have to change/cancel my plans.

We just cancelled the Easter break with DH's parents in Germany, one 81, lung cancer surviver with 1/2 lung left, the other 87, severe asthmatic, general heart problems.

I am afraid we may not see them again.

I have a big birthday coming up in about three weeks and have several events planned for it; they may or may not go ahead, then we have a holiday to Italy at end May/early June which is all but paid for. 😟

My son has a bad stammer and we've paid for him to do the similar course to what Gareth Gates did and there is always a waiting list. Booked it before Christmas for July and they've just announced they've postponed the March adult course after taking advice.

Gutted if they do the same for the July children's course .

I booked in December a short holiday to Budapest for this July. I’ve been paying a bit towards it each month. I think I should cancel, but worried that I won’t get all my payments back. 😢 But I cant afford to pay the rest for it to not then be sensible but maybe not get my money back if FCO haven’t advised it.

My daughter’s school residential. Bless her, she has been looking forward to it FOR EVER. It is only a little thing, but her enthusiasm for it was sky high. She has most of her things packed and ready. I have little doubt that it’ll get cancelled.

Me and DH have a weekend away in Berlin planned for his 40th. Our first holiday abroad since our honeymoon in 2014 (we have small DC). Was so looking forward to quality time together and drinking beer in the sun. Unlikely it will happen now.

The dc's will probably miss their young drivers lesson next month. I doubt DS's trip to the WW1 battlefields will go ahead.
I think the billie eilish gig in July won't happen either.

Also DS is in the midst of A level revision and it’s all so uncertain, but I don’t consider that small.

The Euros. I managed to get tickets for one of the Wembley matches and hadn’t told my DS’s yet as was keeping as a surprise. Daren’t tell them now

A family member's wedding. It was to be in Italy, in May. That's a larger disappointment. It would have been the first family holiday abroad for us.

The smaller disappointment is that my DC have never been on a plane and they were so excited.

Sons 13th birthday
Ds - we are self isolating has just realized we don’t have his required snacks. Slightly less sympathetic to that one.

That a fantastic career opportunity is likely to be cancelled, it's next weekend so I am keeping my fingers crossed that it can still go ahead as it'll really help my career to progress.

The football
Upcoming holiday

DS got the lead role in a school play and was so excited, they’ve been rehearsing like mad, he has had issues with school before now and it seemed like a corner had been turned and he was getting all the praise for once.
Play cancelled, not wanting all the parents and kids crammed in to school together.
I understand why and agree it’s the right thing to do, but ds will be devastated about it.
Can only hope it gets postponed rather than cancelled completely.
I know it’s really nothing in the general scheme of things, but still.

Had a great job offer, splurged on a new wardrobe, then job offer got retracted thanks to Coronavirus.

I'm having an ELCS soon and have been growing my leg hairs so that I could have a nice leg wax and some other treatments beforehand. But I feel as though it's so not worth the risk of having any beauty appointments! Such a first world prob i know. On a slightly more serious note I worry that the hospital will be full of Coronavirus by the time I get there and also we will have very limited visitors once baby arrives due to the risk of infection :(
We take the small things for granted!

Son is doing A levels and leaving school and I just sense it will all 'fizzle out' with last day/ prom/ leavers' events being cancelled.
His 18th is also over summer, so I guess he won't be able to have any sort of party.

It's minor really, but I feel sad for him.

Was meant to be flying off today for a week of skiing in France. Although French ski resorts are still open (despite all others in Europe being shut) we’ve decided it’s not worth the risk of going.
Beyond GUTTED

My cousin was due to visit at the end of March. We haven't seen each other since 2018 due to work/childcare issues. We've had it in the diary for months. She's just cancelled, which is the right thing to do, but I am sad about it. I have so few social opportunities, but maybe that's a good thing. I'm asthmatic.

Visit from relatives abroad who may not make the journey again.

Child’s long awaited birthday party.

A concert that a relative was singing in that is a bit of a once in a lifetime opportunity.

A sporting fixture we had tickets for.

Another first world problem, my second ski holiday of the year was cancelled!! Was suppose to be in the Dolomites last week!! I was just gutted I just love skiing.
Then I booked to go to Austria today and it was cancelled!! I have now just given up I won’t be skiing again this year.
As I said I know this is a first world problem but I’m so disappointed!

My mum was due to come and visit me for the first time in 2 years but the UK us now under a travel ban to the US. I could still go and visit her instead but it’s not the same.

I work full time and never get the house to myself. Had an op recently and am off at home recuperating for up to 6 weeks. My plans for some serious quiet/ Netflix time have been well and truly scuppered by schools being closed where we live from Monday, I‘m hoping that DH (teacher) will be taking DC for some long bike rides!