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What small but significant disappointments are you facing?

459 replies

DoubleAction · 14/03/2020 16:21

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.

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Nymerialuna · 14/03/2020 17:12

My big birthday. A party is arranged for in a couple of months that I am very aware I may need to cancel.
A couple of big projects at work that are nearing completion look like they will be postponed for several months now.
My nieces prom may end up cancelled

WellTidy · 14/03/2020 17:13

I can’t get to my parents’ house. We live 250 odd miles away, and had been planning to go to spend Easter with them. I can’t take the risk of us carrying the virus to them as my DH has respiratory problems and is nearly 80. They love seeing my DC especially and the DC had been really looking forward to going too. We are all quite sad about it. FaceTime isn’t much of a substitute but at least it’s something.

I also have tickets for me and my mum to go to Queens for the tennis. It’s my Mother’s Day present to her every year. We won’t be going, I’m sure, and I am also doubting whether Wimbledon will happen (we are big tennis fans).

DJ’s marathon that he has been training for ages for has been cancelled.

We have a child with severe SN and DH and I go seaway every year just the two of us for some respite. We had booked a weekend in Spain. Won’t be happening.

DH takes our other child (without SN) away for a week so that they have quality time together away from the home. They were supposed to be going skiing. That’s not going to happen either.

WellTidy · 14/03/2020 17:13

I am also wondering whether a family wedding that we were supposed to be attending in May will be happening.

worriedmama16 · 14/03/2020 17:14

My daughter is 4 at the beginning of April. We'd planned Disneyland Paris, talked about it, bought her outfit and accessories to wear to meet Anna and Elsa, she was so excited. Obviously can't go so I planned a few days out that week and its like others uk attractions will be shut, I'm gutted for her.

ChicCroissant · 14/03/2020 17:14

Things are already being cancelled for us, Big Bang Science Fair - should have been there today, also a craft event in a couple of weeks. We also have concert tickets for July (Little Mix and Billie Eilish) and DD will be disappointed if they are cancelled as well. DD is due to play in a concert herself in July and I wonder if that will be cancelled as it will be a large number of children and parents?

We haven't booked a holiday yet but DD wanted to go to Germany. I know two people who have been training for the (London) marathon.

BritWifeinUSA · 14/03/2020 17:14

@je17 our schools are closed for six weeks but taking them outside is apparently not what is supposed to happen due to interacting with other people and possible spread. Ours are still having lessons but they are by video call.

PickleSarnie · 14/03/2020 17:14

Supposed to be skiing at Easter. I have been looking forward to it for a year.

Annoyingly though, it's all still up in the air in that French ski resorts haven't closed (yet). If they don't close then we won't get any money back on insurance if we choose not to go. As much as really want to ski, I kind of wish a call would be made to close the resorts so I'd know and start with insurance process.

LollipopViolet · 14/03/2020 17:15

One figure skating competition I was due to do in July cancelled, waiting to hear about 2 more - one in April, one start of May.

GetUpAgain · 14/03/2020 17:15

I hate winter, so every year I look forward to Easter and the hope it brings.

It feels like this year there will be so much grief. I have this awful feeling of doom over who is going to die - obviously worry about family but also my work brings me into contact with so many lovely people, every now and then one will die and we are all sad, but this feels like preparing for an onslaught.

TheMostHappy · 14/03/2020 17:17

For Christmas I had bought 9yo ds tickets to a convention related to his hobby which has now been postponed so he is very disappointed. We are also potentially going to have to cancel our holiday. We haven't been away for 3 years so I was really looking forward to that but these things happen.

Crunched · 14/03/2020 17:18

Should be in Rome watching the Six Nations rugby this weekend and trip to Shanghai on April 1st cancelled. I feel I shouldn’t see Hamilton in London next week just in case of.... well, everything really.
But all so trivial compared to businesses going under, weddings being cancelled, people dying etc. etc.

Sobeyondthehills · 14/03/2020 17:19

DS's birthday party,

My friend had to cancel her Disneyland Holiday last year due to Chicken Pox

Guess where she is meant to be heading at Easter

ParsleyPot · 14/03/2020 17:19

My yoga studio has closed Sad

PineappleDanish · 14/03/2020 17:19

I hate winter, so every year I look forward to Easter and the hope it brings.

I feel like that too, I really struggle through winter and look forward to spring and getting out and doing things. This spring and summer are going to be very different.

pinkstar01 · 14/03/2020 17:19

Just had to cancel my sons 5th birthday party which was in 2 weeks :( he's gonna be gutted but it didn't seem right. We will reschedule it when things calm down...

GabrielleChanel · 14/03/2020 17:22

Holidays x 2 (poss 3 -do we think this will have "blown over" by school summer hols?)

SchrodingersKitty · 14/03/2020 17:23

Having a last family holiday in the sea-side cottage my DH's family have owned for 69 years (since he was 2). Resident sister-in-law died last year and remaining siblings (my DH included) have not been so well so reluctant decision has been to sell it. Was due to be our last visit this Easter, but as DH's health issues no longer allow us to drive we can only get there by public transport, so we almost certainly won't be going. Sad, but not the end of the world: we've had many wonderful holidays there already, and 'lasts' are always bitter-sweet anyway.

FlyingFlamingo · 14/03/2020 17:23

We also have Lion King tickets for July - dd2 was too young to go the last time it toured, I have promised ever since that I would take her, getting tickets at our price range was a stressful morning and now we may not even be able to go. I just keep thinking of more things. I can’t get my head around it, everything seems so ‘normal’ outside. I guess this is what 1939 felt like Sad

Dk20 · 14/03/2020 17:23

I have dp and ds booked to go to the Italian grand prix in September. DS has been amazing since his baby brother was born last year. He is on the spectrum and loves Ferrari and Vettel so was really looking forward to it.
I'm paying monthly for it so am going to continue paying for a month or two more before deciding.

elp30 · 14/03/2020 17:24

My IL's live in England and it's been six years since my children have seen their grandparents. We live in the USA. My MIL has been diagnosed with cancer last year so my husband has been planning a trip to see his Mum and was planning on taking our children to visit her this May.

It doesn't look likely now due to the restrictions that are looking likely and the fact that we are self-employed and we have had a glut of cancellations to our business (it's an event photography business). We will not have enough money to afford the tickets now, even if something miraculous happened and this all went away.

I just hope my IL's, especially my MIL, keeps that cancer at bay and takes care of herself.

TheElementsOfMedical · 14/03/2020 17:24

First world problems, in no particular order:

We daren't visit PiL as they're very elderly; MiL is very frail and has dementia, even without the danger of COVID we have no idea how long she has left. Have to talk on the phone only, as despite attempting to teach FiL FaceTime, he just can't work it. Makes me weepy every time I think about this.

DDs much-anticipated school trip to France cancelled now.

Holiday abroad for Easter, we'll postpone as it looks like we can at least re-book most of it for some other time.

DDs birthday party in late April we'll probably have to cancel too.

If schools really are closed until September, DDs will miss out on all the lovely Year 6 farewell traditions that are so beloved at their school.

Holiday abroad to see my elderly parents and very elderly grandma in July, probably will have to cancel - it's too far away to know if we can postpone or claim on insurance so we have to brace ourselves for losing a lot of £. I was desperate to make this trip as I so rarely see my family, and now I'm even more worried I'll never see any of them again.

I'm on a two-month waiting list to have my Mirena coil replaced, because obviously Spring 2020 was a great time to reach the end of the 5-year span. Not a big deal that it's probably not going to happen now, but I'm feeling meh that we'll be locking down for x months and my periods will probably return and that means I need to stock up on sanpro on top of everything else.

FrauleinF · 14/03/2020 17:26

The four of us were going to the Canary Islands this Tuesday. First holiday in two years, and as my son starts school in September, my last chance for a non inflated price holiday until at least 2035 has gone.

Totally insignificant in the grand scheme of things, but frustrating nonetheless.

OhTheRoses · 14/03/2020 17:26

I am working from home 3 days next week and for the forseeable but guessing it will be wfh within a fortnight. I love going to work :)

My A/L has been cancelled due to start 2nd April and we can't go to our home in France.

Pogmella · 14/03/2020 17:27

Our wedding. I want to marry him now just the two of us rather than indefinitely wait for churches to reopen. He wants to wait in case we can stick to plan A

trappedsincesundaymorn · 14/03/2020 17:28

I'm supposed to being going to a gig next Saturday. It's a small venue (about 250 max), so I'm hoping it'll still go ahead but not getting my hopes up.