Would you be willing to admit

[Samtsirch]

This is intended to be lighthearted so I apologise if anyone is upset or offended.
I just wondered if anyone would be willing to admit to something which really upsets them about the lockdown situation, whilst also being very aware of how petty and selfish it is in light of the widespread suffering and the seriousness of the whole awful situation ?
For example, I am so thankful for everything I have atm and am doing as much as I can to help neighbours and friends, but I am absolutely gutted that Eastenders/ The Archers won’t be on so often, and also that I am about to run out of my industrial strength cover up foundation, which I used to buy at my local chemist and doesn’t seem to be available online..😟

*working, not wishing.

we lost a house. Due to DH working in an industry that depends on people going to cinema he could be out of work for 6 months to a year. We had saved the money to buy another 99 years on our lease hold flat and the deposit on the new house. It would've been a doer upper. I had such plans. I cried when I had to bin the kitchen & bathroom catalogues. it was perfect.

Ds was going to be a page boy at our friends wedding in Mexico. All booked and paid for.

We’re now not going. Although whether we get money back is another matter. Mexico’s borders are still open. Ba are still flying there I think. So if we cancel we lose almost £5k.

It would have been Dd (age 8m) first holiday and ds (age 2.5) first big plane trip.

We saved up really hard to be able to afford a national trust family membership. We can't afford to go out at the weekends like other families, so this was going to be our ticket and we fully intended to use it every weekend.

We managed 2 trips before everything was shut down.

That, and the fact that DS is going to miss the rest of his Year 1, and start Year 2 badly behind (he's still only on Reception reading level for eg)

A bit nonplussed that we are implementing draconian measures at the behest of a leader who could be replaced by an un-elected nobody, and saddling generations with a ridiculous debt. To keep a bunch of people alive that would be dead in a few years anyway of something else.

Can't get my favourite coffee as well.

I managed to get back into my jeans after having DS, no point in wearing jeans as we can’t leave the house.

Ooh @WaitroseIsMySpiritualHome thats very kind but its not that dramatic.

Ive had the same long cut just maintained with nail scissors since i was 16, I've got mad curly hair so its a forgiving cut.

I had found a good curly savvy hairdresser on mumsnet and booked in.

Ill get over the disappointment and rebook once i earn the money after the dust settles.

Your very kind though

So much of my mat leave is being spent in the house. I wanted to be able to get out and spend time with my beautiful boy.

I was due to get commission from work now I’ve lost £500 but I’d never admit this

So many completely trivial things -

Gutted for my son who doesn't get to leave school or have his leavers' ball or do his DofE gold expedition.

Irritated that I can't go to the gym or have my monthly facial.

Pissed off that I am not seeing my mates and Easter will be a damp squib, when it's normally a lovely time filled with friends and socialising.

Annoyed that all the things we have booked in the coming months won't go ahead - weekends away, concerts, theatre trip, family 50th birthday celebration.

Sad there are no lunches or dinners out, no girly nights in, no walks to pubs with the dog, tennis with my friend.

I am thankful though that only a month ago we were in the West Indies, and only last week I had my hair cut and coloured!

Personally I'm glad it's not winter. People couldn't afford heating bills normally, imagine having to be in your home all the time - and it would have ruined Christmas. At least it's sunny outside, I just hope we don't have another endless 30 degree heatwave.

My small sadness is that I joined a gym for the first time ever last year and now can't go swimming anymore. A tiny loss in the scheme of things but still. I've also realised how much other people make life feel safer - just seeing them generally at work and on streets and in shops, and that safety has sort of vanished.

I was gutted when Sunday Brunch was cancelled at the weekend.

I'm at the end of a fortnights holiday, I've been out of the house 1 day to do essential shopping, feels like a waste. Thankfully work has now closed, I maybe skint, but hopefully I'll be well

That DS will leave his junior school without the much anticipated camp over or prize giving. Feels like he’ll miss out on a rite of passage. He was crying today because he was missing his friends.

Took me so long to write that I missed some posts. Emmcan your post is truly shitty. My parents might well be dead in a few years time but I'd like them to have as long as possible alive in the meantime thanks, despite your coffee cravings (and the healthy eighteen year old who died, was it just his time too?)

I supposed to travel to my home country on 16th of March to run some errands before my wedding in September. Flights got cancelled, whole country got on lockdown, so I can't even go now if I don't want to be stuck in 14 days quarantine. I already made my peace with the fact, that I might postpone my wedding to next year, which I really don't want to do, because my partner and I were together for 10 years and were really looking forward to getting married.

I was planning to use this time to thoroughly clean the house but now the recycling has been cancelled so we're only getting our general waste uplifted.

To keep a bunch of people alive that would be dead in a few years anyway of something else.

It's not that simplistic and what an awful attitude.

I’ve lost my reading group, my yoga class, my Masters, my tutees, my son’s graduation and two holidays. I’m hanging onto my job by my fingernails. Oh, and 90k in investments.

I had quite a nice life set up for myself and it’s all gone tits up.

But I recognise they’re all problems I’m lucky to have. In a way.

My daughter has to cancel her wedding

I fancy proper chips but can't have them.

Miss mincing in coffee shops.

We were about to start house hunting for our 'forever home' 😢 I'm sad our eldest is missing time from his amazing preschool. Also I was supposed to be going to the Tutankhamen exhibition with my brother in a couple of weeks, which obviously won't be happening now. Other things I'm sad about is not seeing friends and family. I miss popping into Kew Gardens especially now the magnolias are in bloom, and I also miss going into town for my part-time job and being able to switch off mum-mode while I'm there. All pretty insignificant things though, and I am grateful we have a comfortable home in which to lockdown and our health.

Gutted my daughter had to cancel her wedding :(

We had to cancel my little girls christening 👎 we also had to postpone a holiday!

Found my bright side today though, due back at work after maternity leave two weeks today, but my work have had to temporarily close their doors, so I'm getting a few weeks extra 'maternity leave'

Hope everyone is ok

Also I was supposed to be going to the Tutankhamen exhibition
Snap! I was due to go the day they stopped all but essential travel. DH pointed out it wasn't essential.