What 'big' things have you missed out on because of Covid?

[Bridecilla]

Mine are:

*Our wedding last July
*Mam and Dad's 50th wedding anniversary party
*DPs 50th birthday mini break

Friends wedding abroad
Son missed school ski trip
Daughter missed school residential trip
Husband lost his job
I work NHS and ended up with nasty injury doing a different role I am not trained in and felt forced to do
Missing my Aunts funeral next week
My MIL 70th cancelled

And I feel I've got away without things being too bad

A big birthday and celebrating an engagement. Nieces christening was cancelled and now when it goes ahead will be missing her grandad who died from Covid

Holiday to Barcelona
Holiday to Efteling in Holland
Holiday to Portugal
Rescheduled holiday to Barcelona
Our Wedding Anniversary break
CenterParcs Winter Wonderland trip for DS's 3rd Birthday
Trip to hotel, Yorkshire Wildlife Park and Illuminations visit for DS's 3rd Birthday (to replace the cancelled CenterParcs trip).

Moving country. DH was due to start a new role in Japan in April. We're going in January now.

A few weddings, which has been sad for our friends. And I've missed meeting lots of new babies!

Holiday to Zimbabwe for my 30th birthday.
Holiday to Cambodia for our 5th wedding anniversary. And the replacement holiday I booked in Scotland for it.
A holiday to sitges.
A visit to see my grandparents who live 6 hours away.
My mums 60th birthday.
And now I’m expecting to have to cancel 3 breaks at the start of 2021 because we are in a tier 3 area

2 week holiday to Thailand
Preseumably all the nice other holidays and breaks I would have had
A big birthday

My 50th
Holiday to Greece
Holiday to Italy
Concert
DS 21st

(I'm sure there are other things but can't think)

Being with my grandfather as he died in hospital.

Keeping my job

DC who was year 6 when all this started missed out on all the leaving primary school rituals, prom and everything fun, saying proper goodbyes.

My new job. Got made redundant. Found a new job. COVID hit. Revoked job when the first lockdown ended.

My wedding.

Nothing life threatening.
An exotic holiday and various celebrations for my 40th birthday.
Other European trips away.
A family get together and weekend away for MIL’s 70th.
A get together for my parents Golden wedding.
A good friend’s wedding.

It’s a shame but could be worse. At least we’ve saved some money.

Normal Life.

Holidays to Greece, New York, Barcelona, Palma
3 months of work for DP
The ability to buy our first house this year due to above loss of work for DP
Two bonuses of approx £10k each (I’m incredibly grateful to still have a job at all but also sad that the additional money would have been useful for house buying and its performance related so despite this year being the year I’ve worked hardest, because of how our industry has fared I’ll be earning less than any other year)
All the usual Christmas activities I love

Silver Wedding Anniversary Party and weekend away
DS's 18th - mega party planned and cancelled
DS's rites of passage stuff like school prom (parents invited) etc
Visiting DS at his uni in his first term
My favourite freelance work gig of the year which takes me to a beautiful place for a month - cancelled
Trip to China with DH
Trip to the opera
Gig by a favourite musician
Christmas with family

Didn't realise it was so much until I wrote it down

Trip to Energylandia at easter
Two weeks at Port Adventura in July
Trip to Europa Park and Phantasialand in October half term.
Just this month we cancelled two weekends at Alton Towers, a weekend in Blackpool for DD birthday and a weekend at Chessington although we have already done all of those at different points if the year already so I don’t feel too bad.
Coming up we have had our alton towers Santa sleepover and our new year break at butlins cancelled as we live in and these places are also in tier 3.
DD missed a London theatre trip with school and an overnight camping trip as well as her 13th birthday party (well any form of proper celebration, it was this month)
None of the above are too bad though, some of the things we d done already anyway and the rest are rescheduled for next year. We still have jobs and our health so I can’t moan too much. It’s just DDs birthday that bothered me but she took it really well and we have ok and for big belated celebrations in spring.

Glastonbury.

Two holidays, one was to see my cousin who moved abroad in January. We’re very close and we had hoped to see each other once a month (short hop to Belgium).

Playing in the Bingham cup in Ottawa, it has been delayed until 2022. Alongside that I have missed a lot of rugby.

My son has missed time with his Grandma and my cousin. We also both hugely missed our adoption support group in the first lockdown.

My friend's funeral and the ability to be around people for comfort. We watched it on a live stream. He was only 38.

Holiday to Lisbon, twice.

My FILs funeral (was beginning of first lockdown and only immediate family could attend).
Friend's weddings x 2
DS 1st birthday party (obviously we celebrated but it was just us)
Holiday in this country
Holiday in spain
The end of my mat leave being very lonely and quite isolated. And boring.
I know man have lost so much more

Husbands 50th party plus weekend away.
Queen concert with overnight stay.
Grand prix trip.
Family holiday.
Ds's 16th and 18th.
Other concerts planned with family.
We had loads booked this year, which was unusual for us. ☹

My Graduation
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Family being able to meet DD2 when she was born, DD1 first birthday with family. DS 16th birthday celebrations and my big 40 in 2 weeks won't be able to celebrate. Plus sisters wedding that's been changed to next year should have been last week

Sons 1st birthday party - 2 days after lockdown started
Birthday trip to centre parcs for him
In laws family holiday to Spain
Trip with friends in England
Holiday to Walt Disney World
Second trip to centre Parcs cancelled
All bar one activity booked for Christmas for the boys.
Mum and MILs 60th birthday parties
Friends wedding cancelled

Things I wasn’t able to do this year that were really hard:

Couldn't visit my dad in hospital when he was very ill.
Couldn’t visit my Aunty in hospital before she died.

Other stuff that was just a bit disappointing:

No summer holiday.
No leaving do for a much-loved colleague.
None of the ‘end of year 6’ stuff for my DD - last sports day, leavers assembly etc

A friend's funeral (watched it on live stream).
Summer holidays.
Scattering DM's ashes.