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

No huge events, very luckily for me.

I am going to be 'godmother' (the non religious variety) to a friend's dc when they have a blessing ceremony thingy, and that's been postponed.

Big thing is not really being able to see my dad who is older and lives overseas. I also haven't seen my best friends who all live in London, despite it not being far from us, as we just didn't want to risk public transport. I kind of regret not taking the opportunity over the summer now. I stupidly thought it might be over sooner and thought we'd see them another time, but here we are! Next spring I'm guessing will be the time for trips to the city. Fingers crossed anyway.

My grandmothers funeral, plus seeing her properly before she died.
My FILs 70th
My DFs 60th
My husbands 40th (I was with him, but all plans cancelled)
My sisters wedding.

Dd1 16th birthday
Dd1 prom/school leavers events
Dd1 school summer trip to Switzerland
Mum 70th birthday
Dh 50th birthday

At least dd2 and I finally discovered an advantage to January/February birthdays in 2020!

Our wedding.
We will plan again in spring 2022.
We want to do it in spring and dare not risk 2021.

Absolutely nothing.

Oh the joy of being broke

5 concerts; dd's graduation; trips to York, Porto and Dublin; son's 18th & my 50th plans; few parties to celebrate friend's significant birthdays; a music festival; dcousin's funeral service; planned family reunion.
2Dc didn't get to complete college where distance learning wasn't an option and cancelled holidays, job starts etc.

My grandmother's funeral
3 holidays
A proper transition for dc1 starting school

Showing off my beautiful first born baby. She's 7 months and barely been held by anyone. Thank goodness for this under one bubble, I've been going slowly mad without anyone to hold the baby for a few mins. So grateful my husband is awesome, and working from home throughout, or I'm not sure how we'd have coped until now.

Oh and three weddings, a funeral, supporting family through tough hospital admissions

• Keeping my job
• Being able to get a new job
• Annual holiday home with my DS and DM

All inclusive holiday with all four kids abroad. Not been abroad for four years and wasnt sure if it would the last holiday with our eldest.

Never mind, just got to tempt him with a better designated another year. I'm not booking for 2021 just in case but he will turn 18 next year so maybe it will be 2022 when he finishes his A levels

My daughters wedding was postponed until May next year.
Elton John, after buying tickets two years prior! We’re now waiting three years to see him.
Micheal Buble in concert at Warwick castle.
Derren Brown, with my daughter, again postponed.
A weekend at Coombe Abbey for our wedding anniversary. Fingers crossed we will go in January.
Les Miserables, front row seats, cancelled.
Phantom of the Opera, great seats again. Again cancelled.

I’ve not seen any family or husbands family, no summer visits from the grandkiddies either. It’s been pretty grim.

Nothing too serious really, fortunately none of my family have been ill, and I haven't lost anybody.

But things missed include:

my job
DD's Confirmation
All of DD's end of year 6 activities
Various nights out and a weekend away for my 50th
Being able to see DH's elderly parents in Ireland
Hugging my Dad
DD's 11th birthday

First family holiday Disneyworld, men’s final Wimbledon, to kill a mockingbird play London.

Worst but not seeing family in Ireland for Christmas

• Choir #1 concert with orchestra at the end of March, that we'd been rehearsing for since January.
• Birthday theatre trip and spa afternoon in April
• Numerous colleagues' leaving dos
• All Choir #2's planned concerts this year (it's a new choir and it would have been our first season of concerts)
• Meeting new Procurement Director and new procurement colleagues in person
• Choir #1's first 2 planned concerts for the 2020-21 Season, which have had to be cancelled. Our Spring Concert is looking doubtful too as we'd need to start rehearsals in January.
• Team Christmas do at work

Being with my mother when she died in July and visiting my new born first grandchild

Holiday to Majorca .
Wimbledon (will get tickets for next one )
Kids missed their parties

DD’s christening
Uncle’s funeral
Summer holiday
Skiing in Jan - would’ve been DS’ first time on skis
Multiple family events and celebrations

@ltappleby I’m so sorry

A holiday in Cornwall
A child free trip to Rome
A girls trip to Budapest

My son has missed his first holiday with Grandma and Grandad, and also his first overnight camp with beavers which he was so excited about

Missing out on seeing a family member before they died.
Then their funeral.
The family party to bury ashes and celebrate their life.
My DH not being able to visit me and our baby whilst I was on the ward after birth. It’s our first baby.
Pretty much my entire mat leave, it’s so isolating and lonely having months and months at home with no help.
Family not being able to meet baby.
Multiple friends and family weddings.
Not being able to meet friends new babies.

I’m thankful I still have a job to go back to after mat leave though.

3 weddings and a funeral, you couldn't make it up!
1 big birthday
3 holidays

but most of all my kids who live in different cities

I havent hugged my first great-nephew. They were botn on March 20th.

April

• seeing FIl when he was very ill before he died (luckily DH was able to briefly)
• DD turning 18y, so cancelled party, trip away, a number of 'experience' type gifts
• not being able to hold a proper funeral/wake following FIL's death
• cancelled holiday

May

• DD's A levels being cancelled
• concert cancelled
• friend's wedding postponed

June

• not being able to see my nana before she died
• not being able to go to my nana's funeral
• DD's 'prom' cancelled and end of school celebrations gone

July

• cancelled big family holiday
• DD's first big holiday away with mates cancelled
• not being able to see my other nana's before she died
• not being able to go to her funeral/wake properly

August

• not cancelled but a complete mess up debacle of A levels and no celebrations possible

September

• big changes made to start of university; a somewhat changed and more stressful event rather than a rite of passage

October

• cancelled holiday
• same concert yet agin postponed

October/November

• 7 weeks of missed work/activities/doing anything as I was so poorly with and after Covid

And alongside this - a number of missed 18th birthday celebrations and not seeing of family for any birthday events, etc.