My daughter has paid a large deposit for her wedding venue and they cannot rebook this year or next. They are full. I am happy for those of you who CHOSE to have a quiet wedding but it’s a matter of choice isn’t it?
I do empathise with those who have worked throughout the pandemic. I have worked throughout and done extra hours and been on the front line so to speak providing prescription drugs for the public. That doesn’t mean I don’t also sympathise with all the people who have had special events cancelled, the many who have lost their jobs, their savings, and even their homes. So many people have suffered dreadfully from the effects of lockdown. I sympathise with those who have lost loved ones too. I didn’t realise there was a limit to compassion.
I too have known people get into huge debt over weddings, one, it was over in 6 months. Hate to tell you Steve Tu, (neighbour of mine) you cannot get married in a Registry Office, if you did i wasn't legal, they Register land and Title Deeds of |Houses.Weddings are a sore point to me, having booked venues for both wedding and receptions, 4 times, loosing both deposits every time because of a bullying Mother-in-Law, one of my sons was conned into marrying a lady from abroad, who basically wanted to stay here, cost us money, him his sanity, he ended up being sectioned and certified, put my other 3 off getting married. The NHS was in a mess when I started working for them 40 odd years ago, caused by mis management, waste.
Totally agree @Songbird-1 ... although at my age, if push comes to shove, the lives of my loved ones, some of whom are vulnerable, are more important than my own.
I'm so sorry to hear that @Debs64, although I do not share your feelings about this Government who I think have done the best they can under the extraordinary circumstances. Could your daughter not postpone again to June or July like my Oh's nephew is doing?
I suppose hindsight is easy, but the UK has one of the highest covid-19 deaths per population. With only Slovenia, Czechia and the embarrassing Belgium response, worse than UK.
I think the government is doing a great job of deflecting due criticism.
... It was clear he was really suffering, and wanted some advice. He has worked almost without a break since February 2020. It is people like him that I feel sorry for, ...'
I used to religiously watch the Covid briefings and then the 6 O'Clock news, but I found watching the reports the news did from the hospitals totally disturbing. How must it be for any 'carer' when they went into a profession to help people and make them better, to find they're in some 'Groundhog' day where they wake up to go to the hospital knowing in all likelihood that someone may have died on the previous shift? Soul destroying - and then someone having to break the news to the family. And on top of that, that fear of catching the virus themselves and taking it back to their loved ones. Far braver and resilient than me. Total respect - and not the hijacked 'respect' of today's terms.
Surrey has Register Offices and Registrars Offices but no Registry Office. Isn't language wonderful?
I am glad your colleague reached out to you @punkdoc - I sincerely hope there is a recovery plan for all NHS staff to help them cope with the enormous stress they are dealing with daily. They all have our admiration and gratitude.
Sorry Phillipa you cannot. You get married in a "Register Office", where you have the Registrar of Births,Deaths,marriages. Registry Office, is completely different, registers land,title dees. Yes, accuse me of being picky, I also cannot stand it when people say, they hoover the floor, instead of vacuuming!!
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I suppose hindsight is easy, but the UK has one of the highest covid-19 deaths per population. With only Slovenia, Czechia and the embarrassing Belgium response, worse than UK.
I think the government is doing a great job of deflecting due criticism.
Gardening in Central Norfolk on improved gritty moraine over chalk ... free-draining.
I used to religiously watch the Covid briefings and then the 6 O'Clock news, but I found watching the reports the news did from the hospitals totally disturbing. How must it be for any 'carer' when they went into a profession to help people and make them better, to find they're in some 'Groundhog' day where they wake up to go to the hospital knowing in all likelihood that someone may have died on the previous shift? Soul destroying - and then someone having to break the news to the family. And on top of that, that fear of catching the virus themselves and taking it back to their loved ones. Far braver and resilient than me. Total respect - and not the hijacked 'respect' of today's terms.