Cannot go to the Social.

What a flipping shame you cannot go out to your sons engagement party.Some one is hanging themselves in red tape.We have always been able to go anywhere we wanted thank goodness,get them to video it for you.xxx

my cousin was married recently and because i have problem of balance,i couldnt attend(as i thought all the attention would be foccussed on me abd not on the bride and the bridegroom)

I have had to miss alot since I don't have a car and where I live everything is so far apart and town is 10 miles from me. I hate missing things I feel so left out of the loop when that happens. I am hoping that someone videos it so you will be able to watch it since you cannot be there and I am hoping they get busy with stuff about the ramp and power chair. Sorry you have to miss something so special.

we are blessed never to have been in this position. When does your son plan to get married? When my grandparents needed wheelchair assistance out of their home, my step-father and mother build them a ramp themselves. Dave is a construction worker, so he knew all the codes and stuff, so that was nice. We were lucky to have them to do the job when my grandparents needed it.

Lotds of times! mosly that I live to far away to get there . But on my mom and dads 50th I flew From Georgia to Utah for the party but no one else in my family like Daughter or hubby or sons got to go!

I am so sorry that you cannot attend and I know that must be difficult for you. My nephew is getting married in a few months and although we are all invited his wedding is going to be on a greek island, my other half is being laid off work next month and we cannot afford for the whole family to go and since I am unable to travel by myself we cannot go at all! Never mind I am sure the video will be fantastic and they are having a reception when they come home so I can look forward to celebrating with them! xxx

Oh I am so sorry you have to miss such an important event in the family. This brings back a bitter memory from my childhood when there was a marriage in the family and I had this stupid fever. It was my aunt marriage and was being organized in the family house and we had guests all over and relatives…all decked up and excited and so much that usually happens in such a house and there I was confined to my mom’s bedroom on the 2nd floor, more dejected mentally than physically. The fever was showing its ugly presence from a week before and I was hoping and praying (to all the million gods and goddesses of the Hindu pantheon) for a miracle and I was sure the Gods & Goddesses wouldn’t let me down but they did and I cried so much, specially in the evening when you know relatives and guests in all their finery trooped into to pat my head and left for the party after words of comfort. I could not even any of the sumptuous food

we are blessed never to have been in this position. When does your son plan to get married? When my grandparents needed wheelchair assistance out of their home, my step-father and mother build them a ramp themselves. Dave is a construction worker, so he knew all the codes and stuff, so that was nice. We were lucky to have them to do the job when my grandparents needed it.

when my daughters were little, all 3 of us had the chicken pox at the same time and it was easter time. hubby went and spent the day with his family but we werent invited because my sister in law was pregnant. i have always been a little ticked about that. he should have stayed home with us.

I am so sorry that you will not be able to go to your sons engagement party. I hope that your husband gets the things that he needs real soon. I would be terrible if you were not able to attend the wedding also. There have been many thing over the years that I have wanted to attend, but was not able to. When I use to work, I did not get the holidays off, so when the family got together, I was not able to go. I hated that.

Ma'am, I'm sorry that you can't even go to the social; You both ought to. Sadly, it's a slow clog with Social Services and doctors and such; That's not fair and if I could, I'd give you the money for the walker. But perhaps, if a digital camera is available, perhaps, they can tape it for you all. I hope something works out for you. I don't like coming here giving you helpful suggestions personally. I wish we as a people can see a need and help fill it no matter what. I know logistically it's a stretch, but it's a thought.

Hello there suspenseful. I know what a social is because I am from Winnipeg. I now live in Calgary and people here never heard of a social so I explain to them what it is all about and they think it is silly. I don't think it is silly because it is a big celebration before the wedding and it is good for making money for the wedding. When I got married it was in Winnipeg and we had a wedding social and made almost enough to pay for our wedding. The only thing that it didn't pay was the cateriers and my parents paid that so we didn't have to pay for anything out of our own pockets. And it was a lot of fun because we couldn't invite everyone that came to the social, to the wedding as there were too many, so we got to celebrate our upcoming wedding with some of the friends that we couldn't invite. Now in saying all of that, I feel for you girlfriend. Especially since it is your son. It isn't fair that you can't go. Can no one help your husband down the stairs? I hope you get things straightened out with the provincial medicare. I am glad that you don't have to pay for it yourselves as that has got to be costly. Good luck.

I'm so sorry! It would be so nice for you to have gone, it seems like social services everywhere are understaffed and overworked or just plain don't care. I hope they will take lots of pictures to share with you. I wanted to go to several family events when my sons were growing up but I was in the southwest and my family were in the midwest and southeast, all over a thousand miles away. I missed so much and so did my boys. Now I'm back closer to my family and don't miss anything and I'm so happy about it! Only thing is, my boys are not here so I miss seeing them. Thank goodness for the telephone!