@1214mom I feel this. My sister confided in me yesterday that she’s planning her wedding. I can only hope she’s planning sloooowly. I have not missed any of my siblings weddings and it would make me incredibly sad to start.
Thanks @milgymfam.
I know this is a “first world” problem, but this is a safe place to vent.
My mom turned 90 last week. We had planned to throw a party for about 50 people.
We had a get-together with 3 couples (her kids + spouses), outside, for a couple of hours, masked, socially distanced.
2020–the year that felt like a decade.
My sister asked us if we would attend her daughter’s wedding next May. The best answer we could give her was it depends. She had moved the wedding from March 2021 to May 2021 thinking it would be a sure bet. She said they they are going to have the wedding whether it is 10 or 200 people. I understand how she feels, but I can’t really commit to it now. I have the kind of extended family that would travel to anywhere for a family gathering (party), so it is kind of sad we may not be there for my niece’s wedding.
We also have a family wedding postponed from this June to July 2021. Luckily we don’t have to make a commitment yet…but both sets of parents are traveling here from out of the country. Not sure this will happen!
One of my peeps has had to fly on a company passenger jet for work every week since April. Two weeks ago was informed that a person who tested positive the next day was on his flight. (We are thinking the person was symptomatic, and wanted to come home so waited until then to get tested and report.) Masks are required to fly, though some reportedly take off in flight. Peep is still symptom free two weeks later, and is unaware of anyone else getting sick from the flight.
Other peep has had to fly commercially several times for work and a family obligation, and has managed to avoid illness. I believe it is an increased risk, but can be done without getting the rona, even when on a flight with an infected passenger.
What is a peep?
A peep is one of your people. 
We rented a house in Vermont for February and March. Crossing my fingers that the numbers in my state stay low and Vermont will let us come. We are all remote so we could & would quarantine there for two weeks if need be. The mountain my family likes to ski says they will be all outside-food & drinks outside only, come in your ski clothes. Sounds very Scandinavian. Really hope it works out as VT is our happy place.
I had a vision of a coop of chickens!
I thought they were someone in your “pod.”
But why would someone who “has had to fly on a company passenger jet for work every week since April.” be in your “peep?” Unless you also participate in similar risky activity.
My understanding of people in a pod is that they agree not to interact with anyone outside of the pod. If you do then you are bringing outside into your pod and your risk goes up.
peep = people…
usage:
I hung out this weekend with my peeps ; )
My mom will be 90 at the end of October. It’s a 15 hour drive each way. I would fly, but was ok driving to minimize risk. However, my mom is very afraid I will get covid and die. My brother died suddenly a year ago so I understand her concern but it still makes me sad.
Peep is semi-common usage around here and means one of your kids. (It’s good for me to know it can also just mean, “people.”)
If someone was flying while symptomatic that could have been helpful. My lad tells me people are usually more contagious prior to having symptoms. After they start having them, esp toward the end, they seem to be less contagious.
Our personal thoughts are that this could be due to the body having reactions to the illness after having conquered it - but those are just our thoughts and could be way off base.
Don’t read this to mean people aren’t at all contagious while having symptoms. People where he is (med school hospital) just think they are less contagious at that time. Their first couple of days of symptoms are also problematic.
Peeps and lads, kids, sons, and daughters. I am old school when referring to my children - sons, kids if I refer to them but I am old!
I was going to host an out of state milestone birthday party for my sister in November for 20-25 people before all this started but it’s just not going to happen. Son and his fiancee are not going to set a date for a big event until there is a vaccine, safer group gathering possibilities. They will marry next month in a very small local event. They have many people that would have had to fly and a bigger celebration will have to wait. I am actually glad they are holding off on planning a bigger event until things are clearer with the virus and travel.
We are in the process of signing a contract for a wedding venue for our D in Boston for May 2021. The contract states that any out-of-town guests have to observe whatever rules are in place for access to the venue on the day of the wedding (currently a 14-day quarantine for people coming from states on MA’s naughty list) and we are legally responsible for any guests who need to quarantine. Wow.
Right now the guest list is restricted to 24 (could go up to 48 if restrictions are lifted). Everyone on the (small) guestlist except my father is from a NE state that is currently allowed to enter MA without quarantine. Who knows what the rules will be seven months from now.
Ok, I have never heard of peeps.
I just googled peeps. It seems to have started in the '80s. Reading their examples I remember a lot of situations where I’ve heard it from kids at (high) school, so yes, I should have known it meant people. They use it to mean their friends.
Around our lunch table at school it means our kids… that definition may not go further as far as I know.
Now I’m wondering if it’s regional. (The real meaning.)
I understand peeps to be the people you have in your inner circle … not Covid Circle, just your circle. You know, friends & family.
So your bubble is all peeps, but probably not all peeps are in your bubble. We need a Venn diagram!
And THE peeps will be ready for Easter according to news sources in the know. No Halloween or Christmas peeps because of Covid! I was worried more about travel with all this until I looked up peeps and got blindsided by the apparent peeps shortage! So 