The pandemic that has been the subject of every news for the past week is  now nettling and really peeving in my nerves.  The continuous public announcement to never worry is giving the public an opposite reaction.  I never used nor heard the word “pandemic” in my entire existence but the usage of this word for the past week is too much that my system no longer want to swallow it. The health officials prefer to use such word instead of epidemic for the swine flu due to the wide geographic span that got affected which is US and Mexico.

The source of trepidation that force the public to wear a mask is Mexico.  The virus that comes from swine/pig but not by eating it instead through a  direct contact with the animal and the contaminated human  can be a carrier of the the virus to other humans.

Mexico is the favorite getaway of  Americans who want to have a beach themed wedding… second to Hawaii, in my opinion.  A story that featured in the news just nestled in my thoughts about the couple who canceled their wedding  in Mexico.  This is the  way of the media to show how serious is the case of swine flu although impertinent to others.  The couple is about to hold their vow in Mexico together with some friends and family.  Since the pandemic is  a big threat to every one’s health the couple decided to cancel their wedding in Mexico and decided to head off to Bahamas.  Well, i don’t care as to where they want to have it but what triggered me  to react is the couple’s  foolish decision.  The mother of the bride was interviewed  and she said that she wont be able to go to Bahamas because she can’t afford it and so are the rest of the friends who are supposed to attend the wedding in a couple of days.  It’s a common knowledge that there is a cancellation fee and some cases if you buy it online there is no cancellation nor refund policy.  The couple was adamant to go to Bahamas and get married without family & friends.

I agree… definitely!  cancel the Mexico wedding since it compromise your health but the wise option is to have the wedding locally to where they could celebrate it with friends and family.   The two swift off  to island for the beach wedding is like a case of “announced elopement”.  A wedding can only be as  memorable and as significant when shared with the people dear to us. It is  quite  narcissistic for the couple to disregard the financial aspect of the people they consider dear to them.  No matter how great nor grand is your wedding venue, if there are no friends nor relatives around… it will be a waste!   …  The very reason why there is such thing called “Honeymoon” is for the couple to have each other alone to where ever they want to… no friends, no relatives around.

Indeed, the swine flu pandemic caused a great strain to many although the economic scene is as pandemic as the latter so none of these phase should  lull us instead continue living and in opting to have a wiser decisions in life.