We often mention, more or less, that all areas of our lives are gradually becoming digitalized and more and more real things are moving into the virtual world. Whether it is work, study, entertainment or perhaps creativity, everything is almost at your fingertips these days. And weddings are no exception, which were previously a sacred matter limited exclusively to the material world. However, due to the coronavirus pandemic, these long-standing customs and residents are changing New YorkThey will be among the first to fully experience social change.
The Big Apple and one of the most populous cities in the United States, so New York, has become another hotbed of coronavirus infection and has already claimed thousands of lives. For this reason, residents and state officials are resorting to drastic measures to mitigate the impacts and, if possible, limit human contact to minimum. The closure of schools, sports fields and public buildings would still be quite understandable, but Governor Andrew Cuomo did not hesitate and came up with news that is being written about in almost every corner of the world. He officially passed a law that allows online weddings. As incredible as it sounds, all you have to do is add a priest on Skype or FaceTime, invite him into the conversation and voila, marriage is born.
And to make matters worse, conference applications like Zoom allow up to 100 users to be active, so the entire family of the bride and groom can join in and celebrate the marriage virtually. Andrew himself smiled at the whole affair and said a memorable sentence that at least lightened the atmosphere a little and brought a slight optimism back into the days saturated with fear. “When it comes to marriage, you run out of excuses. Pro"You just join Zoom and say yes," the governor said. New Yorkin his tweet. Either way, this is definitely an innovative way to stop the spread of the infection and, above all, a complete overhaul of long-standing social traditions that have been with us for thousands of years. Who knows, maybe we are entering a completely new and unexplored era that will connect our lives even more with the virtual world.
Amazing thing, how much money is saved...koneSomeone thought of it.
What about funerals? XD 😉