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Why public proposals feel like a trap

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Recently, I attended a graduation party at a three-star hotel in Nairobi. The reason the party was being held was that a friend to the graduand was going to use that opportunity to propose to his long time girlfriend.

He managed to convince the graduand to host the party at the hotel and not in his house as earlier planned. He had even offered to chip in a huge sum of money to pay for the venue just so he would make an impact to his girlfriend.

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