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Why is every other good and beautiful girl of marriageable age a single mother?

Why are all good women single mothers?

The week is busy and everything is falling all over. You have been rocking 15 hours to chew some miles on some project, and you don't realize that Real Madrid will play Juventus in a day. Your boys call you up, they say you can't miss this game. You are game. But, wait, you had agreed to meet with Mary on Saturday, and she sounded urgent. The good old men of the old days said that 'Mtu hakatai wito, hukataa aitiwalo'.

You are about to call Mary and cancel her, but you remember the book of rules, 'commit to your promises'. Instead you tell Mary that you are up to the meeting, before adding that you will need to find time away by 8.00pm. (You're married, y'know, and she will understand. You also can't talk about football because, maybe, she lost her boyfriend to the game).

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