A few years ago I was graced with the opportunity to travel overseas. I was if anything stunned at the disttincions that characterised the way people over here went abe displaying their public affections.
The year was 2011 when I left my home for the unfamiliar territory that is North America. At the time, most youth had taken a shift from the traditional African way of courting and fostered a more western approach to the whole ordeal.
Instant messaging, clubbbing even public kissing were some of them virtues my brothers and sisters had borrowed from the west. But this in no way readied me for the enigma I found in the west in as far as affection is concerend.
To be continued. .......
