Chinese diver Qin Kai chose the victory podium at Rio Olympics to propose marriage to his girlfriend of six years, He Zi right when she was garlanded with her silver medal. Photo: APLove seeks a quiet, private place to express its relentless grip, sex just needs crazy chemistry to catch flames but marriage proposals increasingly seem to be on the hunt for public platforms. Thirty-year-old Chinese diver Qin Kai chose the victory podium at Rio Olympics to propose marriage to his girlfriend of six years, the 25-year-old He Zi right when she was garlanded with her silver medal. We didn’t see the ring but that rose in a glass looked like a typical Made in China memento. This blanket cultural sanction to a marriage proposal’s moral beauty needs to be poked and questioned a bit, not from a morality point of view but certainly a suitability one.

Source: Mint August 22, 2016 11:15 UTC