Love knows no time
Feb 08, 2006
<b>Hilary Bainemigisha</b><br>I can smell Valentine’s Day around the corner. Suddenly, some men are remembering that taking a wife out is a sign of love.
I can smell Valentine’s Day around the corner. Suddenly, some men are remembering that taking a wife out is a sign of love.
They will step out on that day to the surprise of friends and usual barmaids. They will display love the way the Government displayed tanks at Kololo – for accountability and if luck is on their side, they will return home without either of them sulking.
Anyhow, even if it is once in a blue moon, it is good enough that some men will take their wives out. There are lovers who will fail just because Valentine’s Day has come on the heels of school fees and other financial obligations like campaigns.
They may even hurl abuses at the lover’s day. The latest from M7’s camp is that the First Family is not cancelling campaign schedules to have a quiet moment at Rwakitura. And Janet will not put on red – it may confuse Ruhaama voters!
It is natural that lovers take Valentine’s Day as a burden. Love, like sex, gets boring if you allocate time to it. This is because time and love are not quiet bedfellows – they tend to rape each other when they meet. If you doubt it, look at your watch while having sex, you will be called fearful names.
Time takes hot romance out of a fresh love. The people, whose bath water you would have drunk several years ago, cannot even make you excited even if you look at their privates with a magnifying glass! Time allows your lover to discover the hot air in you. Look at politics, where are the people who loved Museveni more than Kaguta himself? Time took them to FDC.
One couple set up a calendar for sex – Monday, Wednesday and Friday, because the wife was complaining that the husband was displaying arms without fighting Kony. Just two weeks later, the gun could not fire! The guy had suffered from performance anxiety because of associating sex with duty. When sex is planned, it becomes unnatural and less appealing. Stumbling into it can be very exciting!
That is why some of you may be uncomfortable with setting apart the 14th day of February as the day of lovers. It would be better to deep into romantic feelings on any convenient day that doesn’t parade people for competition, rumours and loans.
So, my friend, you don’t have to put on red if you feel inconvenienced. But those who can, try to keep time out of romance. Do not say we shall leave at exactly 2:00am. So, what happens if it finds you deep in a kiss? The alarm rings and sets you scrambling to pay the bill and hurry home! What a squinted way to end a romance on the only day allocated to it among the 356 days!
It reminds me of Winnie Munyenga. When she sang Saasira, I noted one reason many girls find married men a thorn in the flesh. In the song, the girl complains about the man she was dating, who looks at the watch and discovers that her term limits have expired. He then picks up his coats and hurries home to be in time for a curfew.
The girl wanted a constitutional amendment that gives her unlimited terms to another woman’s husband, claiming they were on equal footing.
Genuine love should have no time framework – it is like the Movement’s visionary leader. It has no distinct alfa and omega – no beginning no end. You don’t even know when you started to love your partner. Before you know it, simple admiration evolves into love.
As you enjoy Valentine’s Day, remember to ignore time. And keep it that way.
Happy Valentine’s Day.
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They will step out on that day to the surprise of friends and usual barmaids. They will display love the way the Government displayed tanks at Kololo – for accountability and if luck is on their side, they will return home without either of them sulking.
Anyhow, even if it is once in a blue moon, it is good enough that some men will take their wives out. There are lovers who will fail just because Valentine’s Day has come on the heels of school fees and other financial obligations like campaigns.
They may even hurl abuses at the lover’s day. The latest from M7’s camp is that the First Family is not cancelling campaign schedules to have a quiet moment at Rwakitura. And Janet will not put on red – it may confuse Ruhaama voters!
It is natural that lovers take Valentine’s Day as a burden. Love, like sex, gets boring if you allocate time to it. This is because time and love are not quiet bedfellows – they tend to rape each other when they meet. If you doubt it, look at your watch while having sex, you will be called fearful names.
Time takes hot romance out of a fresh love. The people, whose bath water you would have drunk several years ago, cannot even make you excited even if you look at their privates with a magnifying glass! Time allows your lover to discover the hot air in you. Look at politics, where are the people who loved Museveni more than Kaguta himself? Time took them to FDC.
One couple set up a calendar for sex – Monday, Wednesday and Friday, because the wife was complaining that the husband was displaying arms without fighting Kony. Just two weeks later, the gun could not fire! The guy had suffered from performance anxiety because of associating sex with duty. When sex is planned, it becomes unnatural and less appealing. Stumbling into it can be very exciting!
That is why some of you may be uncomfortable with setting apart the 14th day of February as the day of lovers. It would be better to deep into romantic feelings on any convenient day that doesn’t parade people for competition, rumours and loans.
So, my friend, you don’t have to put on red if you feel inconvenienced. But those who can, try to keep time out of romance. Do not say we shall leave at exactly 2:00am. So, what happens if it finds you deep in a kiss? The alarm rings and sets you scrambling to pay the bill and hurry home! What a squinted way to end a romance on the only day allocated to it among the 356 days!
It reminds me of Winnie Munyenga. When she sang Saasira, I noted one reason many girls find married men a thorn in the flesh. In the song, the girl complains about the man she was dating, who looks at the watch and discovers that her term limits have expired. He then picks up his coats and hurries home to be in time for a curfew.
The girl wanted a constitutional amendment that gives her unlimited terms to another woman’s husband, claiming they were on equal footing.
Genuine love should have no time framework – it is like the Movement’s visionary leader. It has no distinct alfa and omega – no beginning no end. You don’t even know when you started to love your partner. Before you know it, simple admiration evolves into love.
As you enjoy Valentine’s Day, remember to ignore time. And keep it that way.
Happy Valentine’s Day.
Ends