I Miss you even before you leave
No amount of pre-marriage counseling at Lubaga Cathedral or from the famed and overrated Ssengas could prepare us for it. With hundreds of kilometers between us comes the constant motion chasing planes, uncomfortable bus rides and sometimes trains full of yobs. The arrangement also adds one more item to the list of the things that normal couples argue about – ‘being picked up late from the airport’. I don’t believe in the ‘Mars and Venus’ theory, but if there is one thing I am sure of – the word ‘care’ means two totally different things to both sexes. Since I am sure she reads this blog, I will not make the mistake of explaining why this is so. To this inventory of issues for a couple in a long distance relationship, you add the anxiety, longing, anger at delays and irritation caused by the slightest changes to meeting times or dates. The journeys themselves come full of so much disappointment, drama and frustration that the only reason that one remains sane is the hope to see y...