By Ian Ortega
Have you bothered to find out that of late, most Ugandan relationships never goes past one year, if they do, they never progress into marriage, if they progress into marriage, it is always full of drama and usually ends in separation or divorce?
From the time soap operas began infiltrating the TV scenes in Uganda, love began to fall apart. Suddenly all women expected their men to be as handsome, as caring, as romantic and as perfect as those men they saw in these soap operas. The soaps drew away Ugandan women from reality, yet they forgot that none of these actors had themselves been able to maintain relationships.
The Salvados and Juan Miguels of this world do not exist away from the TV scene.
If you want your relationship to last, you may have to watch soap operas with caution, failure to do so makes you set the bar so high in a relationship.
You`ve heard of men complaining about girlfriends who think of them as ATM machines, you`ve had of men who complain about girlfriends who think a relationship is a one way traffic. Truth be told, if you want your boyfriend to be like a Salvado, then you have to be a Maria Clara of sorts. It takes effort, if you like a dog then be ready to be a bone. Don`t expect that your man will turn into a Juan Miguel if you are still a Nakawunde from Kiboga, all so boring in bed, all so un-romantic yet you expect him to live up to your dreams.
Furthermore, if you desire to date the kind of men you watch in soap operas then you`ve got to stop playing with the bad boys and breaking the hearts of nice guys.
The bottom line is, soap operas are imaginations, the scenes acted are wild dreams that perambulate the minds of the script writers. They all know it is far from reality. For example, we all know you just can`t wake up everyday and whisper sweet nothings to your girlfriend. At least once in a while, a man wakes up in a rush, at least once in a while, a man espies on a very beautiful girl and goes ahead to cheat in his Facebook inbox.
To make your relationship last, you`ve got to stop expecting your partner to be as cool, as fashionable as the Spaniards, south Americans, the Shrees and Philippines you watch on your TV. If you want your man to act sweet, then stop acting like a Kangana and act like a Shree.
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