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My experience: I am in love with my uncle
I am still baffled why of all the uncles I have, I decided to fall in love with this one. I was in senior three when I first met him in 2001. Then, we were travelling to the village for my grandmother’s last funeral rites. I fell in love with him the moment I first set my eyes on him. I decided to befriend him so that I would get his phone number.
From that moment, we started communicating, became good friends and always kept in touch with each other.
Soon, I could not do without hearing from him; I would become restless if I did not do so for even two days.
My uncle is a very down to earth man who easily interacts with everyone. I guess at that time he thought that perhaps I was still too young to think of having a relationship and failed to notice my feelings for him. He instead gave me parental love and would treat me like a daughter. It was not any different from the way my father treated me.
I was disappointed by his action. he was not engaged to anyone, why didn’t he love me back?
When I was in senior six, I started paying him visits at his workshop. Each time I went there on my way back to school, he would give me about Shs30,000.
Whenever I was broke, I called him and told him so. He would say, “Please come to my office and get money, I do not want my sister’s daughter to starve when I am here.”
Towards the end of my senior six, I lost his number and since it was exam time, I had to forget about it to be able to concentrate on passing my UNEB exams.
I later got very busy with work during my senior six vacation and forgot all about him; I used to work from Monday to Monday so I could not get time to think about him.
I took nine years without seeing him and when I joined campus, I fell in love with another person.
Later, I got a job that was in my career path and continued moving on.
It was in March this year that we met again at my grandfather’s funeral. It felt good to see him after a long time. We exchanged numbers and ensured to keep in touch.
During one of his calls in May this year, I came up with the idea of us going to the beach, which he did not reject. I however, changed my mind and instead asked for directions to his home. It seemed a better option.
When the time came, I went to his home and had a really good time though I did not kiss him like my heart was compelling me to.
The following weekend, I called him and arranged for an outing to a certain city hotel.
He now knows what I feel for him but he is trying so much to resist whatever I do to draw him closer. He keeps on reminding me about the fact that he is my uncle and cannot have a romantic relationship with me.
I think what he is doing to me is not fair at all.
As told to Christine Katende
