DEAR YOUNG PEOPLE...PART 2

By Mercy Tracy

SHUGA… love, sex, money…

Last week I maintained a stern stand on our way of viewing love in our society today and how I believe it should be. Well, I was bound to get critism from that but I still believe that our campus needs to be told the truth on how things should be. Today I get deeper into more from my inspiration which is the recent programme SHUGA… love, sex, money.

Our society is decaying in such a way that motherhood has lost meaning. The Holy Book states so clearly that there is time for everything. If we did the right thing at the right time, abortion would be a forgotten term. Just a few weeks ago, a baby was rescued having dog bites! Children are a blessing and the flowers of the society. It pains me when people refer to pregnancy as ‘ball’. Surely, how can we compare a life with something that has no life? This is lack of respect for human life! No wonder it is so easy to abort because it is seen as simply ‘removing the ball’.

Here comes the most pissing issue… Love for money! Well, I agree that money is necessary for survival in today’s society for it is required even while obtaining basic needs but enyewe tumezidi! In campus, most of us are not working so it is absurd to expect the person you are dating to support all your needs. Am not saying that you cannot aid each other at times of need or when having fun but what I am not for is the idea that since I am dating you, you expect me to be the provider or ‘source’.

Most of us depend on HELB for our upkeep and so the other party should understand enough as to be willing to contribute for food if you cook together. I have talked on this issue mainly because most of my male friends are complaining especially because we are on our worst semester where we don’t have HELB. My dear girlfriends, please let us date for reasons other than his wallet! This way he will even learn to respect you since you are ‘Miss Independent’ and he knows you can surely do without him. I am smiling at the thought of a campus where girls don’t leave their men just because they

are broke and they do not date a man simply because
he has money and do not move from one man to the other to get a quench to their unsatisfied thirst for money.
If we stopped concentrating too much on money, imagine we will be able to get true happiness! This is so because we will try getting people who our interests and aspirations match and hence be able to invest in working for a future instead of concentrating on sucking their money and then footing on to look for greener pastures. There is no greater happiness than a sound mind free from stress and hesabu haziingii.

It is said that money is the root cause of all evil. The truth of this statement is so evident in our society today. Look at it from this angle: You ‘play’ your girl or boy with someone just because the ‘new catch’ has money and can easily help cater for your needs. You are too busy concerned with the money that you do not take safety precautions not to be infected with sexually transmitted diseases or infections. Who will you blame for this? The bitter truth is that love for money led you into this and it is the only one to blame.

I am not against dating rich guys and girls. If you don’t, who will?! My point is that you should not date him or her simply because he/she has money. If you do, when problems come the ‘love’ will jump out of the window! Always keep in mind that no situation is too permanent to change. All you need is a positive attitude and working on it vismarta.

I conclude my today’s article by kindly requesting each of us to love your partner just as he/she is and look deeper into something else that makes you love him or her other than finance. AIDs is real. It’s not an achievement to brag on the number of girls you have had sex with in campus. Life has no reversal so JIPANGE!