From Highschool Sweethearts to Forever – Ruba & Elijah

Bride: Ruba Joseline Monicah Mubeezi

Groom: Elijah Mubeezi

Ruba is a medical laboratory technologist and Elijah is a flight dispatcher.

The couple tied the knot in an outdoor event held on 4th Feb 2023 at PDN Bweyogerere.

How They Met:

Ruba: Elijah and I met in school; we actually met during a holiday – second term holiday, when I was in S6. He had gone to school in Seroma for his 0’ level and I joined Seroma for my S6, at the time I had changed one of the subjects in my combination, I was doing Biology, Chemistry, and French and I was at Seeta High, the French wasn’t working for me so I needed to change to Food and Nutrition (which I had always wanted in my combination but unfortunately it wasn’t available in Seeta High) so I joined Seroma in my S6 to change subjects. Since I had a lot to cover in the subject I stayed behind at school for the second term holidays with my FN teacher to tutor me – that’s when I met Elijah.

Elijah: I was invited to Seroma for a derby by my friend and being that I was there for my O level, I wanted to catch up with some of the fellows that I had left there. That day it was raining and as I moved to one of the classrooms to hide from being drenched, I was struck by the sight of a good-looking young lady.

Ruba: Elijah found me as I was sitting in a classroom and we started chatting. He asked about his former classmates and we later found out that he studied with my long-term friends at Bishop Sipriano as well; my friends from primary, and that connected us even more, so we talked. Funny enough, of the friends he asked me about, one of them was my best friend at the time and he was also the MC at our wedding. We talked more after that because he would come over for activities at Seroma and we exchanged numbers though I didn’t have a phone at the time, I used to borrow phones at school and get in touch with him.

Engagement: 

Ruba: From the day we become officially girlfriend and boyfriend, he told me he would marry me, so there wasn’t an official proposal but a promise was kept. After 7 years of dating, it finally happened and we got married on the same date we become official – on the 4th of Feb. The day of our wedding was our 8th anniversary and I’m glad in our marriage we get to use the same date for both our anniversaries because it had a lot of meaning for us.

We finished our S6 and we kept talking on the phone in January towards the end of 2015 he asked me to be his girlfriend and he proposed to me on phone and he told me he liked me, I told him to give me a week and I had forgotten about the one week period we had talked about but exactly after one week he called me again and asked for his response and I thought to myself that maybe he was really serious about it. I told him yes but I listed three things we had to uphold, like being God-fearing and abstinence till marriage, he also had one condition, he told me the one thing that could ever end our relationship was if I ever let go of God other than that we were in-sync with each other. I learned a lot from him during our dating time, I learned patience and tolerance, and I become like gold being refined. I would describe our dating period as a time for me to be refined.

Planning the Wedding:

Ruba: My experience planning was amazing I would say. I started planning for my wedding like 3 years ago, I opened up a folder on my phone and I used to save everything I saw, it was like a Pinterest board. I kept all the décor inspiration, the color schemes that I wanted, makeup and everything I needed, and it was easy for me because I knew everything I wanted, I also knew my service providers prior – when the time and money came I just reached out again to them.

Elijah: During the time of planning and preparations, we weren’t living together. I used to move around due to my job and the time we got to meet was on Google Meet, but we managed to make time and sit together and strategize and come to conclusions as a unit. If you want to have a successful wedding and you have a wonderful lady, put her in charge, if you have the resources and if she understands you well, she will create the best thing. Someone will say you overloaded your wife with duties but I always say that when you notice your partner isn’t capable of doing a task fully go on and take charge and do it with joy. Our mantra or core value from then till now is never to compare our relationship with any other.

The Gown

Ruba: For my gown I had ideas in my folders, I just reached out to my tailor who usually makes my clothes and she did the gown.

Theme Colors:

Ruba: My theme colors were sage green, white, and chai. I choose them because they look beautiful to me, and when I found the color palette, I felt it matched my taste and personality because I love something classic and simple.

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