Girls who were abducted in Uganda by the Lord’s Resistance Army (LRA) have experienced new challenges upon their return to their home community in Acholi sub region. Patterns of sexual slavery with LRA female abductees have been widely studied, but the impact of enslavement and sexual slavery on forging and sustaining marriage relationships upon their return within the Acholi community has been under-researched. Girl ex-abductees return home to a patriarchal society where marriage confers opportunities and respectability. Research shows that stigma against ex-abductees impacts on the girls’ prospects for choices in marriage as they seek to re-integrate in their communities of origin. Cultural and traditional perspectives stigmatise ex-abductees in the Acholi region as they are considered as ‘unacceptable’, ‘stained’ and therefore ‘unmarriageable’ women. Their ability to get married is adversely affected by the stigma of their association with the LRA; in turn, their un-marriageability hinders social and economic opportunities for recovery and reintegration for the Acholi ex-abductees. In principle, it would be possible for former male and female abductees to marry one another. Paradoxically, however, this is uncommon. This presentation explores the question of why ex-abductees do not marry each other. Drawing from an empirical qualitative study of abduction, forced marriage and reintegration experiences of fifty-seven female ex-abductees in Acholi sub region of Uganda, I will inquire into the cultural, social, and economic reasons why ex-abductees tend not to marry each other, and consider exceptions to this trend.