G12 (AFP) / G12 (AEP)

We are a group of 12 guys called G12. We never named our group, it was others who started calling us by this name. We liked the name to the group and so we took it.

My Roommate in college hostel was not a member of G12 and he was always confused about the nature of the bonding between the members. He admired it as well as doubted our group. Many times he tried to ask me about these doubts and wanted me to define the relationship. The best I have answered is a smile as I was not sure what words to use to define it. I believe that one could only feel friendship.

Today, the college is over. One of my friend got married and the other is getting married today. I was able to make it to the first marriage even when I was called on a very short notice. However, circumstances are not always favorable, as such I was not able to make it to the second marriage in our group. I dropped a mail to him and thought that I will call him today to explain the same. He called me first and thrashed me for not coming and not informing it, this late. It is then I realized that I should have informed him a bit more in advance. I was not alone to have done this mistake. There were two other members that did the same. I think we had a different perception and did not look into the seriousness of informing late. After all, we are not married or engaged to understand it that well, it is a problem as well as gift with bachelorhood that created the issue; in short we were not responsible enough.

I think the mistake is ours and the best part was that he called and he called to scold. I am indeed sorry buddy. Your call actually helped to define one aspect of the bond; the bond that I understand but I have been struggling to define all these years.

If we consider the first Marriage as a point in timeline, I can put the topic as G12 (After First Marriage or After End of Purity), hence the topic of the post ‘G12 (AFP) / G12 (AEP)’.