Unbounded

So, as he was minding his own business that rainy Saturday afternoon, and more so the dreary hours, for his meeting, he passed by along the north gate corridor. A faint but quaint woman’s voice from behind called out his name and beckoned him.

Why, when he turned his head around, he immediately recognized the voice that followed him was a close blockmate of his back in undergraduate college. Hi’s and hellos were then exchanged and short catching ups. This Saturday’s turning out to be not so much a mundane experience after all.

But, what struck through his fragile mind, and quite frankly, disturbed him was the news that he got from her that another blockmate of his (her ex-boyfriend in fact) will become a father in a couple of moons from now. Imagine that. He even remembered that blockmate of his was about one and a half years younger than him.

Then, before the evening ended, as he was minding his own business again, trying to craft a piece into writing, he chanced upon another friend of his, back when he did his undergraduate practicum, in a social networking site. That friend of his, much to his shock, will also become a mother, in a few months from now. Imagine that. He then remembered distinctly that blockmate of his was also about a year and half younger than him.

Now, as much as he wants to be happy for his two friends, who are both twenty one years young as this is being put into writing, will become parents by the next quarter, soon to be celebrating whatever miracle (however they would like to define it) they would soon gaze into and embrace, it bothered him; it distraught him. What about his two other friends?

Whatever happened to Chastity and Values?