Not Friends for life, Brothers

When I was rushing, the common theme presented to me was that the brothers you gain when joining a fraternity, are brothers for life. I did not realize what they were talking about until now. My first day of pledging, I met 21 other guys whom I knew I would be spending much of the following 8 weeks with. We casually exchanged names and started the process of getting to know each other. After a week or so I still had no clue what the brothers were talking about when they said these guys would be my best friends. Finally one day I realized what they meant. Pledging is no easy task by any standards. The difficulty of pledging though, is what creates the lasting bond between a person and his pledge brothers. Soon I started acting like I had known these 21 other guys since I was a child. They already seemed like my brothers after a couple weeks and these relationships continued to grow to this day. When rushing, I often heard the phrase, "you guys will be front row at each others wedding". Let me tell you, there is no way I'm having a small wedding with all the guys I have to invite. There is no question in my mind that ten, twenty, even thirty years from now I will still be able to call these guys my brothers. Sure I may lose touch with many of them through the game of life, but we will never lose that bond. These friendships I have made, are ones worth keeping. There is no doubt these 21 guys will be at my wedding when I finally decide to settle down. The most important question though is not who to choose as my best man, but can I have 21?