Your life and all, but there are a lot of problems if you have a romantic relationship with someone in group. Friendships? Some therps frown on outside relationships of any kind. But frankly most therps at my group program have no problem with outside friendships. Some work, some don't. Just like any others. But you do take the chance of having some kind of problem in the relationship then trying to deal with being around that person if you want to stay at group. Something to think about.

I have a very good friend that I met in group therapy over 20 years ago, actually lived with her for 20 years and even though she's married now and we both live a Lon way away from each other, we talk nearly every day. Will always care and lived her. All my friends I have were/are from my current group. I found out the hard way that sometimes, even if they appear stable in group, there are usually reasons that you might not be aware of that they are in group for to begin with. And you have to be careful. But I wouldn't change my other friends for all the world. I don't regret the friendship I made with the one that didn't work out. He helped me a lot, and I'll always be grateful, but I just can't be with him so he can focus on getting better.