I don't know if I could be friends with her. On the exterior, we have a playful, friendly dynamic that is similar to my friendships. We poke fun at each other and have some inside jokes. But at the core of the relationship is a very firmly rooted mother/daughter type relationship. She is quite maternal and I desperately want her to take that mother figure role and I don't see how we'd ever be able a true, healthy friendship. I just don't know how you could change that dynamic once it is established. I guess if we resolved the maternal transference... but I still don't think I'd ever be able to stop viewing her as a mother figure.