Thanks Mandy..... and I think you're absolutely (!?) right...... I think many people are attracted to others who in some way represent a parental figure from their childhood. The unconscious fantasy/wish is to have a corrective experience (I read about the corrective emotional experience that is supposed to happen with a good therapist......but I also relate to this from my own experiences)........but often the friendship goes sour if the childhood issues have not been resolved...or unless an appropriate (?) distance is kept.....or unless the person is well advanced in therapy

Yes doubts.......

Mandy