I don't think it's appropriate, no matter how innocent it may appear, for a client's life to become enmeshed with their T's life. The T's job is to provide you with objective professional help for your problem not be your buddy. And this professional help should be done in his/her office, not in a ballroom or Starbucks or whatever.

I would more than anything like to be my T's friend, but I know it would be wrong at so many levels.

I know I'm raining on a few parades here, but you should be thinking long and hard about what's really going on if your T is crossing boundaries.