I certainly could have, and did, imagine it when I was in therapy. Early on we established we had lots of things in common. We both have a wicked since of humor, inadequate mothers, and fathers that did not protect us from our inadequate mothers. I wanted to be her friend, but she made it clear that she could not be my friend and my therapist. Right now she was my therapist. Is there a possibility? Did I hear we might be able to be friends? Yes, we would revisit the question upon termination.