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Originally Posted by divine1966
Yes people certainly can care about others who are not family. I care for several people who I am not related to, close friends for example.
I have coworkers who are also my friends outside of with sgch as I see them outside of work hours, and I have coworkers who I am on very friendly terms but don’t see them outside of work. I have a coworker who i talk on the phone on occasion and we wouldn’t mind seeing each other in free time but time and distance makes it hard. So it all depends. There are variety of relationships in the world. Some are hard to define
I have to add that family members are not always blood related. Familial bonds aren’t always due to blood relation.
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True, Divine, about family. I apologize for over simplifying. Of course it's not always blood bonds. People marry, adopt, or simply form family cohorts outside of conventional meanings. I was just trying to give a simple definition to help the OP see the differences. Left out some important details in the process.
Work friends are still just coworkers, imo. I think it's possible that some people can be multiple things, like I have coworkers who are also friends. But if I call someone a work friend, it just means they are a coworker whom I happen to enjoy talking to more than other coworkers. It's someone you get through the day with, not someone you rely on. Imo.
Also, friends can be family and family may not always be friends.