@Finn dAbuzz,
Quote:Can a friendship be as close or closer than the relationship between siblings?
Yes
Quote:If so, how often does it happen?
I don't know. I have four siblings (living). All of my relationships with my siblings are open and strong. I know they'd do anything they could do for me, just as I'd do anything I could do for them. But of the four, only my relationship with one is as close or closer than that I have with my closest friends.
She is one of my favorite people, and I wouldn't trade our growing up experiences with each other for the world, but I think what makes us close moreso than shared experience is the fact that our personalities mesh.
In my experience I've found that to be a more common occurrence with people who are not my siblings, because even though I have those growing up experiences with four other people - that doesn't trump the facets of personality that determine how close, understood, familiar and comfortable someone feels with someone else.