Quote Originally Posted by Furio View Post
I think you're confused. I wasn't referring to the word friendship but to the (miss)use of the word family.

Disclaimer: This is my opinion of course. Family is sacred where I'm from.
Fair enough, point taken.

I interpreted their comment as being more of a figure of speech. As in "these people are like family to me". I get your point, but its not uncommon for some people to refer to their best friends as being "like family".