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This seems to be a clear case of you showing/sharing "fillial love" (greek: agape - Usually pronounced ah-guh-pay.) with your mates.
As long ago as ancient Greece it was known that you could love your comrades and friends, without wanting to fill any of their orrifices with semen.
The sticky, fun sort of love was known as "eros" and could be for a boy or a girl - but was clearly distinct from the love for a friend.
It strikes me that unless there is an element of sexual intimacy that you are not touching on in your first post, Mr F, what you have going on is agape rather than eros.
You have also descovered one of the few areas where English does not have the diversity of expression of other languages - we have only one word for love, so get confused explaining differing types.
I love my wife =/= I love my dog =/= I love my mates =/= I love cake
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