So much to say.. If your more physical or have more intimacy sexually with your friends or (friends with benefits) than your past relationships, or experience more love with each other then you have with past partners/relationships that to me says more about your past partners or relationships then your dynamic (were these relationships toxic, how was the communication in them ect). Everyone is different obviously, but I've had long term relationships and if I was able to look at my friendships and say they provide me more love and intimacy then my romantic relationships, then that would have been a shitty relationship. And this isn't to say I've not gotten more love from my friendships-but its not the same kind of love. As I said everyone is different, I've always made a point to keep sex out of my friendships. I think its important to have friends that aren't there for any kind of physical benefit they can give you (or visa-versa), it shows they're there for you regardless of what physical pleasure you may be able to give them: but I'm also someone that likes to reserve intimacy for romantic relationships as well. I mean the way you talk about your past relationships and even past friend group they sound extremely toxic. And I know you joked about it, but with how you all talk about each other: experiencing jealousy, sadness, anxiety when your not with one another-have you explored the idea that maybe this is an unhealthy codependent relationship? Or have you explored the other possibility: that maybe you should attempt an legitimate throuple relationship, not just out of friendship but with set boundaries in a committed romantic relationship with one another. I like hearing different views and perspectives as we as people all have, so these are just my thoughts-subscribed.