Soul mates can be just that, there is nothing wrong with platonic love, is there?

I have several such friends, all male and each as dear to me as brothers. I've gone to lunch with them & hung out together without anyone feeling jealous. There was never any reason to be jealous. I lost two of them within the last three years, Randy & Jimmy; both Vietnam vets; both died of cancer, at least one proved related to Agent Orange. I loved them, and I miss them. They loved me, too.