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Originally Posted by RichardBrooks
Yes, the same statement or question can have different meanings depending on the nature of the relationship between two people, but how does one know where one stands with another person? Relationships tend to grow from acquaintanceship to casual friendship to close friendship, but how does that happen? How does one make the quantum leap from one level to the next, and how does one know when it's happened?
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I know this was a reply to Tisha but thought I'd add my 2 cents.
I don't think there are hard and fast rules about the levels of friendship, it's possible even when people are neurotypical for one person to feel they are closer friends with the other than the other feels.
However, when people are closer they tend to disclose more and more about themselves (personal things about their life) to the other, if it's two way it's safe to say that's a close friendship. If one does not disclose back that's a sign that they are not as close.
In a romantic sense of course there is also the physical side of touching - if a woman touches a man playfully it usually means she's interested. A lot of flirting is non-verbal, there is eye contact, then looking away briefly, looking back again also.