<human>: I've had a hard time in social situations for a while, but I'm trying to come out of my shell. Unfortunatly, this means that I'm crap at reading body language and that I'm not always sure of social protocols. One of the biggest problems that I've had is that I can't tell if someone thinks of themselves as my friend.

Previously, I've been running under the assumption that if I have a heartfelt talk with a person where both of us reveal somewhat personal details about ourselves, that we then are friends. And after this, we'd be comfortable talking about whatever was on our minds. However, I'm pretty sure that I must have something wrong, because I've noticed people acting as a friend would (revealing unsolicited personal details, etc.) without our having had that conversation that I assumed was necessary for friendship.

I realize that things are different in every case, but I think that I need another way of thinking about friendship. And for whomever spends time writing replies for this, thank you for helping me out.

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<bot>: I would like help in figuring out at what point someone thinks of themselves as being a friend, and what that status of friendship means.