Out of so many acquaintances met on mat leave I was thinking about the ones I’ve actually become friends with and some I’d like to become proper friends with. I think these are the steps from acquaintances to friends in my experience, would love to hear your thoughts
1 - sharing phone number or following each other on Insta
2 - setting a time to meet (1:1 or group setting but has to be Outside of any already shared activity like baby classes)
3 - start calling each other by their actual name
4 - hugging
Idk why the name thing is such a big deal but I recently realized I don’t call any of my acquaintances by their name, only friends!
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What do you call acquaintances?
I just don’t say their names for some reason. So for example where for a friend I would say like Hey Anna do you want to go xyz, for an acquaintance I’d say hey do you want to go xyz

Im cool with everything except 4 lol I have to be friends with someone for a long time before we’re hugging unless I’m congratulating them or consoling them