What do you term as an Acquatince?

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For me it's people I talk to but I'm not too comfortable with. I don't consider someone a true friend until I can talk to them without feeling awkward or shy, and it can take a while too.

I've never been good at reading friendship. Only over time have I found that I 'm able to consider a particular person a friend. In my life I guess if I'm honest I've only ever had three friends. I have discovered that real friends call regularly, a reciprical sort of thing, are as genuinely interested in my interests and me as I am in them and their interests.
When I was much younger i had no idea. I thought anyone who was "friendly" to me was a real friend.
I find it very hard when people have an interest in common with me but are very different in their ethics.
Don't understand the concept of "networking" and find it really gets in the way of knowing if a person wants to really be a friend.Think it is "using" people and I have an ethical problem with this attitude.
I guess it is possible that someone who shows interest in you from a networking perspective could end up becoming a real friend ??! !
What do others think about this? Am I deluding myself?

I have a bad habit of thinking of someone as a friend when they only see me as an acquaintance. I can't tell them apart