Nodding Acquaintance

...it would be dependent on how awkward that " something " was...certain lines can't be crossed and require total disjunction..

Can't say this has happened to me! I am not friends with anyone who I have had an intimate relationship with (or anything else). Occasionally I have had to call the police to get rid of them because they are incapable of accepting its over. Never had to do that before, even installed cameras!!

I don't this is a gift or ability. it is more body language than anything else.

I have friends and acquaintances, that you look at their eyes that want you nod at them, not to anything more.

never quite understood that myself. if I don't nod at them, said " hello " to them, or wave at them. they get mad or simply walk away from me.

I just play by ear, or smile. if they actually knowledge as a friend or someone, they want to talk to. i let it happen or simple walk away.