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If you're observing a couple of people, using body language, you can know whether they're close friends or just a couple of people who've just met. There are many sings that you could look for to know if two persons are close, but make sure you gather more than two signs in order to make sure. Those sings are as follows:

• Private distance: If two people are so close, in distance, to each other or when a group of people are keeping their private distance to a minimal then they're most probably very close to each other.
• Defensive position : Unless the person is suffering from another problem, it can be rare to find a person with folded arms if he's hanging with close friends.
• Touching : If you find two people who are really close in distance to each other, to the extent that their bodies are touching, then this is a strong indication that they can be close to each other.
• To add this up, you can say that if someone is standing away from a group, with his arms folded then he's probably a stranger to the group. But, if someone is close and has really open body language then he's most likely to be close friends with them.

As you've just seen, very slight changes to your body language can have a big effect on your relationships with people. In my book, How to make someone fall in love with you, I elaborated on how slight changes, such as keeping your back straight, can increase the chances of having people fall in love with you. The more confident you appear, the more attractive you will become, and nothing can make you appear more confident than a straight back.

Did that help?

Yes, but tell me more about the defensive posture

Ok, but you said that the private distance differs from one person to another, how do I know the allotted distance then?

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