"Friend zone" is just when you'll never be anything more than a friend to somebody your interested in. It has nothing to with starting as friends or mutual attraction

by Anonymous 1 year ago

"Like her brother, or a lamp."

by Anonymous 1 year ago

I love lamp

by Anonymous 1 year ago

Real

by Anonymous 1 year ago

"I don't want to be a lamp…"

by Anonymous 1 year ago

Yeah I petition for it to be called the "no-date zone". Friendship has no impact on this zone lol

by Anonymous 1 year ago

It's called the friend zone because the context is usually, "I don't wanna date but we can be friends". It's literally the friendzone, either way it's more of a sitcom concept and isn't something you should care about irl

by Anonymous 1 year ago

OP seems to use his own definitions. \- "*What's monogamy? Being single, because mono means one.*"

by Anonymous 1 year ago

This absolutely happens in real life. It sucks but it's normal. And it can be quite painful for the one with romantic feelings. What isn't real though is the trope that women will friendzone "nice guys" so they can abuse them. That's just some incel nonsense.

by Anonymous 1 year ago

Women absolutely do this to men. Men do it to women also, aka the "he was just using me and never wanted a relationship" guy.

by Anonymous 1 year ago

Not nearly as much as internet neckbeards would like you to think. It's fairly uncommon.

by Anonymous 1 year ago

Lol no yeah that also absolutely happens in real life. Do you think manipulative people don't exist? It happens everywhere. It's just not a female-specific problem

by Anonymous 1 year ago

Of course it happens. Just not at the frequency that incels would like to believe.

by Anonymous 1 year ago

Many "nice guys" (aka socially anxious men who are afraid to make a move on women) put themselves in the friend zone. They like a woman, but do not have the balls to actually let her know, and so they just act super friendly and nice towards her and end up becoming her friend all the while secretly wanting more and dying inside. That's why you should *always* shoot your shot when you like someone. It's better to ruin a potential friendship than to be in the friend zone and being tormented in the dark recesses of your soul and wondering what "might be" without ever actually doing anything to find out.

by Anonymous 1 year ago

Very true. And most "nice guys" aren't all that nice. They're bitter, angry, and blame women for not throwing themselves at them. I've been told by loads of women that I'm "nice" yet I've never had struggles with dating. I'm not particularly attractive but I know how to flirt and be funny.

by Anonymous 1 year ago

False. I was friendzoned many times in highschool.

by Anonymous 1 year ago

It does. Its called the friend zone because you are limited to the title of "friend"

by Anonymous 1 year ago

 Petition denied.

by Anonymous 1 year ago

I too make up my own definitions so internet strangers can make fun of me…

by Anonymous 1 year ago

You must be a woman, only someone who has never had to put themselves on the line to ask out someone they like would not understand this concept.

by Anonymous 1 year ago

These are foundationally asymmetrical relationships that are not friendships and tend to be exploitative. The rejector often feeds the ego off of the humiliation meted out through rejection. Proximity to someone who is rejecting you can be profoundly damaging to one's self-esteem.

by Anonymous 1 year ago

That isnt "friend zone" or "friend zoning" someone, thats called leading someone on.

by Anonymous 1 year ago

Yikes

by Anonymous 1 year ago

People who allow themselves to be friend zoned are the kind of people who watched movies like When Harry Met Sally, thinking that if a man and woman are friends long enough, then feelings will develop. The problem is that those situations are very rare. If someone you're kinda almost dating says that they'd rather just be friends. You have two options. One is be their friend and never ever consider the possibility that they will ever be interested in you romantically. The other is if you can't be their friend because your romantic feelings are too strong, or you just have no interest in being their friend, say the most polite thing to end the "friendship" and never speak to them again if you can help it.

by Anonymous 1 year ago

Yeah this is why it's good to let people know your feelings sooner rather than later. Much easier to just not consider them an option and keep being friends when you haven't been stewing in your feelings for them for months.

by Anonymous 1 year ago