Friend Zone?

[Angry Young and Red]

What are your experiences of the best ways to get out of the dreaded friend zone with persons you love? I mean, what methods are best, what places is the best to do it on etc? I feel that i'm pretty lacking at this. I mean, I've of course heard the cliche "show your interest", but it just feels pretty awkward.

What's your best experiences of good methods, fellow revleft-ers?

Sorry if what I wrote is pretty fuzzy btw.

[TheGodlessUtopian]

Usually it is just naturally chemistry but you might also want to try telling the other about your feelings; being direct is often the way to go.:)

[Comrade Samuel]

The friend zone is like the mafia my friend, you never get out.

[Prometeo liberado]

Start by watching MTV in much smaller doses than you currently do. Second, start by watching MTV in even smaller doses. Third, don't watch MTV anymore.:D

[Le Rouge]

The friend zone is like the mafia my friend, you never get out.

This.
Maybe physical contact can help you. But i guarantee nothing.

[Rafiq]

Friend zone doesn't happen as much as people think it does.

[Agent Ducky]

Friend zone doesn't happen as much as people think it does.

Yeah. Since it's the subject of a bunch of internet memes people think it happens all the time.

[black magick hustla]

i dont think the friendzone is real. i think it just means there isnt any attraction. one of my ex's left me for her friend of 20 years. just attempt to test the waters with physical contact, and see how she reacts. otherwise, i guess you have to do something drastic like not see her for a year and return jacked and beautiful or something

[Os Cangaceiros]

The friend zone is like the mafia my friend, you never get out.

That's not true at all.

This should probably be moved to Non-Political.

[gorillafuck]

That's not true at all.

This should probably be moved to Non-Political.
no, because you need to make a DIY time machine

[workersadvocate]

What maybe sucks is not even getting to friend zone. Such a terrible loss...for them!

[roy]

friend zone

The most caustic words to ever be put side by side in the English language.

[Renegade Saint]

Yeah. Since it's the subject of a bunch of internet memes people think it happens all the time.
When it happens to someone they don't care how frequent it is.

[ellipsis]

moved to non-poli. dont muck up diy with this sappy so and so.

[Agent Ducky]

When it happens to someone they don't care how frequent it is.

I'm not belittling the problem. I'm just expanding on Rafiq's point. >_>

[Obs]

I love how men place blame on women for not being able to attract them. If you can't get the girl, it's obviously because she friendzoned you, right? Not because you're a boring, uninteresting prat who's the kind of person who thinks "friendzone" is a real thing.

[Rafiq]

A lot of human to-be couples will, call the other a "best friend" initially to enter a sort of special personal space with them. A lot of.the times when I see "best friend" always used, they end up dating a week later.

Again, it happens sometimes, but you can never tell.

[gorillafuck]

A lot of human to-be couples will, call the other a "best friend" initially to enter a sort of special personal space with them. A lot of.the times when I see "best friend" always used, they end up dating a week later.

Again, it happens sometimes, but you can never tell.humans are a strange breed


I love how men place blame on women for not being able to attract them. If you can't get the girl, it's obviously because she friendzoned you, right? Not because you're a boring, uninteresting prat who's the kind of person who thinks "friendzone" is a real thing.if you were a boring uninteresting prat you would not be in the friend zone you'd be in the nothing zone. "friend zone" implies friendship (possibly in some sort of zone or specific territory? I'll look into that).

I always find it hilarious when supposed feminists talk about how it's sexist for men to complain about loneliness or unrequited feelings.

[Nox]

The only way you're going to be able to get out of the friendzone is to tell them straight up how you feel. But make sure you don't pressure them, e.g. say something like "I think I like you as more than a friend, but if you don't feel the same way that's fine we can stay as friends"

[JustMovement]

It depends. If you do tell them you risk losing a friend. But if they dont want to be your friend after that then they are probably not friends worth having.

From personal experience: I told a girl I fancied, but who was a quite close friend of mine, that I liked her. It wasn't fun but you just have to grab your balls/ovaries and get it over with. She said oh i had no idea and left it at that. We kept being friends, and then like 4-5 months later she asked me out.

The trick is to get it into his/her head and then they can at least consider it, which maybe they hadn't done before.

PS there def is a "friend-zone" it might be cliched but don't listen to people who tell you otherwise.

[svenne]

I've quite never understood why you want to be friend with a person you're in love with (but not the other way around). It's usually a road to heavy drinking, bad one night stands (with everybody besides the person you're in love with) and whining to your other friends. This is the best tip you'll all ever get: break up the friendship if the love thing doesn't work. You'll save yourself a lot of hours listening to The Smiths.

[GoddessCleoLover]

Depends upon the nature of the friendship, whether it is mutual or not. Seems that if one "friend" is actually enamored of the women then the friendship is not mutual and the result unlikely to be emotionally satisfying or beneficial. OTOH one might want to be up front about one feelings of love and then maintain the friendship in the hope of romance developing later.

[Ostrinski]

These things never turn out well, in my experience. Although my experience is not to be exported.