Friend Zoned

[countrygirl12]

According to Wikipedia: "In popular culture, the friend zone is a situation in which one member of a friendship wishes to enter into a romantic or sexual relationship, while the other does not. It is generally considered to be an undesirable situation for the rejected person.

The sense of zone is one of being stuck in an unwanted and distant relationship. The rejected person is said to have been put "in" the object of their affection's "friend zone". The concept of the friend zone has been criticized as misogynistic, because of a belief that the concept implies an expectation that women should have sex with men in whom they have no interest, simply because the men were nice to them. This is closely associated with so-called "nice guy syndrome"."

If you can respect their boundaries, you can stay friends.  If you can't, and keep trying to change their mind, then no, it's best for both of you to move along.

The "rejected person" is not rejected.  I just want to be friends. I am not interested in dating you.  So the issue seems to lie with the OP.  It is in your court.  You can respect that the other person doesn't want to date you but wants to be friends.  That is all.  If you can't deal with that then you need to just move on and let the whole thing go.

I understand you may be hurt especially if the other person may have done things to lead you to believe that there could or would be more.  Even so, things can happen and they realize they don't want to be in a relationship but they do still want to remain friends. But then again, it is still up to you at this point.

Their sexual overture is rejected.  Which is what 'friend-zoned' means.

I see that.  But then it goes back on the other person. You can be friends or you can get out of my life.  Your choice. But you do not have the right to talk bad about me or act like I am a bad person because I do not want a romantic relationship.

I was friends with a guy in HS that was so in love with me - lol - it was sickening.  He kept trying but he seemed to understand I was not interested in anything other than friends.  And we were friends until he moved away from the area.  If he came around today and we saw each other we would still talk as friends.

At the same time I have had guys like me that I was not interested in them and they got mad and didn't want to be friends if I did not want to act like a married couple.  smh

[countrygirl12]

What is friend zoned. Never heard that expression.

Read the other comments.

[beatsdrop]

It really depends, but I think that friendship will always be awkward, no matter what.