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[–]Red_Woody 274 points275 points ago

I thought I could go one day without seeing a Friendzone post on here.

[–]RamblinWreckGT 104 points105 points ago

You poor, poor fool.

[–]Red_Woody 41 points42 points ago

[–]RamblinWreckGT 28 points29 points ago

Stay strong, the "victims" of the friendzone will surely mature some day.

But then, sadly, new ones will come along.

[–]Red_Woody 23 points24 points ago

As long as middle school and high school exist in the US.

[–]Whenthenighthascome 1 point2 points ago

Until we wander the vast wastes of the American landscape with nothing but motorcycles, ATV's, and bats.

[–]muntoo 4 points5 points ago

Thankfully, Muslim terrorists shall put an end to that. Long live Obama!

[–]Red_Woody 22 points23 points ago

[–]McNally_52 5 points6 points ago

Where can I purchase this glorious item?

[–]cheat2win 1 point2 points ago

[–]TheMightyBarabajagal 1 point2 points ago

That's nothing, just wait till Skyrim releases horse armor as it's first DLC...

[–]im_too_literal 4 points5 points ago

One day, they'll invent a reasonably-priced sexbot, and then all of these friendzone posts will be a bad memory.

[–]Red_Woody 4 points5 points ago

"Friendzone-bot 9000 said she couldn't see me as more than a human!"

[–]DrDragun 8 points9 points ago

Which way is the bandwagon going these days? Are the anti-friendzonist comments the correct way to farm karma now? A lot changes in 3 months...

[–]Red_Woody 10 points11 points ago

I don't care about the karma points. I just comment my genuine thoughts.

[–]IdioticReplies 9 points10 points ago

Downvote for having your own thoughts.

[–]Red_Woody 2 points3 points ago

Are you a brain slug?

[–]themagictortoise 4 points5 points ago

Good one.

[–]CranberryBogMonster 6 points7 points ago

What does that even mean? That the people perpetually stuck in middle school, still believing in a "friendzone", are some oppressed ideological group that others are circlejerking against? Yeah sure. Not like there could just be a general consensus that it's a childish idea.

Just like that damn bandwagon everyone jumps on about hangnails and ice cream headaches being bad. Sheeple, jeez!

[–]ohthedaysofyore 4 points5 points ago

Of course a Cranberry Bog Monster wouldn't understand.

[–]DrDragun 2 points3 points ago

The earliest I saw the friend zone thing was a Chris Rock routine in 1996. When it's used for humor (which most people do), it's funny. It's like "aww I was trying to put some moves on, took a wrong turn somewhere, and ended up in the friend zone".

Somewhere along the line, the tone changed from self-deprecating to being more nasty toward the girl which is where this stupid middle school backlash going back and forth comes from. And people who pick a trench on one side or the other and make super serious comments about it are ridiculous.

But the original "I'm a dude who just can't catch a break" tone and humor related to the friendzone are still funny.

[–]yAlt 9 points10 points ago

Source?

[–]sty1emonger 9 points10 points ago

Man, wth. I'm SICK of the frowning-African stereotype!!

[–]wheresmyhouse 3 points4 points ago

[–]Fricktitious 2 points3 points ago

I like how you can help other people home, but you can't find your own.

[–]wheresmyhouse 1 point2 points ago

Kinda poetic when you put it that way.

[–]waspsmacker 33 points34 points ago

Where is this from originally? I keep seeing it pop up.

[–]napalomo 158 points159 points ago

Someone took frames from a video and made a .gif

[–]seahuston 131 points132 points ago

The complete lack of help contained in this reply has me laughing out loud at something I read on the internet for the first time in a long while. Thanks.

[–]knotty8 21 points22 points ago

Thanks, I wouldn't have noticed how stupid/brilliant his comment was if you hadn't pointed it out :)

[–]10Cat 7 points8 points ago

ಠ_ಠ

[–]Spazit 1 point2 points ago

http://tinieblas.soup.io/post/198820686/Image

That is as close to a source as I could get and looks like someone silly tumbler.

[–]Paradoxius 8 points9 points ago

I think this is a good place to air this:

I don't like it when people say "this girl rejected me and said we should still be friends; I'm in the friendzone." No, you're not. You've been rejected. She doesn't want you.

The friendzone is when a man or woman becomes the friend of an man or woman that they are romantically attracted to, and they cannot make the relationship romantic.

If she (or he) says she doesn't want to date you, congrats, you're out of the friendzone.

Welcome to the rejected zone.

[–]visplaneoverflow 0 points1 point ago

There is no such thing as the "friend zone". There are just incredibly creepy, passive-aggressive manchildren. A whole hell of a lot them.

[–]AduroNox 74 points75 points ago

At that point you say, "well, okay then." And you take your man-power and leave her in the 'missed your chance' zone.

[–]doodledeer 26 points27 points ago

I am really loving this anti-friendzone stuff. Really if someone cannot appreciate you the way you deserve, you cannot force them to love you and you do yourself and them a disservice by sitting around hoping they'll notice you eventually. It's a big pond of fish, and you won't be able to see the school if you're focussed on one. Clichés and platitudes over.

[–]RamblinWreckGT 15 points16 points ago

"There may be plenty of fish in the sea, but until I catch one I'm stuck holding my rod."

[–]doodledeer 5 points6 points ago

Unlike the friendzone in which you gently and then at other times frantically wave your rod in front of the fish you want, in fact scaring it away rather that drawing it in? Yeah, I'll hang on to my rod thanks. Polish it up so when the right fish comes it's all ready... and by rod I mean personality here. Don't be dirty!

[–]NZ_yeah_baby 0 points1 point ago

Sometimes there just aren't many fish in the pond. Life after college/life in a small town != the cornucopia that higher education provides.

[–]Ron_DeGrasse_Gaben 28 points29 points ago

Or you beat up the bouncer, show her you have crazy fighting skills, make her realize your in a room alone with her and there is no escape, pin her down with a crazy look in her eyes and smile creepily so she pisses her pants, slowly breathe on her navel then get up and walk out.

It's not the destination, it's all about the journey.

[–]AduroNox 10 points11 points ago

Or... That

[–]cuddlyogre 7 points8 points ago

It's the implication.

[–]Hristix 62 points63 points ago

Alright guys and girls, friendzoning is a spectrum. It isn't one single thing. It can be caused by any combination of personal flaws or flaws in the other person. To hear people speak definitively that friendzoning is because you're a beta male or a shitty guy that thinks women owe them sex or because a girl is manipulative annoys me. It's like saying 'cancer is cancer, it's all the same!'

Nope.

Not how it works.

There are plenty of cases where a guy has been told clearly and repeatedly by a girl that she isn't interested. He is stupid to pursue for anything more than a short time frame. There are also plenty of cases where girls lead guys on for emotional support while they go after their real romantic interests. This isn't all the guy's fault. This isn't all the girl's fault. It happens, and it happens for a lot of different reasons.

[–]Sappharos 25 points26 points ago

You're talking logically about relationships. You must not be from around here.

[–]KallistiEngel 26 points27 points ago*

I also just want to add that it's not just guys that get friendzoned (despite what 90% of the posts on reddit will have you believe). I'm a guy and I've friendzoned a few girls who were after me. They're cool people and I'd like to keep them around as friends, but I'm just not interested in them in a romantic or sexual sort of way.

There are also plenty of cases where girls lead guys on for emotional support while they go after their real romantic interests.

I've seen a couple situations like that as an outsider and felt sorry for the poor bastard. One of those times I recall the topic of sex came up at some point and it was made clear that this girl has sex with guys from time to time (though she identifies as lesbian), and that her friend was very interested in her but she had never had sex with him. The words "maybe some day!" actually left her mouth. It was kind of painful to see how completely she had him wrapped around her finger with no intention of ever being involved with him.

I have also seen the stereotypical situation of a guy getting pissy when his female friend isn't interested in him and being overly persistent.

So yes, it's a very complicated thing and people try to oversimplify it.

[–]Hristix 0 points1 point ago

Yeah, it can work either way. When I've friendzoned chicks, they've always stopped talking to me and I never heard from them again. Usually only minutes after them telling me what a great guy I am that isn't shallow and doesn't just want sex and by the way I should sleep with them.

[–]sejkorat 1 point2 points ago

b-b-b-b-but how am i supposed to sound like a strong but sensitive guy online if i dont bash other guys who say theyre friendzoned? i would most certainly never do such a thing, i'm an alpha male who actually CARES about the women i have sex with and then stop talking to!

[–]random988 1 point2 points ago

So "being friendzoned" = "girl was never interested in the first place .. at all" ?

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[–]NZ_yeah_baby 5 points6 points ago

You might want to be a bit clearer in expressing your point.

[–]G_Comstock 3 points4 points ago

I'm not 100% sure if you are agreeing or questioning the statement (oh the darned ambiguity of the elipse!)

If the later, then yes, I think so. Gaining emotional support from someone (opposite sex or otherwise) is of course A-ok. Its the basis for the vast majority of platonic relationship which in turn make up the vast majority of relationships.

Leading someone on, that is to say, being purposfully dishonest regarding your intentions is manipulative and self-centrered and therefore a behviour pattern worthy of condemnation.

It comes down to treating people as ends in themselves rather than means, which in itself is an specific expression of the golden rule.

[–]CarryGaurd 0 points1 point ago

I keep on meaning to make a novelty account that mimics the contrived intellectualism like this shit.

[–]bannister4102 315 points316 points ago

saying no... THE NERVE OF THAT WOMAN! he is clearly owed sex!

[–]dontlemmedown 108 points109 points ago

Where can I get a personal bouncer like that?

[–]bannister4102 61 points62 points ago

I mean...probably like a regular body guard agency

[–]SpecCRA 28 points29 points ago

I think this person just wants someone to carry around the rope and take it out when someone unwanted approaches.

[–]spokenthought 90 points91 points ago

The nope rope.

[–]Vintagejosh 17 points18 points ago

That would be the private roping off sexual advances association.

[–]solidsnake2730 7 points8 points ago

Or PRSAS for short.

[–]AculticFly 7 points8 points ago

FTFY - Or PRSAA for short.

[–]bannister4102 -1 points0 points ago

Yeah I mean, a body guard would probably do that if you paid them enough

[–]mifune_toshiro 3 points4 points ago

I believe when working in that capacity they are referred to as "Booty Guards."

[–]bannister4102 0 points1 point ago

oh my mistake. thanks

[–]randomdebater 2 points3 points ago

Sorry, they can't be sold inside the friendzone.

[–]ObidiahWTFJerwalk -1 points0 points ago

You know she's doing that bouncer, right?

[–]Circlejerk_Leak 38 points39 points ago

THIS. I mean, it's like they don't even notice nice guys like me even though I pour kindness into them like a bank and expect sex to come out.

[–]MyFavoriteMarlin 34 points35 points ago

I... Don't think you understand how banks work?

[–]RamblinWreckGT 16 points17 points ago

Maybe you've just been going to the wrong banks.

[–]FISH_MASTER 7 points8 points ago

Buddy...the wank bank doesn't count

[–]Hyperian 1 point2 points ago

it's easy to make real money and hire hookers.

[–]PatAunces 3 points4 points ago

Yeah I saw that submission on Reddit too!

[–]tonyp2121 1 point2 points ago*

I dont think thats how many people who are "friendzoned" think. At least thats not how I do, its more like, "They dont even notice nice guys like me, even though I pour kindness into them like a bank and expect a romantic relationship to come out."

Not everyone is in it for the sex, others want a partner.

[–]wtiger46 14 points15 points ago

That's just as bad

[–]realberbersilver 5 points6 points ago

Exactly. Expecting someone to love you because you're nice to them is just as misguided as expecting them to have sex with you.

[–][deleted] 7 points8 points ago

Women aren't objects, you don't "win" them. You can't give women things and expect a romanticism because of it. That is really weird. That pattern of thought is the reason you are even able to be friend zoned in the first place. The only men that are "friend zoned" are needy and creepy. Beyond that creepy/needy minority the rest of us don't even comprehend the idea of "friend zone." Having a female friend that is nothing more than platonic is not being "friend zoned."

[–]doublenegative0 2 points3 points ago

what could a 13 year-old know about such matters?!

but in all seriousness, this 13-year old knows a lot about such matters.

[–]spazmunt 4 points5 points ago

Are you actually that stupid?

[–]Wargall 2 points3 points ago

Except in this case that's pretty much what she was hinting at.

[–][deleted] 5 points6 points ago

Or it was just the image that the guy perceived. It's all a phantasm.

[–]KrazyEyezKilla 0 points1 point ago

Annnnd here's this comment, easiest karma you can make.

[–]BlackZeppelin -2 points-1 points ago

I'm a doctor and I'm gonna prescribe you one chill pill.

[–]BrotherDamascus 120 points121 points ago

Is there a way I can auto-downvote any post that contians the word "friendzone"?

[–]a_haar 15 points16 points ago

I'm not sure I quite follow.

[–]muntoo 16 points17 points ago

settings console->Filters->filteReddit->Keywords

Now, just +add filter with the text "friendzone".

[–]knylok 88 points89 points ago

Wait. Did you just 'friendzone' the word 'friendzone'?

[–]caseyfw 22 points23 points ago

Nah, friendzoning would be reading all the links, but never upvoting them.

[–]dontlemmedown 3 points4 points ago

And downvoting them when they seem most likely to make a move to the front page.

[–]DrunkenPadawan 0 points1 point ago

Hey, some redditors actually do that.

[–]SerratusAnterior 1 point2 points ago

I think I just friendzoned your comment.

[–]sol- 66 points67 points ago

No. That's fucking stupid.

[–]TheMightyBarabajagal 1 point2 points ago

[–]RelationshipCreeper 2 points3 points ago

No! That's not punitive enough. I need to take away somebody's internet points! >:(

[–]muntoo 0 points1 point ago

Luckily, they're worth $0.00 USD each.

[–]Circlejerk_Leak 0 points1 point ago

ctrl f "Reddit Enhancement Suite spam"

Faith in dissapoint diez evrtim

[–]jersully 5 points6 points ago

No, you'll need to recruit legions. Sign me up, gunny!

[–]ThatsSciencetastic 1 point2 points ago

Just do it manually like the rest of us.

[–]muntoo 1 point2 points ago

Yes... manually.

[–]BrotherDamascus 0 points1 point ago

... Are you hiding something from me?

[–][deleted] 1 point2 points ago

while we are at it can we get rid of the

 "My Dad/Mum/Brother/Sister/Pet/Local Politician/Nephew/Niece/Acquaintance/Chemistry Teacher 
 Died N years ago - give me karma and attention you shit cocks."

?

[–]vjgx 4 points5 points ago

Upvoted for the great gif, not for the friendzone title.

[–]Wenfield42 22 points23 points ago

I normally hate Friendzone posts, but this gif is funny.

[–]CatfishRadiator 7 points8 points ago

I agree. The huge amount of friendzone backlash in this thread is really unwarranted.

[–]drunkandhittingonyou 31 points32 points ago

It's not a friend-zone. It is a person who does not verbalize what they are looking for and has assumed unrealistic expectations from a person.

It is solely up to you if you decide to stick around if you feel the friendship is worth it or not, no one is forcing you to stay.

Plus you are male, therefore you start things as friendship, then wish to upgrade to a relationship because you start falling or whatever reason, and probably never made your intentions clear to begin with.

News shock, that is not how females work. Women view friendship and romance as two very separate things. She's already decided from first impression if you are romance material or not, and if you are not but not a total douche you get dropped into the friend bucket. So you were "friend-zoned" long before your delayed reaction to grow some balls and put the moves on her anyways

You falsely assumed the girl knew that you were trying to upgrade from a friendship to a romantic relationship, so when rejected, you felt that the girl was abusing the pre-romantic part of the relationship.

Girls are guilty too. They assume that a guy only wants a friendship then get butthurt when they find out it was more, then reject said guy then they feel betrayed and think the entire friendship was an attempt to get in their pants thus damaging the friendship.

This is why friend zoned males think the female is a manipulative bitch, and friend zoned females think that guys are only nice to her to get sex and care about nothing else.

Being butthurt by rejection also makes you come off as not suitable for a romantic relationship anyways because who wants to date that?

You make your intentions clear from the start, you continue to pursue those intentions, if it doesn't work out you settle for the friendship or move on, no one is keeping you there, problem solved.

[–]knotty8 11 points12 points ago

It's not a friend-zone...

Women view friendship and romance as two very separate things. She's already decided from first impression if you are romance material or not

I think you just explained what the friend-zone is. But it's not exclusive to girls. And there's also the lovers-but-not-loved-zone, which I suspect girls get stuck in more than guys.

[–]drunkandhittingonyou 2 points3 points ago

It's all just a misunderstanding of communication and how the opposite sex thinks and perceives

Lovers but not loved, is someone not being honest that all they are looking for is sex.

Complete honesty is always the best way to evolve any relationship. If they don't like what you say honest; they simply wouldn't make a good match anyway.

[–]drunkandhittingonyou 2 points3 points ago

I suppose lovers but not loved can occur with fuck buddies if one develops feelings but the other doses not.

To avoid feelings fuck buddies need to spend minimal time together and just keep it to the unemotional type of sex

[–]koolkid005 1 point2 points ago

Lovers but not loved, is someone not being honest that all they are looking for is sex.

Sometimes it is also people not being honest with themselves that what they want is actually more than sex but not communicating it with the other person.

[–]knotty8 0 points1 point ago

True, but when you want companionship+sex, you probably don't care about being a perfect match.

[–]MrAlterior 1 point2 points ago

Lol, the friendswithbenefitszone. Nice.

[–]delightordelirium 9 points10 points ago

News shock, that is not how females work. Women view friendship and romance as two very separate things. She's already decided from first impression if you are romance material or not

I dunno, I'm a girl and I absolutely prefer to be friends with a guy before any romantic relationship is initiated. I mean you have to get to know them, imo. But really all women are different just like all men are different and we can't make sweeping generalizations about either sex-

Plus you are male, therefore you start things as friendship

Things aren't nearly that clean-cut.

[–]godisanatheist69 2 points3 points ago

Walk out of the room.

[–]von_neumann 2 points3 points ago

Was friendzoned once, loved it. Every time I took her out it drove all the girls crazy that I was there with another hot babe. They fell all over me. What are you guys whining about?

[–]Siderealcat 2 points3 points ago

I see a lot of this on reddit. People saying "friendzone" as if it is a bad thing. What's so wrong with being friends with someone without having sex?

[–]StanimaJack 4 points5 points ago

I never comment on the 'friend-zoned' posts, but I think I'll make an exception this once. As "cruel" as it sounds guys, if you become friends with a girl in hopes to date and she declines and 'friend-zones' you...move on. Drop it. SHUT IT DOWN.

Why you ask? That is selfish and cruel? Fine, go on and continue to act "cool" and unfazed with the trips to the mall and everyday text/talk. Until of course you flip out from the pangs of unrequited love and crash your emotional roller coaster fireball onto the poor girl and CRUSH the already fragile friendship into a fine powder.

It will be sad. It's going to hurt, but you'll still have your sanity. If you choose to balls up and explain this to her that you need your space then perhaps after your feelings for her pass, and they will, you can be friends again.

Downvotes or not, I stand by my statements.

/rant

TL;DR: Got friendzoned? Get moving, and don't forget the whiskey.

[–]CatfishRadiator 6 points7 points ago

You and the 15 comments above you are saying the same thing. Is everybody on Reddit a licensed friendzone psychiatrist now or something? The gif is funny. All this macho get out of the friendzone now self help shit is getting really tiresome.

[–]Adzmodean 1 point2 points ago

I was friend-zoned for years as a teenager. Then when I was 18 I thought, "fuck this, I'm getting laid" So I made a conscious decision and ditched her for a year and met a few nice girls. Went back to being friends with a huge grin on my face and hardly a thought of more (she was still banging hot though). After a couple of years she started deteriorating rapidly (craziness, drugs, weight gain) so it was a bullet dodged. Looking back now 10 years later I can say that being friend-zoned was possibly the best thing that happened to me.

TL:DR The Friend-Zone prevented me putting my dick in crazy.

[–]VaginalAstronaut 53 points54 points ago

Fuck this friendzone shit. Go be passive-aggressive somewhere else you soggy excuse of a man.

[–]nativeofspace[S] 23 points24 points ago

Look I'm gonna be honest here... I just didn't know what else to call the .gif which apparently caused a whole thread of friendzone hatred. In retrospect it was quite entertaining to read and I regret nothing.

[–]talsmic 3 points4 points ago

Honestly, I wish every girl that had the ovaries to say no to pushy douches had this guy to throw up the velvet rope. I hate the friendzone entitlement but laughed hard at this post.

[–]DrunkenPadawan 2 points3 points ago

Live your life in a good way, and live by that rule justly. Regret nothing. Just don't do no bad shit, yo!

[–]vaginal_cream 2 points3 points ago

VaginalAstronaut and nativeofspace, too good to be true.

[–]TarBarrel 14 points15 points ago

What just happened here?

For a long time 'friendzone'-based circlejerking was easy+50 to karma for all participants and now out of nowhere this thread is full of "FUCK THIS FRIENDZONE BULLSHIT" rage.

Did some popular blogger wrote antifriendzone article and now it's out of fashion?

Not that I mind, I'm just curious what caused this sudden change.

[–]MrAlterior 15 points16 points ago

I seem to recall a ranty post that made it to /r/bestof recently that talked about how the term friendzone is how society demonizes the women who say no, whereas the term slut is the way society demonizes the women who say yes. iirc there were other points in there that started talking about the other disgusting ways reddit is fairly anti-women.

So yea, given the recent association of friendzone with misogyny, there's going to be some friendzone stigma for a while I imagine. Plus it's a little annoying to hear about assholes on reddit complain about how they're so "nice" (note the quotation marks) to women all the time but they're always getting friendzoned.

Would be nice for Reddit to be tolerant on the whole towards women and other races and other religious views etc.. you know.. that forward thinking place we all seem to think we're in already. Not saying we're not already, just if we are, we're pretty shit about voicing and/or supporting a distaste for said intolerance.. that might be changing.

[–]AlphaEnder 3 points4 points ago

If I may say something here...

The only time I consider myself friendzoned or someone friendzoned is when there's an obvious advance made by the girl and she denies it. Technically this isn't friendzoning, but rather "playing hard to get"/being a bitch. I say that without venom. If you make advances towards someone, get their hopes up, and then dash them just because you can, all the while stating that you are just friends, then I believe the other person has a reason to be angry.

However, just because you're someone's friend and YOU are attracted to them doesn't a) mean they reciprocate the attraction, or b) are required to reciprocate the attraction by some arcane dating rule.

In other words, have some class

Edit: that being said, if I was in a hotel room with a girl and she laid down all seductively, then told me no when I tried to do something, I would be fairly confused and hurt.

[–]MrAlterior 1 point2 points ago

Yup yup, I was just pointing out the rant and it's association of the term friendzone with demonisation of women/entitlement of men and the likely resulting trend of beliefs to that effect. I don't for a minute believe that's what the friendzone is about. For me the friendzone is just where you're at when you want to have more than a friendship with someone who wants to be friends (not a male exclusive zone). Desire never infers entitlement obviously. Further, people who are classless dicks (metaphorically speaking), especially knowingly, deserve people mad at them. ;D

[–]AlphaEnder 2 points3 points ago

Exactly. I believe friendzone is a real thing that can be extremely painful for people. It also tends to happen more to people who really aren't great at expressing feelings, due to shyness, social awkwardness, fear of losing a friend, etc. As a term, it has been weaponized recently and as such has a backlash from most sane people.

OP mentioned somewhere in here that he couldn't think of a better term for it than friendzone, and left it at that. I laughed my ass off just because it was a funny scenario.

[–]sirisaacnuton 4 points5 points ago

Well, this post was about +1200 karma apparently (as of this writing), so clearly the opinion hasn't swung the other way among users as a whole. But apparently the people who are active enough to actually post comments are mostly sick of it.

[–]okaylol 0 points1 point ago

soggy excuse of a man

gold.

[–]tonyp2121 3 points4 points ago

I never truly understand the "friend zone." I'm in it as of now but I dont understand why we need a word for a women rejecting you. if you dont want to pursue an actual friendship thats fine, but dont hold onto this hope that somehow, some way, she is going to figure out your the guy for her. Either remain good friends or move on.

[–]random988 0 points1 point ago

So all would be solved if girls get better at detecting that a guy is interested in her and subtly reject him ASAP if she isn't interested, and guys recognising such rejection and the fact that nothing is ever going to come of it.

[–]pincle620 1 point2 points ago

for some reason it gets funnier the more it replays

[–]brunesgoth 1 point2 points ago

At first glance did anyone else think the black guy whipped out a lightsaber?

[–]Dutch8az 1 point2 points ago

what video does this gif come from?

[–]niccimomo 1 point2 points ago

the friend zone isn't as complicated as men think. and a lot of the time, the guy isn't paying attention to what the girl wants because he is so caught up in trying to get with her. idk. this girl right here gives a very valid point on it http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=0hlGqaHm7D4

[–]Air_whig 1 point2 points ago

Yeah, usually there is a black guy with glasses and suit blocking me too. :.(

[–][deleted] 1 point2 points ago

Fortunately for many of us we realize that the "friend zone" is an imaginary thing/place where "nice guys" like to pretend they go. Women aren't objects or possessions. They don't need to be "figured out" or "cracked."

[–]Surfacetovolume 0 points1 point ago

We are actually a lot like regular people.

[–]NRG0329 11 points12 points ago

Women are not machines that you insert kindness coins into for sex. This "friendzone" trend has officially become the new sandwich joke. Get some new material, fellas.

[–]Jisaw 8 points9 points ago*

The "friendzone" has moved its goalposts over the years. It used to be about being a nice guy that doesn't make his romantic intentions known before the girl thinks of him as only a friend. I don't know where this new "friendzone" of cowardly guys obsessing over a girl for years, being incredibly nice to her and expect sex in return has come from. That used to just be called "pathetic."

Edit: I forgotted a few words.

[–]MrAlterior 1 point2 points ago

Na, friendzone is just where sex is desired by one party, while the other party for whatever reason doesn't share that desire, instead preferring a platonic relationship. Girls get friendzoned too.

The guy in your example above does get friendzoned, cause you know, wanted sexytimes, friend has trouble seeing him as anything more than friend because he's acted so non-sexually towards her for so long.

[–]Jisaw 4 points5 points ago

This is what I mean by "moved goalposts." The meaning has changed. The friendzone used to not be solely about sex. It's now about a horny guy who wants to diddle his good friends, when it used to mean a sort of barrier or "countdown" of when it's appropriate to hit on a girl/guy that one is attracted to. You hit the bullseye on your second paragraph, however,

[–]MrAlterior 0 points1 point ago

Haha, good friends are the best ones to diddle, provided they share desire.

[–]schoolsterz 10 points11 points ago

While I understand just being nice to a girl doesnt mean they owe you sex by any means, but I also understand the frustration of being nice and interested in a girl and she picks a guy that's a total douche to her over you. There's two sides of the coin, so yea....no one likes sandwich jokes.

[–]Jisaw 14 points15 points ago

That's not really friendzoning, though. That's just a girl who has a different taste in men that she wants for sex vs friend.

[–]coaster367 1 point2 points ago

But when they say "Oh I want a guy just like you" but go for the douche, that's when the double standard happens.

[–]Jisaw 3 points4 points ago*

Does this happen often? I've been friendzoned by many women in my teenage years for thinking that if I could present myself as a good guy they'd eventually come to their senses and realize I was a good longterm mate. I've never heard these words. This is anecdotal evidence so it should be taken with a grain of salt, but it sounds like if a girl says this, she's just a bitch.

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[–]Jisaw 0 points1 point ago

I love salt, and your response was worth its salt (ha?). Still, although you may hold those girls in high regard, isn't is just possible that they're jerks? Or, more likely, trying to compliment you at the same time as turning you down? There are many, many factors in choosing a longterm partner.

Here's some more salt; I've probably "friendzoned" more women than have "friendzoned" myself. It wasn't always due to physical attraction, although this is true in many cases. More often than not, it was due to a personality flaw. She thought History was a worthless subject, she hated reading books, she wanted to be a housewife and have 4 kids and never hold a job (I actually almost married this one.). All of them good girls and I hope the best for them. Except the marriage one. She can go suck a bucket of anus cocks. Still, I never told one of them them of them that they would have been a great partner that I'd love forever, but, "LOL I can't." That strikes me as being a dick.

Also, congrats on the awesome girlfriend.

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[–]Jisaw 2 points3 points ago

Um... holy shit. That... um... erm... uh... that was a very well-written in-depth analysis of... stuff. I can't even put real words to it. It is NOT what I expected from a post about "friendzones."

[–]cinamongirl 4 points5 points ago

Interesting post.

You wrote that post entirely about yourself, and refer to all of your peers as immature and ignorant. Not trying to criticise you or be rude (I don't know you and have nothing against you), but my guess is that your social problems might have more to do with egotism rather than envy of your achievements.

You also might try doing some more interesting things. It's easier to talk to people when you have something to talk about- and grades, violin, and guitar hero can be a bit boring.

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[–]OftenStupid 0 points1 point ago

It's not like I'm not trying to be a better person, because I'm always wanting to. I like learning about other people and what they have to say.

People don't like and accept "good" or "nice" or "anything" people, they like and accept people similar to them. If you're in an environment of dickbags, being a dickbag is how you make friends. Not that this is a good thing.

[–]coaster367 0 points1 point ago

I guess you're right :\

[–]bigt27 0 points1 point ago

Why did your mom say 'you deserve to die'?

[–]coaster367 0 points1 point ago

Fit of rage? I'm not sure.

[–]APiousCultist -5 points-4 points ago

How dare you be sexually interested in someone other than I even though they are of inferior moral fibre! Yeah seriously, we get it, but stop.

[–]MrAlterior 3 points4 points ago

No you don't get it. Competing with a man who's a douche or an asshole for a woman (yes we feel we're competing for affection, that happens in both genders) and having her chose the asshole causes all kinds of reassessments about what women value in a man. It makes it feel like being kind and making her laugh aren't attractive qualities, while being a fuckwit and belittiling her from time to time is. That's frustrating, because the perception creates internal conflict, conflict that says "I don't want to be an asshole to get women." It's not about "How dare she pick him over me" at all.

Yes this reasoning is entirely flawed, I'm just illustrating the reason for the feelings of frustration. The feelings of frustration are much easier to deal with when the guy you're 'competing' with is actually awesome, provided you realise any minor feelings of frustration stem from your bias about finding and magnifying the flaws of your competitor, then assuming everyone sees those flaws at the artificially inflated extent you do.

[–]EPluribusUnumIdiota 1 point2 points ago

I don't know about that, I've been to Tijuana, I've seen some things done with coins.

[–]Kalium 0 points1 point ago

Can we go back to "When Harry Met Sally" to remind the next generation that the infamous car conversation contains a really good point?

Because lots of people like to pretend otherwise, and it often ends badly.

[–]stealinghome 12 points13 points ago

Downvote anything friendzone.

[–]kephnos 7 points8 points ago

Sure thing! Downvote ^

[–]stealinghome 0 points1 point ago

NOOOOO MY FAKE INTERNET POINTSSS

[–]thewoops 4 points5 points ago

Believe it or not i've gotten out of this so called "friend zone" took about 8 months. First thing to know it's entirely your fault for being in this 'zone'. A lot more work than it should've been because of my mistakes.

[–]Frokost 2 points3 points ago

He has the fortitude to get up time and time again and be denied every single time.

[–]reddit_admin_trustry 2 points3 points ago

if you first don't succeed...

[–]Im-postle-able 17 points18 points ago

if you first don't succeed...

Act like an adult with healthy interpersonal relationships instead of assuming every female you interact with is a potential fuck only being held back by her prudish refusal.

[–]KallistiEngel 0 points1 point ago

"...try again. Then quit. No use being a damn fool about it."

-W.C. Fields

[–]mheat 2 points3 points ago

The friend zone is a made up barrier that guys use as an excuse for not being brave enough to ask women out. Truth Siren AWHOOOOOOOO.

[–]psychroclasm 1 point2 points ago

That guy looked like he was a second away from pulling a murder-rape-murder.

[–]LessLikeYou 1 point2 points ago

You put yourself there...leave or shut up.

[–]The_Fash 1 point2 points ago

i, unfortunately, understand entirely

[–]BradimusPrime 1 point2 points ago

I have been hearing a lot of chatter about the friendzone on reddit lately. May I kindly remind you that /r/friendzone exists.

[–]kabukistar 2 points3 points ago

Why would anyone want to subscribe to the Friendzone?

[–]BradimusPrime 0 points1 point ago

Haha good point. Most people end up in the friendzone against their wishes.

[–]ellevehc 1 point2 points ago

In the frames that are deleted, the man fist bumps the body guard, winks at the woman, and as he gets his coat to leave, calls another woman to meet up for coffee.

[–]GoingToTheStore 1 point2 points ago

Girls are not sex machines that work if you put enough kindness tokens in.

[–]XisforXylophone 1 point2 points ago

I'm getting tired of seeing friend zone posts. I was going to downvote this but the gif was creative and funny. So you may an upvote sir.

[–]flashcre8or 0 points1 point ago

"Yes!" "No." "No?" "Nope."

[–]Red_Woody 0 points1 point ago

Been here since February so not that new.

[–]CaptainMogran 0 points1 point ago

Reddit needs to be more assertive and get laid.

[–]TheRealDrCube 0 points1 point ago

[–]IDreamIn8-bit 0 points1 point ago

I made it out of the "I -love-you-like-a-brother"zone, which is worse than the friendzone. It can be done Reddit!

[–]nooknstuff 0 points1 point ago

What a Cunt.

GIVE ME MY BAD KARMA!

[–]turnleftdale 0 points1 point ago

JUST HAND HIM A $20.

[–]yoyoyodaboy 0 points1 point ago

I don't understand how people "struggle" with the friendzone. If you like a girl and you want to date her, ask her out. If she says no, go ask someone else out. I see so many guys who are so afraid of rejection that they try to get with a girl by gradually becoming closer and closer friends with her. You can't try to cut corners like this. A friend is a friend. A boyfriend is a boyfriend. Save yourself the anguish and make it clear to the girl which one you want to be.

[–]Sw1tch0 -2 points-1 points ago

Honestly I've gotten to the point where if there's even a hint I am being remotely friendzoned, I'm out immediately. Perfect example happened yesterday when my friend got asked by one of the girls he was chasing to go to a One Direction concert. IT'S A TRAP

[–]treefox 2 points3 points ago

Hey, it's a One Direction concert...just like their love.

[–]MrAlterior 6 points7 points ago

facepalm Cool, you're not interested in a relationship with a woman unless sex is on the table. We have a name for people like that. It's asshole.

[–]Sw1tch0 0 points1 point ago

No, I am not interested in a relationship unless physical contact is involved. We have a name for that. It's called friends.

[–][deleted] 0 points1 point ago

Hey what's wrong with One Direction?

[–]burntham77 0 points1 point ago

No problem. There are plenty of other mediocre-looking women out there that I am sure are a lot more fun. Go get 'em, tiger!

[–]Snowyjoe 0 points1 point ago

That girl is hawt

[–]The_Fash 0 points1 point ago

i, unfortunately, understand entirely

[–]CanadianMooose 0 points1 point ago

I don't understand why people try to get out of the friendzone. It's easier to move on.

[–][deleted] 0 points1 point ago

If you get friendzoned just leave. do not cuddle her ego like a tool.