Why do you think the Friend Zone exists?

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In_Trance · Accepted Answer

The friend zone is self-fulfilling. Although it's not exclusive to women, women typically say this to save face. They've done a horrible thing to another person in fact they've even humiliated him. They told him that he's not good enough. But women can't live with the fact that someone thinks they're a terrible person. So they offer friendship.
They're not going to be friends they never have any intention of being friends. They're not going to do friendly things like go and see a game of sports ball or go and get a pedicure. It's simply to plant the seed in his mind that this person has done a terrible thing to him but she still my friend.

NathanDavis · Accepted Answer

some people just fool themselves... if you don't want a friendship just don't pretend you want to be friends... lol

luvstoned4him · Accepted Answer

I don't even think friend zoned is real tbh How is it bad if a woman who doesn't wabt you and expresses that?  I think it's saving you years of heartbreak

DishLady · Accepted Answer

Bc we want to be close to people to learn from them and bc we admire traits they have but don't necessarily want to be intimate/sleeping with them.

OlderAndWiser · Answer

So all those ladies aren't forced to send you to Siberia! :) :) :)

mobiusforniner · Answer

It’s a term used by boys who are mad they’re not getting any sex from the woman they desire. As if somehow being a kind human without expectation carries a negative connotation It’s probably why they’re even in that zone begin with

the irony is that if your girlfriend says she has been seeing her guy “friend”, ten chances to none it’s probably not a good thing…..

Anonymous · Answer

Friendzones typically happen when one person exploits or manipulates a friendship for thier own personal gratification.

Nobody likes rejection, ergo the vast majority of people will not try to elevate a friendship without cause. Most friendzoners will try claim it was a misunderstanding while actively antagonizing the friendzonee. This generally why friendzones end with the dissolution of the friendship. Because friends don't exploit friends like that. You can typically tell when it was deliberate because the friendzoner gets angry at the dissolution of the friendship. Because thier attempt blew up in thier face. Because if you truly care about someone, consider them a friend you'd rather let them go then see them hurt. This is proof that they don't really even like you.

Never feel bad about being friendzoned. It doesn't feel good when it happens. But the reality is you dodged a bullet. All you lost was a false friend.

buzzword · Answer

Women want to emotionally cheat on their partners without admitting it. Any loyal person can tell others they are taken right from the get go and then treat people chummy long before anyone gets lead on. Nothing ever needs to get personal or romantic and then land someone in the "friend zone". People in the friend zone aren't friends and they aren't lovers. They are back door emotional fantasy for cheaters.

serious · Answer

I think that is just so that they can keep their options open in terms of having the person as a friend (if not romantic partner) so that they are not alone or they can turn to someone for their needs.

People keep others in friend zones either for selfish reasons or it could that they genuinely see the person whom they have friend zoned as only their friend, true friend.

Does that answer your question?

jazzy34 · Answer

Not everyone will be romantically interested in you. However, you still want that person in your life in some capacity.

ChillNsweet32 · Answer

I tend to like a lot of things that men tend to enjoy more so than my female friends... similar interests in sports, video games and movies/TV shows. I don't have romantic or sexual interest towards my male friends

OfMiceandMen · Answer

It exists to make sure you don't screw-up a really good friendship between opposite sexes. Sometimes people don't have the qualities you want in relationship, but they do make life more interesting. As long as they are okay with just being friends it's golden.

Quite often good friendships can last longer than good relationships because there's not pressure.

OtterMan68 · Answer

Simple: two people get along, and one wants to be more than friends, and one does not.

What's the big mystery? Sometimes people just want to be friends with you and nothing else no matter how you want the relationship to progress

electromagnetic · Answer

People some people have good personalities. That’s it.

HelpfulWoman · Answer

the friend zone is only created by those who never understood or respected their friendship to begin with.

pregananant · Answer

The friend zone doesn't exist, friends exist. The "friend zone" was something made up so that sad men can can victimize themselves for not finding a better way to be happy then be in a relationship.

Nikki1989 · Answer

It doesn't exist. It never did.  It is just a term people use that failed at starting a relationship. Sour grapes!

DaddyDiablo · Answer

So that we can be comfortable with the beginning stages of what could be more to come or probably for our safety... n sanity... n levels of comfortability

worldscolide · Answer

Depends on the friend zone. Do you mean real friends? Or this idiotic thing that some women do where they date, but keep a string of guys on the hook leading them to think they have a chance?

purplepoppy · Answer

Because most people want lots of friends and one lover rather than lots of lovers and one friend

Ms_Facesitter · Answer

Because we appreciate a good friendship, but you can't force feelings for someone.

LiamJHayden · Answer

Mainly, because one loves the attention despite having no romantic interest and the other hopes against reality.

Ladsin2 · Answer

Girls get all the benefits of having a male partner, but without the cost of having to give him sex. It's a very attractive options for women.

msc545 · Answer

It exists to meet women's need for unearned income with no sex acts required. It is like being a hooker who doesn't fuck.

Wiredone · Answer

I think because people are afraid of commitment

Billlewis · Answer

Because most women recognize that a guy can still be very useful to her, even though she's not interested in him romantically.

Damaged00 · Answer

I believe that term is only relevant to those who believe women and men can't just be friends.

Anonymous · Answer

Because some guys shouldn't have their genes passed on to the next generation.

Breanna_nonbinary · Answer

It’s a buffer between lovers and acquaintance.

FearlessFlame · Answer

Oh no, he's back on the site... Damn

missindiana93 · Answer

Dosen't work for everyone

paledreams · Answer

Because coach - people are fickle coach

IslaTheWitch · Answer

it does...

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