How do you convert romantic feelings into friendly feelings for someone?

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D_Bone_Steak · Accepted Answer

I'd say pretend. Pretend they've made it clear they have no interest in you whatsoever. Romantic thinking is kind of like a weird state of daydreaming about things you'd like to happen or what your superego would achieve. You shut down those thoughts and you achieved your goal.

Example: I run into a really hot chick I just really want to show my D_Bone to... Pretend complete and ultra rejection has already came from her. Just make it up in my head. Now I can treat her just like any normal average fat chick and nothing matters. If I get really rejected, I'm like, "so what?" and just scoff. If things do happen to go right... I'm just giving her a deep vagina massage with my penis.

Anonymous · Accepted Answer

Pretty easy. Discipline yourself. Stop being an asshole. If they said no to you stop waiting for that to change. Respect the relationship you have as friends and lock into that. That's the simple answer. But people dont wanna do that. They want get what they want but all you're gonna do it ruin your friendship.

Cynicaldreamer · Accepted Answer

It's hard. Usually when someone rejects or friendzones me, that's my cue to push them out of my life so I can move on.

But the few times I've converted romantic interests into friendships that involved me: coming to terms that we make better friends than partners.
I still step back a bit and take some space. But stop flirting ot putting extra effort in to impress him. Eventually I see him as one of my other friends! Again, doable but hard.

HollyK21 · Accepted Answer

Take some time away from them and then go back if you choose to at that point. But trying to be a platonic friend while you still have romantic feelings for someone doesn't really work.

Pinay_ako · Answer

accept that they don’t feel the same and move on

mobiusforniner · Answer

You can't. I had this friend i had a huge crush on years ago. She came back into my life after I was married. I thought we could be friends. Long story short, it ended in total heartbreak.

You can't be friends with someone youd want to fuck.

rabbitzzz · Answer

You can become their foster parents. That way you can love and care for them without asking anything in return. Their smile brings a smile to your face.

Manuel2 · Answer

This is common fifference beteeen men and women.
We men find it very hard to change romantic to just friends as once we feel she is the one that is it.
Women can always use the not you but me excuse of the ex back in her life. And so om

msc545 · Answer

Feelings cannot be easily converted from one type to another. That being said, as time passes you will find that your romantic feelings are fading and perhaps your friendly feelings will gain ascendancy. Or not.

FilmGuy93 · Answer

You take some time for yourself to put some distance in the relationship and then start talking again.

boggboss · Answer

I dont think u can time and distance helps but u can't just convert them

DancingQueen16 · Answer

I just stop thinking about them in that way and only think about as a friend

JDAC092299 · Answer

Acceptance and moving on with your own life dont base it round them

Jamie05rhs · Answer

Do some digging. I'm sure it isn't hard to find some dirt on someone that would turn you off to them and make you want to friendzone them.

BarryLiverstone · Answer

They must reject you. Until they do you will have romantic hope

Anonymous · Answer

If you have romantic feelings before you're friends with someone, there's your problem. YOU'RE DOING IT WRONG! You should probably start there.

Heolurt · Answer

For me it was always when they rejected me. It was an instant event that happened within myself.

Juxtapose · Answer

You don't, you push the feelings to the side and pretend they don't exist.

ZenJen444 · Answer

Move on , if they wanted to be with you they would have

BlueScorpio · Answer

You can't? Unless you just don't act them.

dustybiker · Answer

You can’t choose who you love.

nomandik · Answer

By not having sex with the person

innerman · Answer

I think there’s an app

AsaKyo · Answer

You can't

sirderpsalot123 · Answer

You can't do that.

In_Trance · Answer

Can't do that

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