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

[Anonymous]

[Cynicaldreamer]

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.

[D_Bone_Steak]

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]

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.

[HollyK21]

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]

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

[mobiusforniner]

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]

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]

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]

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]

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

[boggboss]

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

[DancingQueen16]

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

[JDAC092299]

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

[Jamie05rhs]

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]

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

[Asker]

He has a girlfriend 😂

[BarryLiverstone]

Yes but you still have a crush on him

[Anonymous]

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]

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

[Juxtapose]

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

[ZenJen444]

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

[BlueScorpio]

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

[dustybiker]

You can’t choose who you love.

[nomandik]

By not having sex with the person

[innerman]

I think there’s an app

[AsaKyo]

You can't