"Friend zone" describes the way most women stop seeing a male friend as dating material after a certain amount of time has passed, even though she might have begun dating them had he acted differently when they first met.
John meets Mary. Mary thinks "This guy seems nice. He's quite funny and reasonably good looking". John doesn't ask Mary out, but they see each other at social functions. After a while, Mary stops seeing John as a nice guy who is quite funny and reasonably good looking, and just sees him as friend. John realizes he's secretly madly in love with Mary and begins trying to hang out with her more and more. Because John loves Mary, he stops behaving reasonably and starts doing anything just to spend time with her. Eventually, he summons his courage and confesses his love for her. But Mary just feels uncomfortable and confused. She doesn't want to lose her friend and she feels pressured by his feelings for her. To be honest, John's been a little needy and pathetic lately, hanging on her every word and catering to her every whim, and that's not really very sexy.
John had a chance when they first met but he fucked it up by not doing anything about it. When he finally got his act together, the friendship that developed actively interfered with his potential of getting Mary to go on a date with him.
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John meets Mary. Mary thinks "This guy seems nice. He's quite funny and reasonably good looking". John doesn't ask Mary out, but they see each other at social functions. After a while, Mary stops seeing John as a nice guy who is quite funny and reasonably good looking, and just sees him as friend. John realizes he's secretly madly in love with Mary and begins trying to hang out with her more and more. Because John loves Mary, he stops behaving reasonably and starts doing anything just to spend time with her. Eventually, he summons his courage and confesses his love for her. But Mary just feels uncomfortable and confused. She doesn't want to lose her friend and she feels pressured by his feelings for her. To be honest, John's been a little needy and pathetic lately, hanging on her every word and catering to her every whim, and that's not really very sexy.
John had a chance when they first met but he fucked it up by not doing anything about it. When he finally got his act together, the friendship that developed actively interfered with his potential of getting Mary to go on a date with him.
source & further examples: reddit.com/r/TwoXChromosomes/comments/o01v8/what_i_think_when_someone_talks_about_friendzoning/c3denue
person A: I tried to kiss her, but then she said " I think we should just stay good friends. "
person B: Wow. You totally got into the friendzone.
person B: Wow. You totally got into the friendzone.
by ilikepix January 3, 2012
Get the friendzone mug.The excuse a man gives for a woman rejecting him sexually/romantically when he expected a payoff for being friendly.
"We've been friends for two years but really I want to be your boyfriend"
"Oh...well....I don't feel that way about you"
"You've put me in the friendzone? Thanks for wasting my time"
"Oh...well....I don't feel that way about you"
"You've put me in the friendzone? Thanks for wasting my time"
by wuzat? March 4, 2012
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When a girl treats a guy as a gay best friend instead of like a man: taking him shopping, talking about feelings, and doing other totally gay things with no intentions of dating him.
by spidey801 May 17, 2014
Get the Gay Best Friendzone mug."I didn't expect her to have sex with me, so she should have had sex with me. I'm totally in the friendzone!"
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Get the Friendzone mug.The cross faze period between two people where the relationship could go one of two ways: Total platonic friendship or Romantic partnership. Usually the former occurs, regardless of whether the two people are attracted to each other or not due to the high school mentality that risking a friendship is a risk they can't bare to make. Two people might be great for each other, but they are either to awkward or stubborn about the mention of idea with each other, often due to pressure from friends that they would be just "perfect for each other". This happens to both girls and boys, alike.
Deborah: Who do you think I'd be good with?
Alex: How about Henry?
Deborah: Everybody says that, I don't-I don't get it.
Alex: You two would be great together, though.
Deborah: Maybe. But he's such a good friend and I really don't want to put all my eggs in one basket...I don't even know him that well.
Alex: Who said you had to know him? That's what dates are for!
Deborah: I'd honestly much rather just remain in the FriendZone.
Alex: How about Henry?
Deborah: Everybody says that, I don't-I don't get it.
Alex: You two would be great together, though.
Deborah: Maybe. But he's such a good friend and I really don't want to put all my eggs in one basket...I don't even know him that well.
Alex: Who said you had to know him? That's what dates are for!
Deborah: I'd honestly much rather just remain in the FriendZone.
by GuybrushThreepwood November 29, 2014
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Get the friendzone mug.When you are ex's and become friends again, but kinda still have feelings. So you fuck a lot in a day or 2, to get it out of your system.
Ian and Cadey became friends after breaking up and had a 24 hour sex window or Friendzone sex. So they could be friends and not make it awkward.
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