When a situation goes from, romances, bromances, friendzones to the nope zone. It's time to label it and call the time of
death as Aquaintance Zone. It was already feeling
weird, awkward, twighlight zone-ish. Now things aren't what either of you wanted and you may be in the grey area, so this helps you decide to phase it out in a friendly way. You taper off, slowly. It's better than
ghosting. Ghosting is harsh and it is for that last resort for cutting ties completely.
Person: I thought we were
friends and this was going somewhere?
You:
Well, honestly we were in the
friendzone, but now we're definitely in the Aquaintance Zone. Have a good one.