Guys Expose Times They Were The One To Friend-Zone A Woman

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Mayarey
May 25, 2021 2:30 PM EDT

People often say that men and women can't be friends. A lot of the time it isn't accurate, there are plenty of male and female friends, but there is an ounce of truth to the idea that one person usually has to put their foot down and friend-zone the other person in order to go in the friendship direction. I think it is just a natural human instinct to consider something romantic with someone when you first meet them, even if it's just a single momentary thought that leads to nothing.

Men are revealing times they friend-zoned a woman on Reddit, as well as how the women responded, and it's definitely eye-opening.

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  • 01
    Font - r/AskMen + Join u/option8 · 3d 2 6 e 5 3 5 1 Guys, have you ever "friendzoned" a woman who was interested in you? Why, and what was her reaction? More specifically, she told you she wanted to get together, and you weren't interested, but wanted to stay friends. 12.6k 3.4k |↑, Share
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    It was Reddit user u/opton8 that asked guys if they ever 'friend zoned a woman who was trying to get with them. Usually, women are accused of being the 'friend zoners' but apparently the script gets flipped quite often because there were over 3.4 responses from guys.

  • 02
    Font - ColonelGray · 3d She kept talking about guys she hooked up with in graphic detail. Heard from a friend that she was trying to make me jealous and stimulate a response from me, instead I romantically logged out from the first time she told me. G Reply 4 1.2k 3 ...
    via u/ColonelGray

    It's natural that people get turned off by someone going into too much detail about their love life. If someone doesn't ask, it's usually better not to share so much... especially if you're trying to seduce someone.

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    Font - snowinyourboots · 3d 2 Awards She asked me if I was gay. She just couldn't understand why I wouldn't want her. G Reply 1 4.0k 3
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    Font - Kocens456 · 3d I was first year uni very insecure about girls. This hot foreign girl (at time i didnt know) tried to get with me for long time but my insecurities said shes just friendly. At some point she realised it and became hostile towards me in attitude. At time i was so confused. G Reply 3.7k 3 ...
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    Font - Reddit-Is-Anonymous · 3d Yes, as a freshman in high school. I was a freshman, she was a senior. I had no clue who she was when she asked, and wasn't attracted to her. I told her we could just be friends but she didn't want that. The whole conversation was over text and she wasn't taking no for an answer, so I eventually just blocked the number. That entire situation was weird. G Reply 1 777 3
    via u/Reddit-Is-Anonymous
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    Font - Karl_AAS • 3d 3 22 Awards Yes. Because despite her being an absolutely wonderful person whom I love I knew we wouldn't work out over the long run. When you've dated enough you can tell where there are romantic incompatibilities, especially when you've experienced them first hand with someone else. She's still one of my closest friends to this day and l've never regretted maintaining our friendship instead of taking it elsewhere and she feels the same.
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    Font - adamfrom1980s · 3d Yep. She was nice-ish but I just didn't have romantic chemistry with her; I was gentle with her, I didn't go into details but told her I just didn't feel the same way. She didn't take it well and told all of our friends I rejected her because she was (very) overweight. I told them yes that was part of it, but the much bigger issue was that she would do something like trash me to our friends when I didn't give her something she wasn't entitled to in the first place.
    via u/adamfrom1980s
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    Rectangle - ckeit • 3d 9 Awards Yes because my wife would have disapproved G Reply 1 6.6k
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    Font - loverofcontext · 3d She was a coworker who had a type A personality and was very loud. I, by contrast, am very reserved and her constant obvious flirting made me feel uncomfortable. I am a friendly person by nature so I proabably led her on without even knowing it. She was friendly enough but I didn't have any feelings for her. She flat out asked if I wanted to date and said I would prefer to be coworkers. She was annoyed and now we don't talk.
    via u/loverofcontext
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    Font - muh_reddit_accout · 3d Girl asked me out in high school. She was sociable, pretty, adventurous, ambitious, and intelligent so l assumed it was a prank or a joke (had been done to me before in middle school) and said, "no" and that she would, "be bored with me". Friends told me later she was serious. G Reply 4 1.4k ...
    via u/muh_reddit_accout
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    Font - nola_mike · 3d I friendzoned my friend's sister since I was just coming out of a relationship at the time. She and I had fooled around a bit and were friends before hand then I got a serious girlfriend for an extended period of time. When I broke up with my gf, my friend's sister took her shot and I declined. She was disappointed but we still| remained close friends. A few years later we started hanging out more and more eventually just evolving into a relationship then engagement then ma
    via u/nola_mike
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    Font - LambdarSpell• 3d I started hanging out with this girl that i knew from high school, pretty nice talks and all, but I really had no interest on dating her, or anyone actually due to a recent break up. She was very active on text messages, always texting me what she was doing, watching and listening, not really my thing but hey, a friend is a friend. Then she started to sending me pictures of her taking showers... Nothing really sexual, but, weird either way, right? I started to realize tha
    via u/LambdarSpell
  • 13
    Font - BrokenButReadable · 3d She made it clear through her actions before asking me out that I was never her first choice. Be that through dating/hooking up with other guys or just treating me like a basic friend. Eventually I learned that I needed to treat myself better and not accept a second place relationship. The result is that I still love her like a sister, but we're never going to be in a relationship because I now have self-respect for myself. How she reacted? Basically brushed it off
    via u/BrokenButReadable
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    Font - nohohank418 · 2d Yes. I was a bartender in college and one of the regulars approached me one day and claimed we were distant cousins or something. Our extended families are from the same area, and it sounded like she knew more than I did because she would bring it up constantly, so I went along with it. Fast forward a couple of weeks later when she started refusing to buy drinks from any bartender other than me, asking me to come cuddle after work, etc. I freaked out and asked my family i
    via u/nohohank418

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