When it comes to matters of the heart there is hope, and then there is hoping against hope. Any number of Majnus – and Lailas – that nurse a one-sided passion for someone, tend to be hopeful of reciprocity sometime in the dim and distant future. The thing they are most scared of is being friendzoned. So much so that #friendzoned was trending on Twitter.
He or she says they just want to be friends. It may not be what one wants to hear.
Some were just trying to figure out what it meant.
Unrequited love? Some would describe the friend zone simply as one-sided love.
We see them in movies, among our friends and families as well: two people that are great friends. However, that spark seems to be missing – or is one-sided at any rate.
He/she may be trying to let the other person down gently, but basically they are saying ‘no’. The ‘friend zone’ is a euphemism for ‘I don’t fancy you’.
More than a friend, but not quite a boyfriend/girlfriend.
Sometimes this can happen: both are afraid to say what’s on their minds, according to this commentator.
For the studious kinds, having friends --- of any sort --- may be an achievement in itself.
Or maybe this is what the ‘friendzoned’ friend just wants to think.
The meeting of hearts prevented by tech-related differences?
…Don’t match.
When tastes don’t match.
Wise people will tell you, self-love is an important facet of building healthy relationships with others as well.
…Cannot take no for an answer.
This is not a problem, so long as they understand the fact that ‘no’ does in fact mean ‘no’, not ‘maybe’ or ‘later’.
Sometimes it’s just not meant to be. If one can take comfort from the assumption that external factors are responsible for one being #friendzoned, so be it.
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