The Truth About The Friendzone

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[lisaloschiavo]

Respect is critically important to this woman.

[EECSVT]

I've never had a woman tell me that she respects me, but it became evident through how they behaved around me. The same is true rhese days. I find I sometimes need to press women I know or demonstrate assertiveness and leadership. I've found that it's not disrespected. If they ultimately don't like it, they leave. They don't act disrespectfully if they stick around.

Never go by what a woman says, only by how she acts.

[nickwilsonxc]

I for one respect his opinion. I’m sure this guy is an expert in the friend zone after spending so much time there.

[asiyamo]

I don’t really understand how you can love someone without respect. For me, as a woman, a “friendzone” is for men that I cannot respect and therefore don’t love. Except that I don’t really befriend males in the first place so the concept doesn’t really exist in my world anyways.

[anabltc]

No way, that's not friendzone. There are men in my life that I respect a lot, for diff reasons, and I don't want to sleep with them. Also I find some guys attractive but I don't respect them that much, more like they are dear to me and I wouldn't hurt them but I don't think of them as partner material, just a fleeting attraction.
Also, no respect + no attraction = nothing
Also, respect + attraction = potential partner

[tempsoda]

Do people actually have friends they don't respect, if so what are they your friend for?
I personally don't have any close male friends, but even my female friends, I respect.

[Lawrence-twyc]

I was asked in an interview when applying for a manager position... Would I rather be liked or respected? I know they want me to answer respected but I said liked.He said that's the wrong answer. Then I explained to him how I need my staff to like me otherwise they will not talk to me and there will be no communication which is a disaster. I couldn't care less if they respect me or not. For example if I see a major problem at work and I don't like my boss, I will avoid them like the plague, I don't wanna talk to them because I don't like them. So I would not tell them about the problem. I ended up getting the job.

[jeffScotty]

Lack of respect, lack of sexdrive!!! WHAT😂😂😂

[jonathan]

It's strange two men in their mid thirties discussing the friend zone. I'm in my mid thirties with several single friends - men and women - and haven't heard this term discussed seriously since college. Having similar values is the number one criteria I have for partnership, and if someone doesnt respect me, I move on. Most people in their teens and 20s date people based off attraction and rarely have a good understanding of their values (or they just blindly adopt their family's values and don't actually determine their own). The friend zone exists when you're young because you're pursuing the wrong partner(s) and don't know who you are or your value.

[coachdebby]

I have tremendous respect for my man. To your point, it keeps me in love with him.

[TwoBitBalisong]

Any guy who uses the word friend zone thinks about sex with any lady they spend time with, you can have an actual friend that you vibe with in certain aspects of life but not spiritually for a long term partner, if they are really your friend they will introduce you to someone you would be fully compatible with and you'll do the same for them, this mindset shows unhealed trauma

[Maybe-cgtn]

I admire very few ppl. To me I see it as a man needing to have a woman admire them as if the man is above the woman. Guess it depends on what respect means to a person.

[nicopillay]

The "friendzone" is a cope for women that are quick to conflate "interest" with "attraction". They get a lot of attention after overdosing on filters and photoshop that when the slightest semblance of it shows up in real life, they think "Omg! It's happening. I'm really this beautiful. He wants me but I think a better guy will approach me" and then 5 years go by and only about 4 guys showed any actual interest. Lots of average women who naively thought that they were above average are getting humbled with age now.

[jcruisioso]

So ... Say wtf. Believe it. Feel it. Smile & dig it. Super power is not giving a f¥€¢. If you believe it, if only for that time, you win. Smile & move on. I usually start with the hottest girl un the room, and work my way down. Trust me . This works . Try it. You are the man dude . Act like it!

[bluemystic]

I don't think it has anything to do with respect.

[gabrieljordan]

The friendzone actually doesn't exist. It's just a women's way of saying she's digusted by you but is afraid to say it out loud.

[abpgrace]

So true! I didn't respect my husband and lost all sex drive for him. So Sad.

[BearBroBud]

Anither beard..ioh brother..everyones oretending to be blue collar .hahah

[longliveknowledge]

I kind of disagree. When I'm around women that respect me they try to be better people and tend to be less slutty.

[tigre]

That's not necessarily true. A woman can love a male friend and respect him. Just like she can love and respect her brother and father. All these men she loves, she can respect, she just does NOT view them as romantic loves. Now, in saying this. Respect is not mandatory for familial and platonic love. But respect IS mandatory for romantic, genuine love.