Poll: Do you believe the Friend Zone exists?

[The Rogue Wolf]

Is it possible to have sexual/romantic feelings for someone who doesn't return them? Sure. Happens all the time, and it usually sucks.

However, believing yourself to have been "put in the friendzone" as a conscious act, and that you somehow "deserve" to have your feelings reciprocated for "everything you did"... well, you probably deserve to be in the "friendzone", because an attitude like that signals a pretty horribly entitled and self-centered mindset.

 

[Shock and Awe]

In regards to people deciding not to pursue romantic relationships with specific individuals? Yes of course it exists.

Is it also annoying hearing people talk about it all the time? Yes. Very much so.

 

[SadakoMoose]

Ok so, the whole time that this discussion has been going on (I first heard this term used like 6 years ago, for reference) I've never actually understood what the "friendzone" was supposed to be.
I mean, is it really THAT weird to be just friends with a woman, that we need a special name for it? I mean, it's not like every single woman in your life needs to romantically involved with you somehow, most of them never will be. Or is it more about rejected romantic advances? Dude, that happens all the time, there's no need to call it a "zone" like you're a Superman villain being exiled into a void. Just accept that it didn't work out and move on.

 

[V4Viewtiful]

It exists before a few pints and ive not been out of it (not that i'd notice otherwise), so yeah.