6 Ways To Stay In The Friend Zone

The Friend Zone sounds exactly like it is. When you start to like a friend, and they don’t reciprocate that feeling, you will be relegated to the Friend Zone. It is the area where friendship starts to get blurry. It’s where platonic happiness and camaraderie goes to die!

But don’t take it as a bad thing. The Friend Zone only seems bad when you think it’s your only option. You don’t have to be stuck in it if you don’t want to. You’re supposed to climb out of it and move on.

It’s not the worst thing that can happen, because a lot of people will support you in the aftermath. When someone puts you in the Friend Zone, your real friends start to rise to the occasion. You get all this support and a big chunk of society sympathizes with you. But what happens when you are on the other side of that relationship? What happens to the person who put someone in the Friend Zone?

# Limit your physical contact

You can hug a friend when you see them, and you can kiss their cheek when you leave. It’s an innocent act that has no bearing, unless they’re already in love with you. Physical contact can trigger the release of hormones that can trick a person into thinking that they’re in love. So, try not to watch a movie while cuddling your friend, or sleeping next to them when you’re crashing at each other’s places.

# No pet names

Terms of endearment will just confuse your friend. Yes, you care, but you don’t need to verbalize it. This is especially important if you’re not naturally like that with your other friends.

# Try not to spend time alone together

If your other friends are not available, try to avoid spending time with your friend. You may think that it’s okay, because you’re not really doing anything intimate, but spending time together allows you to see each other explicitly. You find out so many lovable things about each other that you don’t realize that you’ve appreciated those things on another level, until it hits you that you want to be more than friends.

# Watch for the signs

A person in love is easy to spot. You can deny it all you want, but your instinct will tell you when someone likes you. They can deny it all they want, but the feeling is obvious once it’s there. If this happens, you can start to lessen the time you spend together, and minimize your conversations to the necessary exchanges until that feeling fades away.

# Stop asking for love advice

When a friend sees you suffering, they will definitely want to save you from whatever trouble you’re in. When you ask for love advice, you’re also enumerating what you want out of your love life. When a friend who likes you hears that, they will immediately rise to the challenge by trying to provide your needs for you. If you must ask for advice on love, ask a person who’s already in a relationship.

# Say it out loud

Announce it to no one in particular. When you and your friend are talking, casually slip it in the conversation. Tell them that you would never in a million years consider dating a friend. That usually stops them in their tracks when feelings of a deeper relationship start to evolve in their minds.