To those who keep complaining or keep avoiding being “friendzoned” please look at this:

Reddit makes a lot of jokes about the “friend zone” and while I absolutely get why a guy who has romantic feelings may need to walk away when his feelings aren’t reciprocated, I want them to know that many times losing them as a friend is just as painful to us.

And yes sometimes we know you want more before you say it, but we hope you might meet someone or get over it so we don’t have to lose you.

I gave it a shot once, dating someone that I just considered a friend, he was a wonderful person and instead of turning him down early I hurt him more later. And I have also been a woman in the friend zone, maybe it’s different but I said ok and kept the friendship.