{"id":8410,"date":"2024-08-10T18:54:16","date_gmt":"2024-08-10T22:54:16","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/parmaks.com\/Resources\/why-you-got-friendzoned-attraction-diary\/"},"modified":"2024-08-10T18:54:16","modified_gmt":"2024-08-10T22:54:16","slug":"why-you-got-friendzoned-attraction-diary","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/parmaks.com\/Resources\/why-you-got-friendzoned-attraction-diary\/","title":{"rendered":"Why You Got Friendzoned – Attraction Diary"},"content":{"rendered":"

\"Profit<\/a>
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1. You present no challenge\u00a0<\/strong><\/h2>\n

I learned this the hard way after being friend-zoned multiple times:\u00a0<\/p>\n

Just because you like someone doesn\u2019t mean they have to like you back. Your affection alone isn\u2019t enough. If you don\u2019t want to be friendzoned, you have to keep your feelings aside and think of a way to get them to invest as well.\u00a0<\/p>\n

If they don\u2019t invest anything, they won\u2019t think about you, and they won\u2019t feel the need to have you for themselves. You can\u2019t be the only one nursing fantasies of a relationship, you have to also make him\/her also want a relationship with you.\u00a0<\/p>\n

If you can do this, you\u2019ll probably <\/em>never be friend-zoned again.\u00a0<\/p>\n

The reason why the high-value guy always has women wanting him isn\u2019t just because he\u2019s hot. I\u2019ve come across a lot of good-looking \u2014 and rich \u2014 guys who are terrible at dating.\u00a0<\/p>\n

The major reason the high-value man\/woman is attractive is that they know themselves. When they\u2019re on a date with you, they\u2019re not trying to win you over, they\u2019re trying to see if you\u2019re both compatible. This is the mindset of a high-value person.\u00a0<\/p>\n

And this is one secret simps don\u2019t understand. A simp doesn\u2019t think he\u2019s worth fighting for. All he thinks about is all the amazing things he could do to make this woman in front of him like him back. And that\u2019s why he\u2019s the champion at getting friend-zoned.<\/p>\n

2. You try too hard to please\u00a0<\/strong><\/h2>\n

In his Wisdom of Life, the German philosopher, Arthur Schopenhauer wrote, \u201cNothing puts people off balance than the thought that you\u2019re dependent on them.\u201d\u00a0<\/p>\n

Caring for someone you desire is one of the best steps to getting them to be interested in you. However, there\u2019s a big line between just being caring and trying too hard to please someone because you\u2019re desperate for their approval.\u00a0<\/p>\n

Though most people think they can tell the difference, they easily move from one to the other.\u00a0<\/p>\n

Here\u2019s the thing most people don\u2019t understand: if you want to get someone to see you romantically, you have to be able to stimulate that part of them. This means that as you\u2019re being caring to them, you have to also be a challenge.\u00a0<\/p>\n

You have to make them also put effort and see you as a contender. Being a caring person is just one part of the puzzle. And just niceness all the way doesn\u2019t stimulate or challenge anyone. This is the major reason why most nice guys finish last.\u00a0<\/p>\n

When you sit at the table across from someone and you look them in the eye when there\u2019s silence, like you\u2019re waiting for them to also say something, it communicates that you\u2019re a contender, you\u2019re not there to please, you\u2019re there to find out if he\/she is good enough for you.\u00a0<\/p>\n

And when you make people play their part to get you, you\u2019re getting them to invest in the relationship already. But when you do all the investment by trying too hard to please them, you quickly become boring and disposable.\u00a0<\/p>\n

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Related: 6 Major Mistakes \u201cNice Guys\u201d Make With\u00a0Women<\/a><\/strong><\/p>\n

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3. You\u2019re always there\u00a0<\/strong><\/h2>\n

After college, I moved out of the town I grew up in. This was partly because I wanted to take some responsibility voluntarily and partly because I wanted something new.\u00a0<\/p>\n

And one of the things I quickly noticed in my new city \u2014 that I hadn\u2019t imagined I would \u2014 was how much respect I got from those around me. I know this was partly because I was still new. But it was majorly because these people were seeing me for who I\u2019ve become.\u00a0<\/p>\n

Back home in my small town, almost everyone knew each other. And most people still looked at you through the eyes of the person you were 7 years ago. Even when you\u2019re trying to do something big, some still can\u2019t comprehend the new person you\u2019ve become.\u00a0<\/p>\n

The girls around me were those I\u2019ve always known since childhood. And at some point, we just stopped respecting each other because we were always there. But when I moved, I suddenly became one of the new hot guys in town.\u00a0<\/p>\n

I don\u2019t know if you can resonate with this. But it made sense when I thought more deeply about it.\u00a0<\/p>\n

Now, I\u2019m not saying everyone needs to move out of their town to get people to respect them. However, the kind of arousal and tension you need to build a relationship rarely happens when you\u2019ve become so common and negligible.\u00a0<\/p>\n

As Esther Perel put it, \u201cDesire needs space.\u201d Even in an already existing relationship, you still want to spend some time apart from your partner to keep that tension growing.\u00a0<\/p>\n

4. You don\u2019t define your boundaries\u00a0<\/strong><\/h2>\n

This is the guy or girl who will love to date you but subtly suggests that you go out with other people. Sometimes they\u2019ll even give you names of people they think will be a good match for you.\u00a0<\/p>\n

In their minds, they\u2019re being good friends, suggesting great potential dates to you since you don\u2019t find them attractive enough to see their affection for you. But as they\u2019re suggesting others to you, they secretly hope that it doesn\u2019t work out.\u00a0<\/p>\n

I\u2019ve come across situations like this, especially in movies. And people like this will always fade into the background. Of course, in movies, there\u2019s usually a happy ending where the guy later discovers his best friend was in love with him all along.\u00a0<\/p>\n

But things are a little harsher in real life. If you\u2019re friends with someone and you keep suggesting to them to date other people, you\u2019re already screaming to them that you don\u2019t want to have anything romantic with them.\u00a0<\/p>\n

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Interesting: Why Girls Like Bad Boys, According to Psychologists<\/a><\/strong><\/p>\n

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5. Neediness\u00a0<\/strong><\/h2>\n

Have you met people who suddenly become someone else when they come across someone they find attractive?\u00a0<\/p>\n

They become overly nice and agreeable. Some become very awkward and highly defensive trying to uphold a perfect image of themselves. This kind of energy says a lot about someone\u2019s level of emotional maturity.\u00a0<\/p>\n

The most mature and respected people I know don\u2019t assume anything about you until they know the kind of person you are. Just a good-looking face shouldn\u2019t make you tremble. That\u2019s just the exterior.\u00a0<\/p>\n

The major reason needy people often get friend-zoned is that neediness is off-putting.\u00a0<\/p>\n

You\u2019ve probably been in a situation where you found someone highly attractive from afar, but on a closer encounter, you lost all interest in them instantly. Why? All of a sudden, the chilled and handsome guy you admired from afar is now just another desperate guy trying hard to impress you and get laid.\u00a0<\/p>\n

6. You don\u2019t make your intentions known early enough\u00a0<\/strong><\/h2>\n

Even if this is coming last, it\u2019s one of the most common reasons people get friend-zoned.\u00a0<\/p>\n

Out of the fear of being rejected \u2014 or screwing up an existing friendship \u2014 some people decide to keep their feelings for someone to themselves. They stay on the sidelines and pretend that they only want friendship.\u00a0<\/p>\n

They hope that by just being very nice, their friend will see through their hearts and realize that they\u2019re the ones they should be with. But this only happens in romance movies.\u00a0<\/p>\n

In real life, the longer you remain friends, the harder and more awkward you may feel asking your friend to date you.\u00a0<\/p>\n

If you want to date someone, then don\u2019t put yourself in the friend zone. Make your intentions known early enough. This may be easier said than done, but it\u2019s still the best move.<\/p>\n

Final words\u00a0<\/strong><\/h2>\n

The major mistakes that get people friendzoned, as I\u2019ve pointed out in this article, can be summarized as neediness and being too nice. And these mistakes are understandable because we are wired to react in those ways when we find someone attractive.\u00a0<\/p>\n

But to get someone to pay attention to you, especially when you\u2019re already attracted to them, being reactive to your feelings will only make you do desperate and extreme things.\u00a0<\/p>\n

It\u2019s great that you care about them. But just your affection alone isn\u2019t enough to guarantee theirs. Think of ways to make them pay attention to you as well. And of course, let them know that you love them more than just friends early enough.\u00a0\u00a0<\/p>\n

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Related: How to Ask a Girl to Be Your Girlfriend<\/a><\/strong><\/p>\n

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\"Profit<\/a>
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