This Friendship Day, I Present To You The Heartfelt Story Of Being Friend Zoned

Today is friendship’s day. It is a beautiful day to celebrate the friendship that you have with friends.

WRONG!

Today is also the friendzoning day. It is a day when a person whom you like and consider as a potential date turns you down by friendzoning you. What’s a friendzone you ask?

Well, to put it simply:

“The friendzone is basically like when someone turns you down for a job then calls you every week and complains about the guy they hired.” — OLÓYÈ OLÚCONQUER (@oluwakonquer) August 1, 2015

 

The signs are texts like:

“Awww thanks – Definition: Welcome to the friendzone, I hope you enjoy your stay.” — Urban Dictionary (@TheUrbanSlangs) July 28, 2015

 

And you need to keep a close watch for little things such as:

“Girlfriend” and “Girl friend”. Do you see that little space? Its called friend zone ?

— Zal ✌ (@MaizalAizat_) August 1, 2015

 

There are certain things that you should know about the friendzone such as:

Death can’t even get you out of the friend zone. You get killed and she’s at your funeral like “he was like a brother to me” — LaughorYawn (@LaughorYawn) August 1, 2015

 

You see, it can start with small things like:

 

Lead to things like:

Comfort zone RT @Sir_Rollins_: What level of friendzone is this? pic.twitter.com/6GrUcGikeP” — The boy (@SESSi__) August 1, 2015

 

And then you’re worse than a chair:

 

There will be incidents when:

You both sleep in the same bed but nothing happens

— Friend Zone (@Friend_Zone) April 3, 2012

 

Soon there are memes made on you like:

Spot the friendzoned guy:

 

And you feel that it can’t get any worse:

Damn pic.twitter.com/N8Zkpxrz0A — The Friend Zone (@TheFZ) January 16, 2014

 

But then it does get worse:

 

And if you start celebrating things likes these, you have waited for too long

 

And then you get super defensive about being friendzoned by other girls you like, so you are like:

I will friend zone u before u do that sh*t to me! #TheReturnOfIkenga — Omotayo (@_GoodLordKnows_) August 1, 2015

 

The desolation takes a form of frustration:

7th level of hell, where despite all efforts, no member of the opposite sex will ever see you as anything more than conversation =FriendZone

— Friend Zone (@Friend_Zone) April 4, 2012

 

You reach the stage when lose all hope, but still can’t let her go:

so deep in the friend zone you’re helping her find a boyfriend — IG: @iamthebe_m (@iamthebe_m) August 1, 2015

 

There might be those moments when you feel like you have crossed that barrier of being a friend, and then:

 

You see, it’s a very simple analogy:

Being in the friend zone is like being a teddy bear. NOTICE that there is no penis on a teddy bear.

— Friend Zone (@Friend_Zone) April 6, 2012

 

But then again, something is better than nothing;

 

So let a few tears trickle when it is too much to handle,

 

There, there…it will get better.
Here’s a sympathetic high-5! 😛