“Marriage with you is the last thing she has on her mind.”
Wrong. Marriage is always on a woman’s mind. She may very well want to marry you. She just doesn’t want to sleep with you without being married.
And if you don’t understand that, you don’t understand a word of my post. You read the words “friend zone” and started typing about “work” and “money.” Which is exactly the point I was making — sex is not the price women want to pay for some guy buying them dinner.
There was no “friend zone” in the dating culture fifty years ago. Think about why.
Terminology definition: to be in her "friend zone" means she has no sexual interest, but is willing to let you hang out and listen to her angst about her serious relationships.
This is different from a girl having sexual interest, but wanting to wait a bit to make sure that you are marriage material.
Wise words.