Young women created the “friend zone” as a way to spend time with men, while working around the sex-on-the-third-date-culture they were born into. Don’t hate the players; hate the game.
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I am not sure that is true. Friend zone as far as I can see is a place that girls get to pretend that lots of guys are friends and it is like notched in their belts. The girls know they have the upper hand in the game. Sort of a who is popular game girls play among themselves.
The way guys define "friend zone", is that the girl will hang out, but have no sexual/romantic interest. This is especially the case if she is having sex with other guys, but not with him.
If a guy is just interested in sex, but not commitment, if he falsely strings her along by letting her think that there's a possibility of future commitment if she's nice enough to him, then her smarter friends will tell the girl "He's just using you, dump him".
Similarly, if a girl is just interested in companionship, but not sex, if she falsely strings him along by letting him think that someday she will be in a sexual relationship with him if he's nice enough to her, but meanwhile her sexual interest is with other men, then the guy's friends will tell him "she's just using you, dump her".