The Friendzone is the harshest prison on earth. You get
imprisoned not for doing anything wrong, but for being who you are. It makes
sense then that people take their time there to heart. What people don’t
realise is that it shouldn’t be a punishment, but rather an opportunity. It is
beyond annoying how much people complain about what should be seen as an
indictment of themselves and their peers. Bear with me as I essentially
tell you to stop boring us with your friendship-filled tears, and do something
to change the situation.
People are idiots. This is because we are irrational. The
difference between ignorance and stupidity is that with ignorance one doesn’t
know any better. With stupidity one knows better but doesn’t do better, and
this irrationality stems from our natural inclination to base our decisions on
our emotions. This is why people often end up with people they shouldn’t have
any business associating with. You know this man is fat, ugly, dumb and any
other bad adjective you can Google. But hey, he’s popular so now you want to
start DM-ing him your BBM pin. You’re an idiot. She’s shallow, materialistic
and uninteresting. Mmmm, but she’s got the most perfect ass you’ve ever seen,
so now you’ve caught feelings. You’re an idiot too. But don’t be mad at them
for feeling how they feel, be mad at them for acting on it. What people who’ve
been friendzoned need to realise is that people can’t help how they feel. You
can’t force them to like you back, or force them to stop liking who they like,
no matter how recklessly they are behaving.
“You can’t feel anything that your heart doesn’t want to
feel” – James Morrison
Firstly, you need to make peace with the fact that people
like maintaining appearances. Yes she said she wanted a smart, funny and
sweet guy, and you’re all those things, but she’s still not giving you.
That is because she didn’t say he also has to be attractive, rich and/or
popular. It doesn’t mean she was lying, it just means that she wasn’t 100%
honest. Similarly, a guy saying he wants a smart, strong and independent woman
isn’t being completely honest when he omits that she must not make more than
him or defy his authority, and must give him sex on command. It’s difficult for
people to be 100% honest in this world because we need to be civil to maintain
our social standing. No girl can come out and say that she is a gold digger and
expect to maintain friendships. As a friend you must accept that people only
list criteria in an ideal and not necessarily practical
manner. They say they want those qualities ideally, but life is not necessarily
ideal. People are fluid creatures; accept that each situation is different.
People desire many qualities in theory, but hearts aren’t known for their rationality.
Next, you must also see where people are coming from.
Sometimes people genuinely don’t see their friends in a sexual/relational
manner, but a lot of the time it boils down to attraction. Some people must
realise that as great as they are as people, that doesn’t necessarily make them
attractive. Fine, you’re really funny and nice and everything, but you look
like Rick Ross, so now what must happen? There is a very distinct difference
between being good-looking and being attractive. You can’t, barring an episode
of Dr 90210, change your physical features, but you can improve your level of
attractiveness. If you’ve got thousands of jokes but zero sexual charisma, stop
trying to bully her into being with you and improve yourself. Go to gym, buy a GQ,
watch Mystery’s show, read a book, WHATEVER DUDE. Just be better. Attraction
isn’t necessarily always about looks, often it’s more mental and emotional than
anything.
Lastly, you need to wake the fuck up. If you’ve done
everything in your power to be the best you can be for this person and they
still don’t want you, let it go. When you apply for a job and your application
gets denied, you don’t keep going to their office to cry about it. You either
work towards improving your CV and apply again, or you go get another job. If
your improved experience and CV doesn’t get you the job, go apply somewhere
else. There will always be better jobs and there will always be better people.
Ask yourself this: if they can’t recognise how amazing you are, are they really
worth your time? Just accept that your friend, as amazing as they may be, is an
idiot.
The Friendzone should inspire you to improve yourself. If
your friend doesn’t want you, you should either let it go and move on to better
things, or improve yourself to the point that you cannot be denied. People will
always feel how they want to feel and there is nothing you can do to change
that, so stop crying about it and just be better. If after all that effort you
are still determined to be with them as opposed to someone who recognises you
for who you are, then good luck. You are a person after all, and people are
idiots.
By Lebo Sibisi (@MrImJustSayin)
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