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An Examination of The Friend Zone

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What I feel like writing about today has certainly not been the most important thing on my mind, but this idea has been brewing in there for years.  It is the mythical "Friend Zone".  I have lived in a place with such a strong and unique dating culture for so long I don't know what is widely known and what is thought only in little corner of the world.   So in case this ISN'T a world wide thing and some of you haven't heard about it, I will explain. First, a disclaimer These thoughts are only what have I have discovered to be true about myself.  I suspect they are true of others but of course, I don't know.   Also there might be many different meanings of 'friend zone'.  I'm going to explain the meaning I have a problem with, but I'm sure there are others that are fine. The idea that creates the friend zone is this:  Once you have established a friendship with someone it is hard to change it to a romantic type committed relationship bec