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5 Reasons Why We Need to Stop Using “Friendzone” Immediately
A story from a woman’s perspective
A few days back, I was talking to my classmate Ved over a cup of coffee. The conversation slowly sidled into casual flirting when I mentioned, just to make things clear, that I thought him to be a very good friend of mine.
His face fell at this. “Don’t tell me you are friendzoning me?” he asked.
This took me by surprise. “I am telling you I consider you a friend, Ved. Nothing else.”
“Uhh,” he said, not making an effort to hide his disappointment. “It is so easy for girls to friendzone guys.”
He left, leaving me at the table — completely bewildered.
What happened to Ved and me isn’t an isolated incident. If you are a woman, chances are, you have heard this word being thrown around casually.
In case you aren’t familiar with the term, friendzone is used to depict a situation when a man’s romantic advances have been denied by a woman who considers him to be her friend.
If you are a youth who actively looks through memes, you must have come across the following in some form or another-
Here’s why I think friendzone is a toxic concept and people should immediately stop using the word.
