They didn't "friend zone" you. They just decided they weren't into you. Probably at least some of them for reasons such as you are a person who uses the term "friend zone" and think it's a real thing.

They didn't "friend zone" you. They just decided they weren't into you. Probably at least some of them for reasons such as you are a person who uses the term "friend zone" and think it's a real thing.

That was one of the things I was afraid of, but surprisingly, the only one who's groped my stomach has been my little sister. Husband likes to pat or rub it sometimes, but obviously he's not a stranger.

Probably... Then again, it *is* the internets.

Well, I already decided that you were an asshole that didn't care about logic and research from you interactions with other people, so I thought an ad hominem was the perfect response :)

You realize that is super-duper illegal, right?

You certainly don't write at a graduate level...

Not at Burger King's, at least when I worked there ~3-5 years ago.

1. Any guy coming up to me before I set foot out the door and directly asking for my number is not creepy (unless there are other factors involved). Once I set foot out the door, no amount of attractiveness is going to make him not-creepy. You realize that girls consider a lot more factors than physical attractiveness…

Ouch.

I think it may have been a deal-breaker for her past relationships, and she didn't want to invest time and energy into a relationship that wasn't going to work out?

I think it depends on how often you see each other.

Holy crap you're like my husband.

That, my friend, is most definitely infatuation.

"What's the worst that can happen, that she stops talking to me?"

Once could be forgiven as a misunderstanding, however, the letter-writer makes it clear that this is repeated behavior, to the point that she avoids certain social occasions just because he might be there.

No, in most cases you just move away so as not to offend them. Not even sure what point you're trying to make, because people don't say that.

"But then what gets really offensive is that when a guy just trying really hard to keep someone's attention and talk to them, they're painted as a devious predator. At best, this guy, apparently, is no better than a PUA. And still, it's somehow reasonable to suspect that this guy might be a rapist or murderer, even…

Body language is less confrontational. If they can pick it up, I don't have to say anything, and can also avoid embarrassing them in front of others. I'm not punishing them for not picking up the cues, it's just that if they don't pick them up and still continue the behavior, I have no other choice than confront them,…

While I know that they're out there, I actually have never met a single person who has no friends whatsoever. And I say this as someone who had like two friends total per grade in elementary school.