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How to Get Out of the Friend Zone? — What You’re Really Trying to Escape
People usually ask how to get out of the friend zone as if the friend zone is a physical room with a locked door and a single secret exit. But the truth is more uncomfortable: the friend zone isn’t a place—they’re a dynamic. A story you’re in, but also a story you’re sustaining. And beneath the question lies something deeper than strategy. When you ask how to get out of the friend zone, what you’re really asking is: “How do I stop loving someone who only loves the parts of me that are convenient for them?”