#brunchtalk: How Do You Get Over Being Friend Zoned?

Dateable: Your insider's look into modern dating and relationships

Yue Xu and Julie Krafchick

Relationships, Sexuality, Science, Social Sciences, Health & Fitness, Society & Culture

4.5 • 877 Ratings

🗓️ 19 May 2024

⏱️ 21 minutes

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Summary

What happens when you finally get the courage to confess your feelings....and then they just don't feel the same? It can be so difficult –regardless of your gender or sexuality – to have to see this person out and about who rejected you. We're discussing the time needed to break away from the situation, how to know if eventually regaining a friendship is in the cards, and ways you can move forward and meet someone who returns the feelings for you. Got a dating question you need answered? Hit us up at [email protected] Follow us @dateablepodcast, @juliekrafchick and @nonplatonic. Check out our website for more content about modern dating. Also listen to our other podcast Exit Interview w/ iHeart Podcasts available on Apple Podcasts, Spotify, iHeartRadio, or wherever you get your podcasts. WE WROTE A BOOK! HOW TO BE DATEABLE is available for pre-order now: https://howtobedateable.com/ Meeting People IRL Kickstarter - CLOSES August 31st and get $10 OFF now through then! Support this podcast at — https://redcircle.com/dateable-podcast/donations Advertising Inquiries: https://redcircle.com/brands Privacy & Opt-Out: https://redcircle.com/privacy

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0:00.0	Hi I'm Yui Shue and I'm Julie Kraftchik.
0:03.0	We're active daters turn dating sociologists.
0:05.6	Here to dive into everything modern dating and relationships.
0:09.1	Welcome to the dateable podcast. Oh, hey, you're back for another episode of brunch talk because you want us to
0:19.8	dissect your burning dating questions and we are happy to do so.
0:24.4	And we have a really good one today.
0:27.0	One that we get on our plate quite a bit.
0:30.3	Like the little...
0:31.0	We don't play favorites though.
0:32.4	They're all good. they're all equally good. But this one we've heard many of you ask over and over again how do I get over being friend zoned and for more, I have a huge crush on one of my guy friends,
0:45.9	and I told him about it.
0:47.6	He said he only lights me as a friend.
0:50.5	A new girl recently entered our friend group, and now they're hooking up. I was
0:55.9	incredibly hurt and told my guy friend I wanted a no contact period. Any advice on
1:01.5	how to maintain this period without slipping? How long should it last? I've been really struggling as I want to talk to him.
1:09.0	Oh, this is why it's so hard to mix friendship with feelings.
1:15.0	Once you've been friend zoned, like when someone tells you they don't see you as anything more than a friend,
1:21.0	it's a little harder to get out of the friend zone because they've already established.
1:26.0	That's a boundary they're establishing and as a friend you should be able to respect that boundary.
1:32.0	So I think in this situation you have to kind of respectfully
1:36.1	remove yourself out of any future situations that could hurt you and that would be
1:41.8	hanging out with him and his new girl or any other girl that he comes in contact with.
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