"I want to be friends first"

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Kitty4670
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22 Oct 2018, 12:56 pm

When I was on dating apps, I wish men were slow down, they want to meet me the next day, ALOT of them come on too strong, they give me their phone numbers in their first email to me. I talked to nice men too, we were talking as friends :D



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23 Oct 2018, 11:22 am

ThisAdamGuy wrote:
I've had a lot of women say they want to be friends first. Every single time, the ones I've stayed in contact with have announced that their dating someone else shortly after.


In your original post, you said "dating site." Everyone on a dating site is going to have multiple irons in the fire, especially the women, so what you describe is pretty normal, I think. At least they're telling you, so you can focus your energy elsewhere, and not just ghosting.



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30 Oct 2018, 9:06 am

There is no friend zone. Friend zone = she is not interested in you. Move onto the next and good luck in your search.



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12 Nov 2018, 1:02 pm

I don't ever date anyone without befriending them first. If it can't work as a friendship then its definitely not gonna work as a romantic relationship. All romantic relationship does is become an extension of the friendship anyway. Maybe that's my theory of it being an asexual but that's always the way I looked at it, I never dated just to date.



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12 Nov 2018, 9:43 pm

Friendships rarely develop into romantic relationships. There must be chemistry from the start. The elusive love at first sight is what I have seen on TV/Hollywood films. My interactions with women have been very few and far between. We are talking cashiers and odd awkward chats at school/college/work it never goes beyond hi, how are you? I never liked small chat. I have never complimented a woman in person. This could be sexual harassment as is highlighted in the USA with countless news stories that guy dares to complement female at work and HR sack him on spot.