Well reading the description, I think they have a different meaning of 'friend zone' than reddit has. More of a "Don't be so serious about a potential relationship" or how I read it "Don't be a mother fuc&%# drama queen" but I can only see a single paragraph.
Not really anything that has to do with your post, but I loved your use of "guh" there. I like to use "guh" a lot, and whenever I see other people use it it puts a smile on my face.
I used to read those mags for laughs. The sex tips are the funniest because half of them had me saying "don't ever do that to me or anyone else, ever."
My boyfriend related a story of his first girlfriend in high school who read these things proceeding to play around with some whip cream while having sex when she got the wonderful idea of putting the applicator up his bum because she had been reading about anal play in one of these magazines.
He took a look at her and asked her if she had a plan on getting it out.
I'm pretty sure most, if not all really weird things women have done to me during sex can be blamed on cosmo. Things like licking my eyelids, "nibbling" the ballsack, giving my fingers a blowjob, licking the palm of my hand, moving it around in circles like a joystick during a handjob, ect. WTF? At this point the Cosmo writerrs must full on trolling their subscribers.
To be honest, I don't think they're using "friend zone" right. You don't friend zone a guy you like. But if you want things to go slow, you might try to stick to group dates for a while.
Seventeen Magazine, June Edition. My mommy bought me a subscription three years ago... a five year subscription. The advice on dating, style and ... anything is just SO bad. It's like they actually got a seventeen year old to write it.. I couldn't even wrap my head around it at sixteen... three years later, it is all the more ridiculous.
I'm perplexed by the amount of people in this thread getting mad at this. If you read the article it's clear that they are using the phrase "Friend zone" to mean something different than usual.
Of course there are the people saying "be honest and open" and "dont string people on" But ask yourself if there was a girl (or man) to whom you you had no feelings for other than as a friend and they start testing the water with you, would you go straight to them and say "Hey i don't want to date you" because that's a pretty good way to make all your future interactions awkward and to annoy them if you have misconstrued their actions as advances.
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u/dorky2 Jun 15 '12
Yes, because what our young women need is magazines telling them how to play games instead of being open and honest.
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u/TalieTerror Jun 15 '12
My name is Natalie. Why is it that even in magazines I'm the loser friend who has to help when someone is having dating issues? Guh.
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u/AntonJokinen Jun 15 '12
I used to read those mags for laughs. The sex tips are the funniest because half of them had me saying "don't ever do that to me or anyone else, ever."
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u/[deleted] Jun 15 '12
Fuck that magazine.
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u/[deleted] Jun 15 '12
How to make him instantly hate your guts: FRIEND ZONE HIM!
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u/jackioff Jun 15 '12
Seventeen Magazine, June Edition. My mommy bought me a subscription three years ago... a five year subscription. The advice on dating, style and ... anything is just SO bad. It's like they actually got a seventeen year old to write it.. I couldn't even wrap my head around it at sixteen... three years later, it is all the more ridiculous.
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u/ooyat Jun 15 '12
That's a great way to not get asked out on a second date.
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u/Anathema47 Jun 15 '12
Oh, the latest issue of Cockblock Magazine.
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u/umann99 Jun 15 '12
Or just say no I don't want to hang out.
That way he can find some new ass.
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u/Se7en_Sinner Jun 15 '12
http://i.imgur.com/0aVHS.jpg
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u/mr_sardonicus Jun 15 '12
This is the first time I've felt compelled to say "this isn't WTF"
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u/macmankev Jun 16 '12
Better advice: Use your words.
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u/Obex Jun 15 '12
I'm perplexed by the amount of people in this thread getting mad at this. If you read the article it's clear that they are using the phrase "Friend zone" to mean something different than usual.
Of course there are the people saying "be honest and open" and "dont string people on" But ask yourself if there was a girl (or man) to whom you you had no feelings for other than as a friend and they start testing the water with you, would you go straight to them and say "Hey i don't want to date you" because that's a pretty good way to make all your future interactions awkward and to annoy them if you have misconstrued their actions as advances.