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You'll be a busy bee that gets no honey

but make sure its her dog. ( important )

I once got out of the friend zone...

She died from a car crash

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True story. Said that to someone I was interested in and I could feel the friend zone coming.

Happened to me once. He turned out to be gay...not ready to admit it at the time...this was a LOOOONG time ago. ;)

Men deserve better, what do y'all think

I deserve friends who don't think I owe them sex for being my friend

And let the Ghosting begin....

If you don't want to to stuff for your "friend" unless she's going to give you sex, DON'T DO STUFF FOR YOUR FRIEND!!! They are your friend, not a hooker.

This is true but also you don't lean on a friend to help you out when your boyfriend can't or want help you. I'll fix your car because I can and willing to help you out for a discounted fee or a for trade. It doesn't have to be sex. Make me a nice meal, buy a gift with some meaning behind it or bring me a bottle of whiskey but make an effort. If you don't you'll be told your taken advantage of my friendship. You can always go elsewhere and find a good friend or honest mechanic. There's billions of people out there go be a moocher off someone's else's time and trade.

True, but friend zoning means that you're "just friends" which can and should involve certain reciprocation appropriate to friendship. The entire idea that friend zoning is wrong implies that if males are friends with a female, to hey are somehow entitled to something more than friendship (i.e. sex).

Friend zoning is when a woman honey pots a man to enjoy all the benefits of having a boyfriend with no intention of ever realizing the full dynamic of a romantic relationship.

There are differences between this practice and a simple man-woman friendship or the cases of when a woman has been clear from the start she just wants to be platonic friends but the man thinks he can break through with gifts, niceties, and perseverance.

Given that the most common complaint about friend zoning is hearing a woman complain about her current relationship/sex life, leading a man on is NOT a universally accepteted component of friend zoning. If she were leading you to believe there might be a relationship or sex, she wouldn't be having other relationships or sex and then complaining to you about it.
What you are describing is a form of gold digging, and you don't want that girl as a friend or girlfriend anyway.

No, still friend zoning. This component is part of the carrot dangling.

You guys are funny. "Friend zoning," "honey pot," "gold digging" -- they are all terms for objectionable dating behavior. Does the exact definition of each term really matter? You're not in court -- count yourself lucky; you've probably done some things women complain about.

I'm sure men do.

The when point of the post is objectional dating behavior.