“The friend zone” doesn’t exist. I have crushes on friends all the time. You know what I do about it? Nothing bc I respect boundaries. If you wouldn’t be friends w/them w/o the hope of being w/them, you aren’t really their friend. You’re wooing in the guise of a friendship.
if you complain about "the friend zone" then odds are you are bad at being a friend and therefore disqualified from being good at any other type of relationship.