If you find a woman attractive enough to want her as a friend, I believe it's better you should make it an official relationship. Shoot your shot and make peace with the outcome.
The male mindset works in a peculiar way. Imagine seeing the woman who friend-zoned you getting cracked by other men. You will feel lesser for it no matter how much understandingyou claim to be, and sometimes you end up hurting yourself even more.
Friendship is a long term investment and must be chosen wisely.
Iâve been friends with some girls I met at school or online. We were close and shared some secrets together, but one thing I realised is that as soon as they start building a relationship with someone else, the energy drops. If they eventually get married, it becomes even worse, because they tend to treat you as if you never existed, just to protect their home or marriage, and Iâm not against that at all.
If youâre looking for friends, build those friendships with your own gender rather than the opposite. No reasonable person is comfortable with their partner having a close friend of the opposite gender.
People like to decieve themselves a lot. When people of the opposite gender are "friends," it's either they secretly "catch feelings" for each other, or, the lady starts to "use" the man.
She has a father, but you're the first person she asks for money when she's broke.
Lol.