Love is tricky. Sometimes you think you’re in love and before you can even confess your feelings to your significant other, you’re hit with a ‘I love you like a brother/sister’.
If you have been the victim of rejection, you would know that it hurts and there’s not much you can do about it but deal. But what happens when the roles have been switched? There have been so many stories about the rejected, but what is the deal with those doing the rejecting?
Do they intentionally ‘friend zone’ potential loves or do they sadly turn their backs on others? ‘s readers shared their stories.
“Yes, I’ve have friend zoned a few of the ladies who wanted to take things to the next level, ” Edwin Samule said. “Particularly one who was a very gorgeous woman from Otjiwarongo who wanted to get into my pants.
At the time, I felt it was fine, but later on, I realised that we might be better off being friends before anything beyond a friendship happened. So I friend zoned her. ”
Unfortunately, there is no method or formula to avoid being heartbroken. It could happen to anyone at any time and at any place. Scary.
“There was one guy who wanted me so bad, ” Julia Tuyoleni confessed. “We met at the mall in Shoprite when I needed N$30 and he helped me out. When I went out, he asked for my number and I gave it to him because I didn’t want to act childish.
He kept calling me, asking me to be his lover and I denied him because I was dating someone else already. One day, we bumped into each other. I was with my boyfriend and I introduced him. From there, he stopped and now we are good friends. ” Thankfully, things worked out for the best!
For Petrus Ndeyemunye, his friend zone act was more dramatic than Cardi B in a ‘Love and Hip Hop: New York’ episode. “Well, there was one woman on Facebook who, whenever I posted updates, would be the first to like and comment on them.
This encouraged me to inbox her, requesting for her number. She replied back, but she didn’t give me her number. Instead, she requested mine. Without wasting time I gave it to her. In a few minutes, I received a call from a private number. She introduced herself and I did the same. ”
But things took an interesting turn from there.
“She asked me how old I was, and I said 25 even though I was only 22 while she was 24. One day, around 22h00, she invited me to her room. Without fear, I decided to go there. On my way to her, I was approached by two boys.
They attacked me and ran away with my Nokia X2 01. By that time, she was nearby and immediately called the police because I was injured on my right arm.
She took me to Ongwediva Medi Park for medical attention. Kamma she had a medical aid card. ” Levels.
“After treatment, ” Petrus continued, “we went to her room where we remained indoors. Because my phone was lost, the next day she took me to CNA store in Oshana Mall, as she had an account there, she bought me a brand new Samsung S3, the one I am using today.
From that day, she kept on asking for my ID because she wanted to see how old I am. I had been telling her excuses that I don’t have one and then eventually I decided to give it to her. She told me that I was too young for her and from that day, we remained best friends. ”
It seems like everyone has their own story!
