Yeah I still managed to friend zone online dates. I blame not having a male presence in my life growing up
(thanks mum/grandma). Managed to friend zone a number of women at university, even getting a nick name
. All in the past now though and insignificant. A perk however is I did make a lot of friends
.
Edit - just remembered I also went on a platonic date on OKCupid as well but at least the friend zoning was predefined.
******* friendzone
Your post may as well have been written by me. No father growing up, single mum, etc. Basically been raised that women are fragile petals who need to be treated like princesses for 17 years before even trying first base.
A few stories (all in Holland I should add)...
One was a girl named Elaine, hottest spicy thing going, was really in to her. Built her a PC, helped her select music for her modelling thing in Barcelona (Eric Prydz, Call On Me), bam - friendzone. We lost contact eventually when my life went pretty dark with illegal substances, she broke away from the group and moved in with a boyfriend and whatnot. I went to my home town about a year ago, booked the newest fanciest hotel and bumped in to her there. She'd obviously not come much further in life whereas I'd flipped the script completely and am doing rather well. It felt amazing standing there with my wife, posh hotel, well dressed, nice rental car etc. I could see a little look in her eyes, but that ship sailed.
Another far more relevant one... Joyce. I'll never forget Joyce. Proper farmers' girl, from a town with about 50 residents, she was as reliable as an old Soviet tank, always there when you needed her and every single one of my mates used her plenty, except me, who ended up watching a film with her. Like seriously wtaf.
Elisa, lovely girl, about 14ft tall (tall by Dutch standards, says it all really), ended up getting to second base in the cinema (Star Wars: Ep 1), and that's as far as it got.
The only woman I've met via online only was Jolanda. Met her on ICQ, was 21 at the time. Turned out she was a 34 year old cop with the uniform, handcuffs, the lot. Holy moly, she certainly taught me a thing or two, absolutely mental.
Now I'm married and work in a Swedish company where 70% of the staff are women and all between 25-35. It's ridiculous. If I wasn't married I'd have been sacked ages ago.