5 tips to get you out of the friendzone

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By Ordia Akelo http://twitter.com/OrdiaAkelo

Who said women do not have their own share of silent heartbreaks when guys they have fallen for see them only as ‘Sisters’? So after the previous article on Signs you are in the friendzone, I am not going to leave you high and dry.

Here are some tips ladies can use suppose they find themselves in the tricky situation of being seen as nothing but a friend or even worse, a sister.

When girls are friendzoned, it is much harder because ladies want much more than just sex as is the case of men in the friendzone.

Despite the fact that it seems like a mean feat, there are actually ways to get a guy to see you in a whole different perspective.

  1. Show him you got game

The reason why you are in the friendzone in the first place is because you are the laid back girl from next door. The moment you take an initiative to show him you are more than that, you will take the first step out of the friend zone. Once he sees that other men find you attractive, he will be interested to be part of the chase.

  1.         Do not hang out with him all the time

Make him miss your prescence and feel your absence. This way he will know that you also have other things going on in your life. Men like women who are occupied with something compared to one who just sits around and makes herself pretty.

 Show him you have a life without him and while you are at it, try to date other people so that he can also try to figure out your qualities that make you girlfriend material.

  1. Flirt subtly

If you do not have simple flirtatious gesture that will keep him guessing, he may never know you are interested in him and not as a sibling.

 Do not try to overdo it as you may come across as desperate. This may ruin your relationship altogether. Drop hints like soft touches and a slight change of tone when you speak with him, so that he notices the difference between how you speak with him and how you speak with others.

  1.         Body language

Sometimes thing things we do communicate a lot more than we actually say. That said, slight touches on the arm while you are talking can send the message across. Again do not overdo it as it may freak him out and send him packing.

 Lean in whenever you are having a conversation and eye contact also helps in passing the message across strongly. There is power in eye contact, when you’re eyes meet he will know for a fact that you want much more than friendship.

  1.         Get out of your comfort zone

If you are the laidback chick, who rarely wears skirts or dresses, bring out another side of you that he will most probably love to see.

 Try something different out of your normal routine and he might see you as the girl who can actually try out new things and look good while she is at it.

 Aside from that, it will give you a chance to even meet new people. Once he sees that other men are interested in you, he will most certainly get competitive.

 The idea of all these steps is to send the message that you are interested in something more than just friendship.

 Once you have passed the message across, do not sweat it, sometimes a girl and a guy are better off as just friends. Do not peg all your hopes on him and in case it does not work out just know that it is not worth wasting your life. Move on to greener pastures, in the end you will be grateful you did.

If in case you move on and start seeing someone new, here is one tip that will ensure you do not land in the friendzone; state from your first meeting that you are looking for a long term relationship that goes beyond the friend zone.

 Otherwise I will leave all the men who shove women into the friendzone with one common Kenyan Proverb – A man who keeps a chicken for a pet will eventually eat it.

 

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