“Sometimes that bad/ evil part of yourself, the destructive messed-up part, wants you to stay where it’s safe and never get what you really want. But the best part of yourself is the one that says, ‘Please, please do this. You only live once, and I’m sick of this situation!”Tagged: The Friend Zone, Risk, Loss, Rejection
“Don’t be shocked if your friend is thrown off by the Confession. After all, you are admitting something that could potentially lead to a lot of change for both of you.”Tagged: The Friend Zone, Risk, Loss, Rejection
“As scary and uncomfortable as it is, you have to do it if you ever want to change your current situation.”Tagged: The Friend Zone, Risk, Loss, Rejection
“Make sure you tell them how you feel about them, as scary as that can be, and get them to reveal what they’ve been feeling as well.”Tagged: The Friend Zone, Risk, Loss, Rejection
“With the emotional relationship, give them time to process your confession, but at the same time, don’t let them off the hook for an answer.”Tagged: The Friend Zone, Risk, Loss, Rejection
“It’s never going to seem natural to go into the Confession in a relationship like this, so it’s best to just acknowledge that it’s a little awkward or hard for you to do, and then just go for it.”Tagged: The Friend Zone, Risk, Loss, Rejection
“Just remember to say how you feel and ask them how they feel about you. Your own relationship up to this point will dictate your tone and how out there you want to be with your confession.”Tagged: The Friend Zone, Risk, Loss, Rejection
“The goal is not to catch the person off-guard and knock their socks off. The goal is to gently let them know how you feel and find out how they feel about you.”Tagged: The Friend Zone, Risk, Loss, Rejection
“If you’ve never told your friend explicitly how you feel about them— that you like them, as more than a friend— then please, for God’s sake, assume that they don’t know.”Tagged: The Friend Zone, Risk, Loss, Rejection
“There is nothing more fun in life than doing what you really want to do, deep in your heart, without fear, knowing that either way, you will be a better version of yourself in the end: the one who says what they feel and then gets the person of their dreams, or at least can move on and meet the…”Tagged: The Friend Zone, Risk, Loss, Rejection
“Being willing to lose what you have right now may lead to your biggest gain.”Tagged: The Friend Zone, Risk, Loss, Rejection
“Once you put your feelings on the line, there’s no going back. Whatever you two had going on before is going to be different once you say that you like them as more than a friend.”Tagged: The Friend Zone, Risk, Loss, Rejection
“Every Friend Zone relationship has a shelf life. You can’t live in this fuzzy gray area forever, and you won’t. Eventually someone jumps ship, and it probably won’t be you. So if it’s going to end sometime, it might as well be on your terms and when you can give it a real shot. What we’re saying is:…”Tagged: The Friend Zone, Risk, Loss, Rejection
“But we think the whole save-the-friendship thing is just an excuse, so you don’t have to feel bad for not doing what you really want to do. What you’re actually afraid of is rejection and loss. We all are, but anything worth having is going to cost you.”Tagged: The Friend Zone, Risk, Loss, Rejection