The friend-zone: This is the worst position someone can be in, if they have feelings for someone. When a person develops romantic feelings for someone, but the other person only sees the relationship as just being friends.

(As told by UrbanDictionary)

I read somewhere once that the friend zone is a place in the social world where men unite in their inability to get any.

As females, we absolutely cannot get enough of the friend zone. It is the perfect amount of male companionship without all of the restraint. Men typically get real pissed when in conversation about the friend zone. It’s so “unfair” and “cruel”.

Well, I’m about to drop some truth on y’all. This is one of the various areas of the dating world where men are wrong. The friendzone is real for women, as well. Men just don’t seem to realize it.

Although it may be more visible because men are typically the move-makers, women don’t have to make an advance to be removed from the "potential love interest" list, to the "just a homie" list.

For my purposes and for clarity, we’ll call it the “bro zone.”

The bro zone falls somewhere between having a “Game of Thrones” marathon with us and touching our butts. When we’re in the bro zone, we become just that: a bro.

We, members of the bro zone, are no longer desirable feminine creatures with pleasant smells and an unobtainable aura; we are the next pick for your flag football team and your beer pong partner.

When they introduce us to their friends they refer to us as “the homie” or by some random nickname that isn’t attractive at all.

Members of the bro zone can recognize that they have made the final decent into this special lair of bro-dom in quite a few ways.

If he always sees you in your smelly old, crappy sweatpants, then you’ve drifted out of the area of seduction.

When he talks to you about his hook-up plans for the weekend or his strategies for checking out girls at the gym, you’ve probably made your way deep into the bro zone.

If you’re the one of the bros, you’ll be the go-to for late night sonic corn dog runs. He finally realizes that girls can eat too and understands just how much you can eat.

You’re in the “ugly Snapchat face” zone. Usually reserved for close roommates or your best girlfriends, the ugly Snapchats he receives from you or visa versa, proves the depth of the bro zone. This one is a good thing, though. It means you’ve reached the ultimate level of trust and respect.

Bro-zone members spend time wishing that that one guy would finally stop looking at all of those fake, hot blonde chicks and give her a chance. They hope that he would see that she is his #1 fan, best friend, and is pretty damn hot too. The chick that doesn't think all of your gross habits are that weird, and the chick your family loves.

Regardless, you’re not alone. Whether you’re a guy or girl, there are people just like you that get friendzoned. I’m not sure of any way out of the friend zone/ bro zone. If you find a way out, let me know. Until then, I’ll be over here listening to farts, stupid jokes, conversations about “hot chicks”, and binging on pizza. Hey, at least the bro zone always has pizza.