A netizen shared how one of her close male friends just told her that she “brother-zoned” him, which is the next level of “friendzone”.
Here is the story
One of my close male friends just told me I “brother-zoned him”
I went out to dinner tonight with my friend who I’ve known since we were young kidis, we get dinner often, this isn’t something new.
I took a bite of food from his plate, and while eating it asked “can I have a bite of this?”
He laughed and said “I like how you eat it before you ask”
I laugh too and say “that’s something my sister and I would do, you’re like my brother” thinking this was a compliment.
His reaction was not what I expected.
Apparently the only thing worse than being friendzoned is being “brother-zoned”. Which I didn’t even know was a thing.
Netizens’ comments
- Never heard of it.
I would think getting “Brother-zoned” is the highest level you can reach. Officially family. By choice, not forced by blood.
- Only if your objective is a platonic friendship, I suspect. Maybe op’s male friend wanted something more intimate?
- This is strange…I’m a guy, and the woman that is my best female friend I regularly tell her that she’s like the sister I always wanted instead of the one I got, and she will tell me I’m like the older brother she never had.
I’ve always felt like that meant that we had reached a point where our friendship was actually more about love, but not in a romantic way, in a “you’re a part of my family” way.
I’ve never even heard anyone say “brother-zoned,” and find it really odd.