The RWP

Adam · #1 12th June 2012, 03:40 AM

So, you kind of know about Jen. Well I have a story to tell you and a question at the end. Bear with me.

Yesterday, I helped her family move. Turns out her family fell in love with me. They consider me (as Jen's mother said) a member of the family. Jen's grandmother said I was "so cute and polite". It was all really flattering. I mean, and old, southern, white woman said a 6' 2'' black guy was cute and polite. It was sweet. So after all the moving thing, I ran off to work and came back to Jen's new apartment. We sat in her room and just talked about her colossal Tigger collection and just things in general. We were there for probably a few hours. We eventually got bored and restless and one of us suggested that due to it being a Sunday afternoon in the Bible Belt and nothing was open, that we should go to Wal-Mart. Grab some snackage, walk around aimlessly, that sort of thing.

After walking around for about half an hour and laughing about the icecream maker and how dumb it is to put Hello Kitty into a bikini, Jen asks, "Hey have you met my boyfriend? I'm pretty sure he's working tonight." Only slightly flustered, I simply say, "No, I haven't met him..." She says he works in electronics, where we were walking, and we make our way there. That's when I met Andrew.

He's a total bro. Cool guy. Has a Majora's Mask tattoo on his arm. Snarky and cool. He took his break and we all just kinda chilled around the store for a while. I would have felt painfully 3rd wheel of Jen hadn't insisted on playing catch with me using this little blue rubber ball she'd found earlier. We finished hanging out with Andrew and went to KFC to eat. I dropped her off and that was that.

Now for the question: On a scale of 1 - 10, how friend zoned am I? 1 being "I want you right now" and 10 being "I thought you were gay". I know I'm pretty damned friend zoned, but I wonder to what degree. I mean I know she used to have a crush on me, but after all that, I wonder what your opinion is.

[David's rating: 11.5]
[Jason's rating: 4-7]

StarFox · #2 12th June 2012, 05:18 AM

Ah mean, I'm thinking an 8 over here. She takes you to meet her boyfriend, that doesn't bode well. I think the thought might have never crossed her mind, and that you're like a close friend.

Hey, I'm Grump · #3 12th June 2012, 06:02 AM

I'd say a 7. If she didn't want you before she had a boyfriend, then took you to meet him after she has one, you're pretty much ****ed as far as she's concerned.

Move on, bro. Do your own emotional sanity a massive favor.

Arykawesome92 · #4 12th June 2012, 07:56 AM

I'd give it a nine. I'm all about "Unless told differently by said person, you still have a chance" thing. While she did have you meet her boyfriend, but you had a suspicion about her liking you before she got said boyfriend. Then I'd say if they ever broke up, you do still have a bit of a chance unless she says otherwise. Still small chance, but a chance none the less. A word of advice though: IF they do break up, give her some distance. Don't hover over her trying to console her and whatnot even if you really want to. Then she'll REALLY see you as a best friend and you'll get friend-zoned. It's that kind of ass-backwards women logic they have where they say they want a boyfriend that consoles them and is always there for them to make them feel better, but when they get a guy friend that does that in hopes of winning them over, they treat him like a best friend only.

Chicken Eater 40652 · #5 12th June 2012, 08:42 AM

Eight. Pretty interesting story btw.

Jinjonator · #6 12th June 2012, 08:45 AM

Considering she already has a boyfriend, I'd say the chances of her going out with you are, uh, none.

Porky · #7 12th June 2012, 08:46 AM

You know, I'd say an 8 as well. As mentioned, she didn't really give any indication of liking you in that way, and then took you to meet her boyfriend, I think there's very little you can do at the moment..

That said, her family likes you, so if she breaks up with Andrew, there's the possibility of, say her grandmother saying; "what about that cute polite boy that helped you move?" and implanting the possibility. But that's a long shot and out of your control, so w/e.