{"id":55142,"date":"2013-11-25T17:03:42","date_gmt":"2013-11-25T17:03:42","guid":{"rendered":""},"modified":"2013-11-25T17:03:42","modified_gmt":"2013-11-25T17:03:42","slug":"how-be-more-just-friends","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/digiblocks.ca\/29secrets\/relationships\/how-be-more-just-friends\/","title":{"rendered":"How to Be More than \u00e2\u20ac\u0153Just Friends”"},"content":{"rendered":"
\n
\n

Friend zone. How do you move from the “just friends” to something more?<\/p>\n

Being stuck in the friend zone is a super frustrating and uneven position. When you are crushing on someone and you find yourself in that dreaded “just friend” position, there is still hope. Here are 5 ways to break out of the friend zone.<\/p>\n

1)    Be less interested<\/strong>– step back and try not to give up too much of yourself. People always want to feel like they have ‘earned’ someone’s friendship, time, and slowly build a relationship. Those who are willing to walk away are always the ones who have more power in a relationship.<\/p>\n

2)    Play hard to get<\/strong>– spend time away from your ‘friend’. Give them a chance to miss you! There is a reason they say, distance makes the heart grow fonder.<\/p>\n

3)    Start looking around<\/strong>– Go and put yourself out there! Find time to meet new people and talk to your friend a bit about your possible new romantic prospects. See if you get a reaction! Even though I don’t encourage playing games, sometimes it is good to show the person you’re interested in, that you are desirable, and it might put you in a new light.<\/p>\n

4)    Get them to invest<\/strong>– Like all relationships you have to ‘invest’- time, energy, emotional support etc. As weird as it seems, getting people to do favors for you (within reason) actually makes people feel more appreciative of you.  This doesn’t have to be anything demanding, ask them to pick you up a coffee or to call you instead of initiating the hangout.<\/p>\n

5)    Be grateful<\/strong>– Of course, when you ask your friend to help you out with things and to invest in you, you have to reward them and be gracious. Be attentive and affectionate when they are thoughtful or kind to you. Make sure that they ‘earn’ your respect and affection.<\/p>\n

Ultimately, following these five steps helps even out your relationship and move you from the ‘friend zone’ to equal footing. It is only here that you can start taking a more direct (or indirect) approach to a romantic relationship. <\/span><\/p>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

How do you move from the friend zone to something more?<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":72185,"featured_media":76723,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_acf_changed":false,"footnotes":""},"categories":[64613],"tags":[72572,78405,78403,64764,66126,64840,78404],"class_list":["post-55142","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-relationships","tag-best-friends","tag-womens-wear-daily-0","tag-loreal-paris-0","tag-friends","tag-friends-benefits","tag-friendship","tag-victorias-secret-angels-0"],"acf":[],"yoast_head":"\nHow to Be More than \u00e2\u20ac\u0153Just Friends" - 29Secrets<\/title>\n<meta name=\"description\" content=\"Being stuck in the friend zone is a super frustrating and uneven position. When you are crushing on someone and you find yourself in that dreaded \u00e2\u20ac\u0153just friend\u00e2\u20ac\u009d position, there is still hope. Here are 5 ways to break out of the friend zone.\" \/>\n<meta name=\"robots\" content=\"noindex, follow, max-snippet:-1, max-image-preview:large, max-video-preview:-1\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:locale\" content=\"en_US\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:type\" content=\"article\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:title\" content=\"How to Be More than \u00e2\u20ac\u0153Just Friends" - 29Secrets\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:description\" content=\"Being stuck in the friend zone is a super frustrating and uneven position. When you are crushing on someone and you find yourself in that dreaded \u00e2\u20ac\u0153just friend\u00e2\u20ac\u009d position, there is still hope. Here are 5 ways to break out of the friend zone.\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:url\" content=\"https:\/\/digiblocks.ca\/29secrets\/relationships\/how-be-more-just-friends\/\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:site_name\" content=\"29Secrets\" \/>\n<meta property=\"article:publisher\" content=\"https:\/\/www.facebook.com\/29Secrets\" \/>\n<meta property=\"article:published_time\" content=\"2013-11-25T17:03:42+00:00\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:image\" content=\"https:\/\/digiblocks.ca\/29secrets\/wp-content\/uploads\/more%20than%20friends.jpg\" \/>\n\t<meta property=\"og:image:width\" content=\"600\" \/>\n\t<meta property=\"og:image:height\" content=\"800\" \/>\n\t<meta property=\"og:image:type\" content=\"image\/jpeg\" \/>\n<meta name=\"author\" content=\"Abby Ho\" \/>\n<meta name=\"twitter:card\" content=\"summary_large_image\" \/>\n<meta name=\"twitter:creator\" content=\"@29secrets\" \/>\n<meta name=\"twitter:site\" content=\"@29secrets\" \/>\n<meta name=\"twitter:label1\" content=\"Written by\" \/>\n\t<meta name=\"twitter:data1\" content=\"Abby Ho\" \/>\n\t<meta name=\"twitter:label2\" content=\"Est. reading time\" \/>\n\t<meta name=\"twitter:data2\" content=\"2 minutes\" \/>\n<script type=\"application\/ld+json\" class=\"yoast-schema-graph\">{\"@context\":\"https:\/\/schema.org\",\"@graph\":[{\"@type\":\"Article\",\"@id\":\"https:\/\/digiblocks.ca\/29secrets\/relationships\/how-be-more-just-friends\/#article\",\"isPartOf\":{\"@id\":\"https:\/\/digiblocks.ca\/29secrets\/relationships\/how-be-more-just-friends\/\"},\"author\":{\"name\":\"Abby Ho\",\"@id\":\"https:\/\/digiblocks.ca\/29secrets\/#\/schema\/person\/10e1ec120628c16e2c51354175baeefc\"},\"headline\":\"How to Be More than \u00e2\u20ac\u0153Just Friends”\",\"datePublished\":\"2013-11-25T17:03:42+00:00\",\"mainEntityOfPage\":{\"@id\":\"https:\/\/digiblocks.ca\/29secrets\/relationships\/how-be-more-just-friends\/\"},\"wordCount\":398,\"commentCount\":5,\"publisher\":{\"@id\":\"https:\/\/digiblocks.ca\/29secrets\/#organization\"},\"image\":{\"@id\":\"https:\/\/digiblocks.ca\/29secrets\/relationships\/how-be-more-just-friends\/#primaryimage\"},\"thumbnailUrl\":\"https:\/\/digiblocks.ca\/29secrets\/wp-content\/uploads\/more than friends.jpg\",\"keywords\":[\"best friends\",\"dtr\",\"friend zone\",\"friends\",\"friends with benefits\",\"friendship\",\"how to be more then just friends\"],\"articleSection\":[\"Relationships\"],\"inLanguage\":\"en-US\",\"potentialAction\":[{\"@type\":\"CommentAction\",\"name\":\"Comment\",\"target\":[\"https:\/\/digiblocks.ca\/29secrets\/relationships\/how-be-more-just-friends\/#respond\"]}]},{\"@type\":\"WebPage\",\"@id\":\"https:\/\/digiblocks.ca\/29secrets\/relationships\/how-be-more-just-friends\/\",\"url\":\"https:\/\/digiblocks.ca\/29secrets\/relationships\/how-be-more-just-friends\/\",\"name\":\"How to Be More than \u00e2\u20ac\u0153Just Friends\\\" - 29Secrets\",\"isPartOf\":{\"@id\":\"https:\/\/digiblocks.ca\/29secrets\/#website\"},\"primaryImageOfPage\":{\"@id\":\"https:\/\/digiblocks.ca\/29secrets\/relationships\/how-be-more-just-friends\/#primaryimage\"},\"image\":{\"@id\":\"https:\/\/digiblocks.ca\/29secrets\/relationships\/how-be-more-just-friends\/#primaryimage\"},\"thumbnailUrl\":\"https:\/\/digiblocks.ca\/29secrets\/wp-content\/uploads\/more than friends.jpg\",\"datePublished\":\"2013-11-25T17:03:42+00:00\",\"description\":\"Being stuck in the friend zone is a super frustrating and uneven position. When you are crushing on someone and you find yourself in that dreaded \u00e2\u20ac\u0153just friend\u00e2\u20ac\u009d position, there is still hope. Here are 5 ways to break out of the friend zone.\",\"breadcrumb\":{\"@id\":\"https:\/\/digiblocks.ca\/29secrets\/relationships\/how-be-more-just-friends\/#breadcrumb\"},\"inLanguage\":\"en-US\",\"potentialAction\":[{\"@type\":\"ReadAction\",\"target\":[\"https:\/\/digiblocks.ca\/29secrets\/relationships\/how-be-more-just-friends\/\"]}]},{\"@type\":\"ImageObject\",\"inLanguage\":\"en-US\",\"@id\":\"https:\/\/digiblocks.ca\/29secrets\/relationships\/how-be-more-just-friends\/#primaryimage\",\"url\":\"https:\/\/digiblocks.ca\/29secrets\/wp-content\/uploads\/more than friends.jpg\",\"contentUrl\":\"https:\/\/digiblocks.ca\/29secrets\/wp-content\/uploads\/more than friends.jpg\",\"width\":600,\"height\":800},{\"@type\":\"BreadcrumbList\",\"@id\":\"https:\/\/digiblocks.ca\/29secrets\/relationships\/how-be-more-just-friends\/#breadcrumb\",\"itemListElement\":[{\"@type\":\"ListItem\",\"position\":1,\"name\":\"Home\",\"item\":\"https:\/\/digiblocks.ca\/29secrets\/\"},{\"@type\":\"ListItem\",\"position\":2,\"name\":\"How to Be More than \u00e2\u20ac\u0153Just Friends”\"}]},{\"@type\":\"WebSite\",\"@id\":\"https:\/\/digiblocks.ca\/29secrets\/#website\",\"url\":\"https:\/\/digiblocks.ca\/29secrets\/\",\"name\":\"29Secrets\",\"description\":\"Dating Advice, Beauty Secrets and Fashion Trends\",\"publisher\":{\"@id\":\"https:\/\/digiblocks.ca\/29secrets\/#organization\"},\"potentialAction\":[{\"@type\":\"SearchAction\",\"target\":{\"@type\":\"EntryPoint\",\"urlTemplate\":\"https:\/\/digiblocks.ca\/29secrets\/?s={search_term_string}\"},\"query-input\":{\"@type\":\"PropertyValueSpecification\",\"valueRequired\":true,\"valueName\":\"search_term_string\"}}],\"inLanguage\":\"en-US\"},{\"@type\":\"Organization\",\"@id\":\"https:\/\/digiblocks.ca\/29secrets\/#organization\",\"name\":\"Maple Media Ltd.\",\"url\":\"https:\/\/digiblocks.ca\/29secrets\/\",\"logo\":{\"@type\":\"ImageObject\",\"inLanguage\":\"en-US\",\"@id\":\"https:\/\/digiblocks.ca\/29secrets\/#\/schema\/logo\/image\/\",\"url\":\"https:\/\/digiblocks.ca\/29secrets\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/10\/Logo.png\",\"contentUrl\":\"https:\/\/digiblocks.ca\/29secrets\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/10\/Logo.png\",\"width\":320,\"height\":134,\"caption\":\"Maple Media Ltd.\"},\"image\":{\"@id\":\"https:\/\/digiblocks.ca\/29secrets\/#\/schema\/logo\/image\/\"},\"sameAs\":[\"https:\/\/www.facebook.com\/29Secrets\",\"https:\/\/x.com\/29secrets\",\"http:\/\/instagram.com\/29secrets\",\"http:\/\/pinterest.com\/29secrets\",\"http:\/\/youtube.com\/29secretstv\"]},{\"@type\":\"Person\",\"@id\":\"https:\/\/digiblocks.ca\/29secrets\/#\/schema\/person\/10e1ec120628c16e2c51354175baeefc\",\"name\":\"Abby Ho\",\"image\":{\"@type\":\"ImageObject\",\"inLanguage\":\"en-US\",\"@id\":\"https:\/\/digiblocks.ca\/29secrets\/#\/schema\/person\/image\/\",\"url\":\"https:\/\/secure.gravatar.com\/avatar\/fa5f8dc84241a3540985c4ec7b36df6e6f7761a7a638707136236afd6852fef3?s=96&d=mm&r=g\",\"contentUrl\":\"https:\/\/secure.gravatar.com\/avatar\/fa5f8dc84241a3540985c4ec7b36df6e6f7761a7a638707136236afd6852fef3?s=96&d=mm&r=g\",\"caption\":\"Abby Ho\"},\"url\":\"https:\/\/digiblocks.ca\/29secrets\/author\/Abby-Ho\/\"}]}<\/script>\n<!-- \/ Yoast SEO plugin. -->","yoast_head_json":{"title":"How to Be More than \u00e2\u20ac\u0153Just Friends\" - 29Secrets","description":"Being stuck in the friend zone is a super frustrating and uneven position. When you are crushing on someone and you find yourself in that dreaded \u00e2\u20ac\u0153just friend\u00e2\u20ac\u009d position, there is still hope. Here are 5 ways to break out of the friend zone.","robots":{"index":"noindex","follow":"follow","max-snippet":"max-snippet:-1","max-image-preview":"max-image-preview:large","max-video-preview":"max-video-preview:-1"},"og_locale":"en_US","og_type":"article","og_title":"How to Be More than \u00e2\u20ac\u0153Just Friends\" - 29Secrets","og_description":"Being stuck in the friend zone is a super frustrating and uneven position. When you are crushing on someone and you find yourself in that dreaded \u00e2\u20ac\u0153just friend\u00e2\u20ac\u009d position, there is still hope. Here are 5 ways to break out of the friend zone.","og_url":"https:\/\/digiblocks.ca\/29secrets\/relationships\/how-be-more-just-friends\/","og_site_name":"29Secrets","article_publisher":"https:\/\/www.facebook.com\/29Secrets","article_published_time":"2013-11-25T17:03:42+00:00","og_image":[{"width":600,"height":800,"url":"https:\/\/digiblocks.ca\/29secrets\/wp-content\/uploads\/more than friends.jpg","type":"image\/jpeg"}],"author":"Abby Ho","twitter_card":"summary_large_image","twitter_creator":"@29secrets","twitter_site":"@29secrets","twitter_misc":{"Written by":"Abby Ho","Est. reading time":"2 minutes"},"schema":{"@context":"https:\/\/schema.org","@graph":[{"@type":"Article","@id":"https:\/\/digiblocks.ca\/29secrets\/relationships\/how-be-more-just-friends\/#article","isPartOf":{"@id":"https:\/\/digiblocks.ca\/29secrets\/relationships\/how-be-more-just-friends\/"},"author":{"name":"Abby Ho","@id":"https:\/\/digiblocks.ca\/29secrets\/#\/schema\/person\/10e1ec120628c16e2c51354175baeefc"},"headline":"How to Be More than \u00e2\u20ac\u0153Just Friends”","datePublished":"2013-11-25T17:03:42+00:00","mainEntityOfPage":{"@id":"https:\/\/digiblocks.ca\/29secrets\/relationships\/how-be-more-just-friends\/"},"wordCount":398,"commentCount":5,"publisher":{"@id":"https:\/\/digiblocks.ca\/29secrets\/#organization"},"image":{"@id":"https:\/\/digiblocks.ca\/29secrets\/relationships\/how-be-more-just-friends\/#primaryimage"},"thumbnailUrl":"https:\/\/digiblocks.ca\/29secrets\/wp-content\/uploads\/more than friends.jpg","keywords":["best friends","dtr","friend zone","friends","friends with benefits","friendship","how to be more then just friends"],"articleSection":["Relationships"],"inLanguage":"en-US","potentialAction":[{"@type":"CommentAction","name":"Comment","target":["https:\/\/digiblocks.ca\/29secrets\/relationships\/how-be-more-just-friends\/#respond"]}]},{"@type":"WebPage","@id":"https:\/\/digiblocks.ca\/29secrets\/relationships\/how-be-more-just-friends\/","url":"https:\/\/digiblocks.ca\/29secrets\/relationships\/how-be-more-just-friends\/","name":"How to Be More than \u00e2\u20ac\u0153Just Friends\" - 29Secrets","isPartOf":{"@id":"https:\/\/digiblocks.ca\/29secrets\/#website"},"primaryImageOfPage":{"@id":"https:\/\/digiblocks.ca\/29secrets\/relationships\/how-be-more-just-friends\/#primaryimage"},"image":{"@id":"https:\/\/digiblocks.ca\/29secrets\/relationships\/how-be-more-just-friends\/#primaryimage"},"thumbnailUrl":"https:\/\/digiblocks.ca\/29secrets\/wp-content\/uploads\/more than friends.jpg","datePublished":"2013-11-25T17:03:42+00:00","description":"Being stuck in the friend zone is a super frustrating and uneven position. When you are crushing on someone and you find yourself in that dreaded \u00e2\u20ac\u0153just friend\u00e2\u20ac\u009d position, there is still hope. Here are 5 ways to break out of the friend zone.","breadcrumb":{"@id":"https:\/\/digiblocks.ca\/29secrets\/relationships\/how-be-more-just-friends\/#breadcrumb"},"inLanguage":"en-US","potentialAction":[{"@type":"ReadAction","target":["https:\/\/digiblocks.ca\/29secrets\/relationships\/how-be-more-just-friends\/"]}]},{"@type":"ImageObject","inLanguage":"en-US","@id":"https:\/\/digiblocks.ca\/29secrets\/relationships\/how-be-more-just-friends\/#primaryimage","url":"https:\/\/digiblocks.ca\/29secrets\/wp-content\/uploads\/more than friends.jpg","contentUrl":"https:\/\/digiblocks.ca\/29secrets\/wp-content\/uploads\/more than friends.jpg","width":600,"height":800},{"@type":"BreadcrumbList","@id":"https:\/\/digiblocks.ca\/29secrets\/relationships\/how-be-more-just-friends\/#breadcrumb","itemListElement":[{"@type":"ListItem","position":1,"name":"Home","item":"https:\/\/digiblocks.ca\/29secrets\/"},{"@type":"ListItem","position":2,"name":"How to Be More than \u00e2\u20ac\u0153Just Friends”"}]},{"@type":"WebSite","@id":"https:\/\/digiblocks.ca\/29secrets\/#website","url":"https:\/\/digiblocks.ca\/29secrets\/","name":"29Secrets","description":"Dating Advice, Beauty Secrets and Fashion Trends","publisher":{"@id":"https:\/\/digiblocks.ca\/29secrets\/#organization"},"potentialAction":[{"@type":"SearchAction","target":{"@type":"EntryPoint","urlTemplate":"https:\/\/digiblocks.ca\/29secrets\/?s={search_term_string}"},"query-input":{"@type":"PropertyValueSpecification","valueRequired":true,"valueName":"search_term_string"}}],"inLanguage":"en-US"},{"@type":"Organization","@id":"https:\/\/digiblocks.ca\/29secrets\/#organization","name":"Maple Media Ltd.","url":"https:\/\/digiblocks.ca\/29secrets\/","logo":{"@type":"ImageObject","inLanguage":"en-US","@id":"https:\/\/digiblocks.ca\/29secrets\/#\/schema\/logo\/image\/","url":"https:\/\/digiblocks.ca\/29secrets\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/10\/Logo.png","contentUrl":"https:\/\/digiblocks.ca\/29secrets\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/10\/Logo.png","width":320,"height":134,"caption":"Maple Media Ltd."},"image":{"@id":"https:\/\/digiblocks.ca\/29secrets\/#\/schema\/logo\/image\/"},"sameAs":["https:\/\/www.facebook.com\/29Secrets","https:\/\/x.com\/29secrets","http:\/\/instagram.com\/29secrets","http:\/\/pinterest.com\/29secrets","http:\/\/youtube.com\/29secretstv"]},{"@type":"Person","@id":"https:\/\/digiblocks.ca\/29secrets\/#\/schema\/person\/10e1ec120628c16e2c51354175baeefc","name":"Abby Ho","image":{"@type":"ImageObject","inLanguage":"en-US","@id":"https:\/\/digiblocks.ca\/29secrets\/#\/schema\/person\/image\/","url":"https:\/\/secure.gravatar.com\/avatar\/fa5f8dc84241a3540985c4ec7b36df6e6f7761a7a638707136236afd6852fef3?s=96&d=mm&r=g","contentUrl":"https:\/\/secure.gravatar.com\/avatar\/fa5f8dc84241a3540985c4ec7b36df6e6f7761a7a638707136236afd6852fef3?s=96&d=mm&r=g","caption":"Abby Ho"},"url":"https:\/\/digiblocks.ca\/29secrets\/author\/Abby-Ho\/"}]}},"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/digiblocks.ca\/29secrets\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/55142","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/digiblocks.ca\/29secrets\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/digiblocks.ca\/29secrets\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/digiblocks.ca\/29secrets\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/72185"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/digiblocks.ca\/29secrets\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=55142"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/digiblocks.ca\/29secrets\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/55142\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/digiblocks.ca\/29secrets\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/76723"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/digiblocks.ca\/29secrets\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=55142"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/digiblocks.ca\/29secrets\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=55142"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/digiblocks.ca\/29secrets\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=55142"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}