When you need a shoulder to cry on...

"Friend". A zone that most guys are scared to be in when it comes to girls. Why? Because if you wish to court a girl being her closest friend is - sometimes - the worst move. And here's why. When you are in "The Zone", a girl will confide her deepest, darkest secrets to you. If you are not being told everything know that you are still a little farther from being there. And believe me you are better off being away from it all.

I know of a few guys who managed to woo the girls in spite of being in The Zone. Poor souls, their life was a mess... First the girl took a long time to agree that anything could ever happen between them, as in, a relationship.. of course all this time before that she would keep telling him about her crushes, her current and ex-relationships, guys she wanted to have, guys who wanted to court her etc.. making him burn in a slow fire of self loathing, hatred and love.. The fire of hatred and love... alas its one of those which doesnt just burn you.. it roasts ur balls, waxes ur body hair, gives u small cuts and puts salt on them whenever they are about to heal, gives u an itching worse than pox and makes u consume ur own shit, piss and puke... you get the picture.. anyway, so coming back to the topic.. so after facing all this for a while(read a minimum of 1-2 years depending on how persistant the guy has been coz the girl cudnt care less), some of them did manage to finally make it.... (dont even get me started on the ones who didnt make it.. lets just say.. they made it through life with the constant feeling of being a loser...).. So they are happy.. yay!!! finally she is mine.. i am so happy blah blah.. the courtship starts, the fire of hatred has now become the sweet smell of romance.. but wait.. the girl suddenly realizes that since he is now her slave(aka boyfriend) he can no longer be her friend.. coz she cant bitch about him to him.. you girls know wat I am talking about.. so she cant express her deepest desires to him anymore but rather now expects that he will somehow magically know it all just coz they have moved up their friendship to the next level.. WTF???? exactly the thing that the guy thinks.. cmon we are guys for god's sake not mind readers...

And so the sweet smell of love is nothing but an "icing" on the dung cake that lies underneath.. churning every day with the rot that both guy and girl face from each other and becoming smellier until love cant cover it no more.. and then it starts.. the girl finds a "friend", jealousy starts coz the guy's initial position of "friend" has now been taken and the guy fears that soon the other "friend" will take his current position.. The girl on the other hand thinks its just fine to replace the friend.. coz she thinks her guy is a mind reader.. "Ohh He'll understand that I need a new Best Friend"... wait a minute lady... New Best Friend??? ... chaos all around.. and all this among the numerous fights that the girl starts off saying that the guy is not the same anymore.. Cmon lady... u r the one who stopped sharing stuff with him.. He was always all ears.. true sometimes it can get real bad when u tell us guys that we are wrong but then at the end of the day the guy does understand coz he is not just your lover but also has been, until very recently, your "best friend"...

And then it happens.. The girl just says one day.. You know this is not working out so lets just be friends only.. Lets take a break.. And the guy goes back to "The Zone".. only this time the zone may not be completely his own.. coz there is one more "Fly" stuck in "The Web".. Some guys are however not that fortunate.. They go back to being best friends with the girl and back to "The
Fire".. But in spite of it all, the guy just tells the girl

"When you need a shoulder to cry on
Someone to rely on,
I am here for you " -- Firehouse