have you made the mistake of treating your love interest like a friend heres how to control the damage have you made the mistake of treating your love interest like a friend heres how to control the damage have you made the mistake of treating your love interest like a friend heres how to control the damage have you made the mistake of treating your love interest like a friend heres how to control the damage we told you to avoid the friend zone but you went ahead and fell into it anyway you somehow managed to become buddies with the woman you wanted to pick up escaping this zone is difficult but if you follow these hints you could make some headway treat her like a woman now chances are that youre overlooking her as a woman and things between the two of you are relaxed while this situation may feel good in reality it doesnt work since there is very little room here to make her feel special get out of the zone be a gentleman more often when walking offer her your arm open doors and pull out chairs give her the occasional compliment step up the flirtingnow that youre treating her less as a buddy and more like a real girl introduce more flirting into the relationship get out of the zone start with the simplest of things hold her gaze for longer than otherwise and focus more attention on her spend more time trying to make her laugh in a way that encourages a oneonone banter break the touch barrierencourage physical flirting in fact youve probably already broken the touch barrier without realising it by giving her your arm guiding her into a seat etc get out of the zone the key is to touch her consciously so it promotes positive thoughts in her use your friendsthere may be some friends who think the two of you make a good couple if so use them get out of the zone encourage them to draw attention to your attractive traits encourage dating behaviourbeing trapped in the friend zone you arent able to spontaneously ask her out on a real date doing this can disrupt the status quo and spook her instead find ways to date her by proceeding in a covert way get out of the zone a date is essentially a relationship interview a chance to show off your best side in the hope that itll lead somewhere a good way to do this with a friend is to take up a shared hobby this allows the two of you to spend some exclusive time together and she may notice something in you that she overlooked before change a bit of yourself familiarity breeds contempt well in the case of friends it may not exactly be contempt but shaking up something about yourself may cause a wow moment and stir up romantic feelings in her get out of the zone make positive changes in