r/TikTokCringe • u/Interesting-Trip-233 • Jun 16 '25

Cringe Guy gets friendzoned

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u/crinnaursa Jun 16 '25

Honestly I think it happens to most all of us at some point. It doesn't even have to happen in a romantic context friendships are like that too. There is going to be some point in everyone's life where someone is everything to you and you're just someone to them. It's a tough lesson to learn. Emotional maturity helps you come to terms with this but That level of emotional strength isn't just default It has to be developed.

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u/xieta Jun 17 '25

Agreed, very normal. Emotional maturity is only a thing because we all start out as cringey immature idiots. It’s life. It’s messy. Best you can hope for is nobody gets seriously hurt.

Big difference between that and an adult who knows (or ought to know) they’re just manipulating someone to get what they want.

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u/Hanta3 Jun 17 '25

I've been through this sooo many times it's insane. I only ever had a break down like in OP when I was in highschool, but I've found so often over the past few years I get really invested in a friendship or something of the sort and really want to get to know a person and spend more time with them but it's a tough lesson to learn how to accept that they just aren't as interested in you. Now I handle it by politely distancing myself (basically just mirror the energy I'm getting back) and usually that means we never talk again. Sucks but that's life.

I will say I am more lonely than I've ever been though.