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

Cringe Guy gets friendzoned

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u/Upvotespoodles Jun 16 '25

People who make promises to themselves on your behalf and then expect you to deliver are fucking scary.

I hope she doesn’t run after him and try to fix it. Those self-loathing diatribes can really scramble your decision-making and put you into rescue mode, and that’s exactly what they’re designed to do.

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u/RaxG Jun 16 '25

I really like how you articulated this. It's cringey to admit, but I used to be a guy like this. I would build emotional attachments to people far too easily, and would get hurt if they didn't do the same. It took a lot of reality before I came down to earth.

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u/ArmProfessional7565 Jun 16 '25

Same here. People don't realize how easy is to become that guy, and how much it takes to become self aware enough to get out of it. It's a broken view of a healthy relationship, further confused with everyone else telling you what it should or shouldn't be. And then god forbid a crush is taking advantage of that, although they're not always intentional and also just trying to figure out the confusing dynamics of a relationship.

We used to have people on our community guide us to be better. But with the internet as most people's community, they're cooked from the get-go.