I may be overthinking this, but considering the age group this concept seems to be aimed at, the fact that "friend zone" and "endzone" rhyme probably isn't a coincidence. In other words, it's drawing attention to the difference between "scoring" and not scoring. Now it does seem to me that I feel differently about the women I've had sex with than the people I haven't had sex with. There's a sense of greater intimacy, even if the sex happened thirty years ago and they've since married or otherwise partnered with somebody else, which almost all of them have. But the thing that I've been realizing lately (I'm slow, I know) is that the love I get from people I haven't had sex with is of no lower quality, quantity, or importance to me. For that matter, the people I almost certainly feel closest to of all are my family members, none of whom I've had sex with, thank you very much. If I'd had children with any of my lovers, no doubt that would make a huge difference, but at this stage in my life the sexual dimension just doesn't seem as big of a deal as it did when I was younger. So again, if friend zone is meant to contrast with the endzone, it just seems a little silly to an old fuck like me.
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Date: 2016-02-04 09:36 pm (UTC)