Thursday, January 26, 2012

The Friend Zone: Frustration of Purpose?

"The Friend Zone" is the bane of any bro's potential Friends With Benefits ("FWB") contract.  Sometimes, trying to be too smooth and slow playing your hand has devastating results, as evidenced by "Friend Zone" relegation.  Brocedural experts have attempted to tackle the question resulting from the recurring debacle: "Does relegation to the 'Friend Zone' frustrate a Friends With Benefits contract, entitling the afflicted bro to termination, or does it form an entirely new 'Straight Best Friend' contract?"

Note 1: Just as rhyme and reason are discarded when dealing with females, the notions of offer and acceptance are extremely blurry and thus set aside for analysis (see "No Means Yes" Clause).

Note 2: Before untangling the issue at hand, we must note that a standard FWB contract is governed by MOB Article 2 ("To be governed by the MOB, all that is required is that one or both parties is DTF...")

When constructing a valid Friends With Benefits contract, it is important to evaluate each party's capacity for formation (see FRCB 69: "Grass On Field, Play Ball").  Secondly, it is vital to determine whether the desired party to contract is a “reasonably prude(nt) person”.  Finally and most importantly, it is necessary that the subjective intents of the parties are the same.  As Carbrozo eloquently puts it, a "meeting of the minds usually equals a meeting of the genitals".

Despite strikingly similar spellings, "friend zone" and "end zone" have entirely different meanings.  If you manage to end up in the latter, you have scored; while if you find yourself in the prior, you will probably never score.

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