Mike Zacchio

You were hearing her, but you stopped listening to her.

This in response to the article, “Guys, Stop Complaining About The ‘Friend Zone’ And Just Be Happy To Have Friends.” Parts of this article are discussed on my weekly podcast, “Heart of the Matter,” which you can catch on SoundCloud…

I’m done. Not in a snarling Sammi Sweetheart kind of way, but in the most logical, rational, clear-headed and composed way possible: I’m done. I’m done with the dating applications.

Men can have discussions, while boys throw fits.

It’s a sign of maturity if you stayed cordial with an ex. It’s plain weird if either of them try to be friendly on a daily basis.

Anything that can be perceived as a “sign” is nothing more than a happy coincidence that you are subconsciously using as an excuse to justify feeling one way over another.

Everyone has preferences, whether they admit it or not, but they’re more of the topping to your sundae than the flavor itself.

I don’t follow the two- or three-day rule when it comes to calling or texting a girl, I don’t act like I’m less interested than I am, and those are morals that are part of the foundation of what makes up the man I am.

I’m sorry that I’m not strong enough to break out of this trance of what can only be delusion at this point.

It would mean that instead of sleepless nights with a cold pillow, there would be peaceful tranquility with your warm body nestled next to mine.

I’ve always done “the boyfriend thing,” which is part of the reason I suck at dating.

Her true colors will show when things take a turn for the worst.

“Sometimes I’m intoxicated enough to think there’s a chance of some type of friendship happening. Sobriety usually brings about the reality of the situation.”

Just because you go into something thinking it will be a fling, that doesn’t mean it can’t blossom into something greater, if you let it.

It will crush me to see you hurting, and it will anger me that someone is doing it to you.

I know now it wasn’t love.

Whatever the reasoning is behind their claim, they’re trying to tell you that they don’t want to be with you; and you shouldn’t hesitate to let them go.

We are not “upstate” New York.