Clare Henney: Friend-Zoned

“Mi Rae… don’t you see me? When I’m standing here next to you… Why can’t it be me?”

[Sigh] Didn’t we all have that moment where we just love someone like crazy but we can never get that person to fall for us the same way? That moment where the person you love but can’t love you back falls for someone else who treats him/her the way you have been treated(friend-zoned)?

The quote, as a friend of mine once said, is very “pasok sa blender.“

I couldn’t help but feel sorry for the character Se Joo who loves Mi Rae but she can’t love him back (but still wants to keep him around as a friend). I’ve been there and it’s not pretty. Still, I have to admire this guy’s fighting spirit — he told her he would only stop loving her if and when he’s sure that she is happy and that the man she has fallen for really truly loves her back. Friend-zoned but still loyal…and handsome and charming too.

Of course, I can’t help but wonder why a girl like Mi Rae can’t just fall for this guy Se Joo when the one she wants is being all moody, unstable and oh so inconsistent. Then again, haven’t we all been in that situation too? How someone can fall for us but we just aren’t interested because we are in love with someone else?

The heart knows what it wants and it is so hard to change what it feels (even if we can change it, that would take a lot of time). [Sigh] Love can be simple/easy but so complicated at the same time.

And people wonder why I’m still single. Lol.

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