BlackMack177 said:
I think the mistake guys make is that they try to use friendship as a portal into a relationship with the girl.
Yes that is a mistake but if you reverse the equation to fit that of women it would read:
"the mistake women make is that they try to use relationship as a portal into a friendship with the guy".
However the above quote isn't really a mistake because women do not suffer as much of men do when they get rejected for a friendship as ooposed to being rejected for intimacy. There are plenty of chumps around willing to sit around for hours and listen to her gum flaps and hope they can somehow get in there. Male friendships to a woman is a dime a dozen.
Women do not act around men the same as they act around other women in a so called "friendship mode", otherwise the majority of them would be intolerable to listen to. When a woman "hangs" around a male she uses the same techniques she does to attract men in order to keep him interested in her and what she has to say even though she might not be interested in him sexually. This confuses the hell out of men because even if they see the woman as a "friend", all those IOI's and signals she constantly throws out will make men think that they have a shot with her.
It is therefore why its best to avoid being close friends with women you want to bang because you are just going to be digging yourself a hole in the long run. If you want her more then a friend, make sure she knows about it early on before you fall into the "friendship zone" because the alternative shouldn't be an option.