The Friend Zone

Of course we have all heard that before. Sometimes, someone is saying it as a joke or some guy (or girl) is telling a painful story about how some girl (or guy) after a whole lot of love and affection and stress, decided to put him (or her) in the dreaded monster island ruled by a half human half dragon creature called the friend zone.

I totally understand that when a man likes a woman romantically but for some reason, the woman doesn't feel the same way but feels they could be friends; it can't be easy for the man and he may want to move on and not be friends with the lady. In fact, I think that is the best for both parties.


What is baffling and completely crazy is this: When a woman tells a man from the beginning that she can't have a romantic relationship with him probably for a good reason like she is dating or engaged or she doesn't think it would work out between them and he decided to ...well, stay friends with her. Then all of a sudden, he starts complaining to the world that she put him in the friend zone and because it is such a crazy place that only 'weak' men allow themselves to be in, he becomes a totally hateful creature to the lady.

It isn't right if it was the woman that led the man on and on and made him believe that he had a chance with her and after raising the man's hopes, tell him she can only be friends with him. Yes, that should do a lot to anyone's ego. If that's the case, the man can safely write a book on the subject and we would all buy. But feeling this way when you were expressly told from the beginning and you lingered believing that he/she would change her mind about you and it didn't happen? Honey, it is nobody's fault.

Everything does depend on individuals. Some people have good relationships with people they had thought would be their lovers. For some people, the friend zone doesn't exist. If you like a person a lot to want to be in a romantic relationship with him/her, what is wrong with being friends? Might be a tad hard for some of us though.
Friendship is indeed a beautiful thing and I am one of the people that believe that your spouse/partner should be your friend. No matter how it comes, why not open your hearts to all the beautiful things that could come out of it?

Have a wonderful week!

Lily Johnson

Featured!: Salon Task.

If you are a salon owner, then you need to check out this beautiful application Salon Task that helps you organize everything from appointments to schedules in your salon. Many salon owners would readily tell you that managing a salon isn't all about the glam; it is a tedious job. Laurel White, my guest blogger wrote a piece about Salon Task and some of the things it offers salon owners.

Salon Task
Who is stronger than an empowered woman? No one. The number of women owning businesses are growing and we hope that it does not stop any time soon! Salon Task, a scheduling application for the beauty industry hopes to encourage this growth by providing them with a simple, attractive and user friendly tool to increase the efficiency and organization within their office.

With Salon Task you can enjoy advanced CRM capabilities such as email reminders, notes, attachments and public scheduling. All of your customer and appointment information is stored in detail within the application and it is all organized in a manner that makes it easily accessible.

Schedule appointments for your team members or just for yourself with the easy drag and drop calendar feature. Salon Task also has marketing capabilities, allowing you to create a hosted web page designed to your taste in order to display your most recent work, services and contact information. Salon Task is 100% web based so you may access this on any device with an internet connection. It comes with a mobile application for yourself as well as for your employees when they need to quickly access their calendar. All employee access is customizable per your preferences.

Finally, Salon Task integrates with Quick Books so that your customers appointments and information can be linked to your finances!

To learn more about this application and if you have any questions, you can email Laurel White at lwhite@salontask.com. Also visit www.salontask.com

Stay empowered!

Lily Johnson

Salon Task website