Well the way I see it, is that two things are required for a relationship: Friendship and chemistry. I do believe that some sort of relationship can form from a friendship, but chemistry must be there. However, most of the time, since there is chemistry, people will just start going out and the friendship builds as the relationship builds. I think anyone who as a S.O. can agree that the S.O. is one of their closest friends but the reason why the S.O. is more than just a friend is that chemistry. So when people complain about the friendzone, I personally think there is just no chemistry between the two rather than just being stuck on another ladder.

I come to this conclusion by talking to my friends, my roommate's girlfriend and her best friend. Basically, they both agreed that they cannot just be with someone just because they are attracted ot them, aka just have chemistry. But they must know the person well before they can take the next step. Which I believe, listening to my roommate endlessly complain about all the mixed signals he got from his girlfriend in the early stages. I asked the girlfriend why she didn't date him from the onset, after she felt attraction to him. She said she didn't want to get involved with something where there was doubt about the outcome. She was afraid that it would not have last, basically she was worried about the friendship developing.

One thing I want to answer, is that does chemistry must exist first before the friendship and relationship or can chemistry form within the context of friendship? I really don't know, my theory is probably the dumbest thing you have ever heard, in my defense it is 4 in the morning.