Well honestly, I feel like a lot of girls, especially the attractive ones, won't even consider a relationship or even a date with a guy who isn't at their same level of attractiveness or popularity. In other words, if the guy is below their league, the girl will not even ever consider them as a possible boyfriend, no matter how nice the guy is and no matter how great of a boyfriend the guy would be. I mean, let's be honest, a lot of people are pretty shallow and they may say that personality is what matters the most, but really, I think most people care a lot more about looks than they care to admit. Now I'm not saying that all girls are shallow, nor am I saying that only girls are shallow. And about the friendzone, I think it really does exist. When a girl tells you flat out that she only likes you as a friend, that's putting you in the friendzone. The girl essentially sees you as nothing more than a guy that they want to be friends with and nothing more. Now I suppose a lot of guys take this as too much of an insult and complain about it a bit too much, but I must admit that it is very frustrating when you really like a girl and she flat out says to your face that she "doesn't like you like that." Honestly, I feel like when a girl says that, she's basically saying "You're good enough to be my friend, but you're not good enough to be my boyfriend." It's kind of an insult, really. However, I understand that not every girl is gonna be attracted to every guy, and vice versa. I do agree with you though about girls not being a "vending machine" that you put coins into and get sex lol. However, not all guys want a relationship just for sex. It's not really fair to assume that guys only want to be with girls to get in their pants. Really, both guys and girls make assumptions about the opposite sex that aren't really true. Anyway, I'm not really sure what my point even is anymore. I still honestly think some of what I said earlier is true a lot of the time, but that's not always the case I suppose.