How to Tell if You're a Guy Who Wants to Be a Girlfriend?

The easier route for a lot of women, especially if you're not a repugnant human being, is to stay friendly. She's just sick of this steady stream of men that she's engaged with who are similarly ill suited to pick up on those signals. And so even if you are somewhere in the middle, you code as one of those weakling guys who just doesn't get it and she immediately just sort of loses her lady boner for you. But I think really 50 or more percent of the guys who have friend zone questions fall into the category you're talking about.