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"    1. DO NOT be ambiguous about what we are to you. If you only like us as a friend, refer to us as your friend. In front of us. There will be no confusion that we are on lockdown in the friend zone if you&amp;#039;re frequently calling us your buddy. 2. DO NOT ask us out after hooking up. If what we&amp;#039;re doing is only hooking up, then let it be just that. Only reach out to us when you need a booty call. It makes us think you want more when you ask us on a date. 3. DO NOT pay for our meals. It&amp;#039;s a really sweet gesture. But if you don&amp;#039;t fancy us in a romantic way at all, then let&amp;#039;s split the bill. Because after all, we&amp;#039;re just friends. Do you pay for all of your friends&amp;#039; meals? No. Didn&amp;#039;t think so. 4. DO NOT ask us about the type of guys we like. This will make us think you&amp;#039;re curious to know if you fit what we&amp;#039;re looking for in a man. Thus, making us think you actually are interested. But no. You&amp;#039;re not. Now you fooled us and you&amp;#039;re an accidental jerk. 5. DO NOT talk to us all the time. Don&amp;#039;t call and/or text us every day. This makes it seem like you&amp;#039;re thinking about us all the time, which can be translated into something more. 6. DO NOT spend one-on-one time with us after a group hangout. This makes us think you want to extend our time spent together, which then makes us think you really, really like spending time with us. And that can make us think you have romantic feelings for us. Let&amp;#039;s just go our separate ways post-group hang.  7. DO NOT hold our hand. Just don&amp;#039;t. Sure, friends hold hands every now and then and...actually no. Friends don&amp;#039;t hold hands every now and then. We should only hold hands if you are trying to make us your girl. 8. DO NOT bring us into your friend group. Getting to know each other&amp;#039;s buddies is kind of a big deal. You may think, &amp;quot;What. I&amp;#039;m just letting you meet my bros, yo.&amp;quot; But us meeting your clique is sending the message that you want us to be deeply involved in your life. 9. DO NOT suggest meet-the-parents esque plans with us. Things like traveling, meeting your family, and etc. is kind of super boyfriend-y. Planting it in our head that we&amp;#039;ll one day do these things together makes us think there is a possible romantic future for the two of us. 10. Do NOT hang out with us almost every-single-day. It&amp;#039;s great that you love hanging out with us. We know we&amp;#039;re pretty awesome and fun. But spend enough alone time with someone and you&amp;#039;ll eventually catch feelings. We&amp;#039;ll also assume you love hanging out with us and want to take it to the next level. When a guy does these things, but then says he&amp;#039;s not actually interested in you, it can only mean one thing...    Have any other mixed signals you wish guys wouldn&amp;#039;t send? Want more from Dara? Follow her on Twitter @DAdeeyo. "^^<http://www.w3.org/2001/XMLSchema#string>
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