wodmarach: Ever notice about 40-50% of the time the second you get a new GF the friendzoner starts hitting on you and flirting again?
AlKim: A potential explanation is that people who are in a relationship generally feel better and more confident than those are not. As a result someone who goes from friendzone depression to relationship happiness can become a lot more attractive to other men/women as well (including but certainly not limited to their ex).
Many people aren't stupid/smart/evil enough to do this, but it's also possible that your ex keeps you friendzoned because in truth they hate you and want to make your new relationship awkward and for your new partner to leave you, returning you to the state of a miserable turd.
I think its more about selling yourself.
If someone found you relationship worthy, then surely you have some redeeming qualities and also you've proven that you can commit at least somewhat.
Furthermore, there is the attraction of trying to get something you can't have (a lot of people are masochists that way).
At some point, an acquaintance told me that a job is like a gf... if you don't have one, prospects run away from you like the plague and once you have one, your value seems to go up for some reason.
I think he had a point.
I think it's messed up, but I don't make up the rules of the human psyche.