I don't really know what you were thinking to publicly complain about wishing for male friends that wouldn't like you romantically, even as a joke. You could have just called a friend to vent about it instead if it was bothering you so much. That's rather humiliating even if there was no names, and I'm sure your friends felt targeted (obviously) and hurt if they saw it. And probably angry, thinking that you are so full of yourself to post something like that after rejecting them. It does also make you sound like a diva - so as you can see, you're not getting a lot of sympathy... (so I hope this isn't why you posted this). But it sucks that your crush turned you down, I wouldn't wish it on anyone. But if someone's not interested, they just aren't. You can't force these things - nobody is ever obliged to date another person. So I don't know why people are freaking out about this ''friendzoning'' bullshit - dating somebody isn't a reward for good behaviour...