Eh, it's not totally hopeless when you're the friend. My longest relationship (8 months) started out as a real good friendship. Me and this girl met on a trip, and after a few weeks of talking online and on the phone, we decided to meet back up at the mall. I thought it'd go one way, but it turns out I was solid in the "friends zone". Took quite a few months for the relationship to change into a romantic one, and I'm still not exactly sure why it changed, but it goes to show that you can go from friend to boyfriend. I really like your chart, explains so much in so little :).