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Hello, I think I'm being friendzoned and I'm not really sure what to do. I've never been friendzoned before and honestly never thought it would happen to me, so I need advice.

I've been talking to a guy for about 5 months now, he's a friend of a friend and we have a lot of mutual friends. We got to know each other fairly well and hung out a few times. We get along really well. Recently I've started feeling like I have feelings for him and when I told him I liked him, he shut me down. I asked him if he liked me back, romantically and he avoided answering me. I take it as I'm being friend zoned. He still talks to me normally. 

So what now? Do I back away to avoid any hurt? Do I continue as normal? I know I can't make him like me back, but I'm not sure how to deal with being friend zoned :-S Any advice appreciated
<bot>: I've [F23] been friend zoned by [M22] and not sure what to do next in terms of our friendship.