reverse friendzone

when your love interest friendzones you and in an effort to spark him/her interest, you pretend to friendzone him/her too by acting less interested or by talking about other girls/gals while actually still being in love with that person because you're unable to move on

Bob: "i've heard women are turned on by men who show no interested in them"
Chris: "yeah, I've heard about that too and tried to reverse friendzone my love interest Alice after she friendzoned me by pretending i wasn't interested but it didn't work"