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Relationships
Frenemies
Those friends you love to hate
What exactly is a frenemy?
According to the Merriam-Webster dictionary: a person who is or pretends to be a friend but who is also in some way an enemy or rival.
We all have them, those people in your life who are both friend and foe.
We look forward to seeing them until we see them.
As our body recoils, we prepare for the onslaught of mixed feelings. We smile, hug, and kiss, pretending to be overjoyed, hiding our trepidation.
These people make us nervous. We are drawn to them when they show us affection. We are repelled by them when they show us hostility. They confuse us. We want to trust them, but we don’t.
They are the friends you love to hate.
I believe they fall into one of three categories:
1.) The Competitor
As I write this, my blood starts to boil. I am thinking of Wanda. She’s tiny, cute, energetic, creative like Martha F***ing Stewart, and a bitch. It took me a while to see how passive-aggressive she was, although there were red flags early on, that I ignored.
When I first met Wanda, we clicked right away. I was excited to have a new friend in the neighborhood. But…
