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I had a friend (my best girlfriend as it so happened) who became a 'frenemy'. That 'frenemy' stage lasted for about as long as it took me to figure out that the friendship was over--after which time, she and I became just plain, old enemies.

Anybody else have this experience?

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Honestly not trying to sound gender discriminant, this is definitely something I see almost exclusively in women. Even then, I do know a lot of women who know when to disassociate themselves from someone who abrades them. So I'm not saying "all women have frenemies", but "all the frenemies I know are women".

Guys reach a certain level of mutual annoyance, then you have to keep'em apart or they'll kill each other.

I actually had a male frenemy.

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There are 2 ways guys deal with annoying "friends" in my experience: Ignoring or a good fist-fight.

Its an unwritten law to always accept a fist fight even if you know you're gonna get a black eye.

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And so it was, however late . . .

I went as to work late at night when no one was around.

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Could you translate that?

I went to work when no one was around.

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In general, men tend to have obvious conflict with each other quite often but also make up more easily than women, even if it's only to form an alliance against a new enemy. Women have less obvious conflict but when they do have a falling out they often find it harder to make up.

NOTE WELL: The preceeding paragraph is a broad generalization only and not really applicable to individuals.

*waits for angry comments from women*

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And so it was, however late . . .

Or R.A.F.

Well, won't say its impossible, but then most of the guys I'm around are either alpha personalities or rednecks.

There aren't many sustained truces around them...

Understood.

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The general the situation was there was guy who a lot people described as a word starting with the letter a, liked a girl. The girl told him she did not like him because he was a well...

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Can you translate that?

Ok, what does this have to do with going to work late?
Cmon david work with me here! Before I enroll you in a beauty contest.

"The frenemy of my frenemy is my frenemy."

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Well neverfly I will try to explain better later.

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I think we have a contender for the UN's new motto...

I'm not surprised and a word like frenemy sounds like a word that a woman would make up.
Plus women are the type of individual who strings a guy along, hints at possible romance then "LOL JUST FRENZ" and start the same passive-aggressive Stupid Hysterical Immature Tantrums all over again.
Men are way less complicated. A guy doesn't like you either he steals your woman, which leads you to thanking him then pitying him, or he punches your lights out.

Umm.. excuse me...

But...

that is .."way out of line"..

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