Frenemies, you make them in your head, for all different reasons, quite possibly a more female thing as I really had to put myself in shoes I've never worn to come up with some of these. But then with three sisters I've seen enough of this carry on for years to get pretty close to the truth. I'm still not sure why I had so much trouble, maybe it's because everybody loves me, and I love everybody. That's the moral here, share the love...Here are the friends we love to hate and hate to love.
1. Houdini
They will build and build and build up a night out with you yet disappear and leave you in the lurch the second you get inside the door of the club. They'll never be there when you need them the most, they'll be hanging out of some random guy or girl. Theyre just the worst!
2. The Copy Cat
They copy you, and straight up steal all of your ideas. New item of clothing? They'll have the same identical piece only days later and claim not to have seen you with it at all. They'll copy you until you can no longer take it. They just want to be with you and unless it stops they'll be copying life dreams you have like maybe your dream wedding or something. Nip it in the bud now by declaring something you would never dream of that will embarrass them into giving it a rest.
3. The Terrible Listener
Sometimes we just need someone to talk to, someone to shut up and leave us vent. This friend however makes it their business to make you feel even worse than you already do by turning your sob stories on success stories about themselves, completely ignoring the fact that you are in a terrible place.
4. The Bright Eyed And Bushy Tailed One
The last one standing on every night out, and the messiest of all of you, however in this instance they are the ones who are as fresh as a daisy the next day. Up for an early morning swim or run while you suffer on with your hangover, even though you were in bed 4 hours before them.
5. The Flaky One
"I'll definitely be there" followed by "I'll be a few minutes late lads" followed by "running late not sure if I'll make it" (this while you're in position at your pre designated meet place. Now look, we can forgive and forget once or twice for emergencies but this happens consistently with the flaky one. Why do we even bother?...
6. The Genetically Gifted
The fastest metabolism on the planet, this person literally eats twice the the junk food that you do and yet still has a six pack and an the body of a Roman gladiator
7. Unnecessary Liar
You know the type. They make up an unnecessary over the top story that no one believes but you all nod and smile at. All it means is that the one time they actually do spot a celebrity or get freaky with an Irish rugby player no one will believe them, regardless of what a whatsapp conversation says...
8. The Silver Spooned Prince(ss)
The one with the silver spoon. Its not their fault they're rich, but it annoys us just a little bit for us to conclude that all their successes (no matter how small) would not have been achieved without money. The reality is though that they come from a background where that money came from a hard work ethic which they have also inherited.
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