Friends are people you get along with and enjoy being with. They’re the people in your social circle. Foes are your enemies, people you don’t get along with.
Friends can improve your social life by giving you someone to spend time with. It’s good to have their support and company. Foes don’t necessarily improve life but it is important to learn how to deal with them.
Friends and foes are part of life. Not everyone is going to like you no matter what. Everyone has people they don’t like or who don’t like them. All you can do is learn how to handle that.
This RichardStep Marketing survey was designed to get a better understanding of what really gets under the skin of those folks out there dealing with friends and foes. Read over the awesome answers below and see how you can tailor your business to address the frustrations of the people most relevant to your business niche market. Want more? Read the 125 other topics in the ‘Frustrations’ survey category by clicking here.
The following list are uncut and raw responses of the things this group found most frustrating in their daily lives.
Friends and Foes
- Momentarily frustrated at convincing my boyfriend that I will not break his trust.
- Persuading my mother to let me go out with friends. It was frustrating because she is a very protective mother.
- I have been talking to a guy who has a girlfriend but I still like him. Not sure why he is talking to me when he has a girlfriend.
- I had to complety stop talking to my ex-girlfriend. It was frustrating because it was all her fault.
- The most frustrating thing is having my girlfriend talk to her ex all the time. He makes me so mad and constantly tries getting her. It makes me so fricken mad.
- Continuously having to explain something to friends, be it as simple as a video game or as complex as the engine in a 747. I find I have to constantly repeat repeat myself.
- I have very much frustrating with one of my friend who i feel her as my life partner.. because she left me alone and she is using me when she wants any help only.
- I usually play a card game called yugioh with friends around my age (20) and this week i lost a bit too much when and made mistakes is shouldnt have, i felt frustrated and still do
- I had to over think and rethink my habits and friends, im scared im going down hill and need to step up and take action
- Wait. Either in the grocery line, or for my boyfriend to get home, or for work to end. I tend to be impatient; having to wait for anything or anyone makes me feel constricted.
- It was frustrating that i couldn’t take my girlfriend to a party the last weekend. It was frustrating because i couldn’t talk too much with here about the party during the weekend because i was too busy with my job and mi school.
- Not getting being able to get my caveman-ish boyfriend to sit and talk about feelings.
- Nothing much other than having to deal with one friend, which he is pain in the ass.
- Being unemployed and not doing anything while my friends are working and earning. This frustrates me a lot.
- To realize that ego can make people betray their friends and seeing a friend move away with that ego, for silly fights.
- Explaining how i can tell if a guy likes my best friend. It was frustrating because it’s hard to explain because im the only one who understand it.
- The frustrating thing was dealing with some of my friends here always wanting to go somewhere with my car, I wish I did not have it sometimes.
- Go to school. Because I couldn’t hang out with my friends and have fun.
- I wanted to go to the market for shopping, but my friend was adamant on not moving. He was fixed right in front of the television, so even I was compelled to sit beside him and watch television. This was highly frustrating.
- I had to discuss some very personal matters with a friend of mine via skype.
- I’ve had to deal with getting cheated on by my girlfriend and my Bestfriend it was very upsetting and frustrating
- Spent several days trying to figure out a non-user friendly system. Complete waste of time. Had to go back to the “old” way of doing things.
- Explain a common English phrase to my Japanese girlfriend who “just didn’t get it”. It was frustrating because my usual methods of ‘explaining’ things to people didn’t work so I had to simplify the meaning of the phrase to that it would translate well in a way she understood.
- Trying to be able to be there physically for all my friends
- I have had to move across the country and leave all my friends at a time where I was growing with them and start over. That was extremely difficult.
- Its frustrating having to choose which side to turn — friends who are righteous but obviously wrong on some issues or friends who u think share the same values as i am. Both are my friends though.
- The most frustrating thing I have had to do, was help a friend, that tends to look on the negative side of life, to see all that she has to be grateful for.
- The most frustrating thing is trying to explain to my boyfriend and get him to see my point of view.
- Think about how I am much more mentally developed than my friends. I almost envy their ignorance about everything in existence.
- The most frustrating thing in my life at the moment is my friends. They’re frustrating because They’re being hypocritical and treating me terribly, even though I try to be nice to them.
- Watch the girl I’ve been seeing go on vacation with her ex-boyfriend/best friend.
- The most frustrating thing I’ve had to do was convince my best friend to not leave me. This was frustrating because she’s my other half and I don’t want to be alone in this cruel world.
- To buy ticket for bus. Cause i don’t want to go away from my girlfriend for few months.
- Had to deal with being subject to whatever my sister and her boyfriend wanted to do while I had to just tag along.
- One of the most frustrating things i’ve done is contemplate my girlfriend being pregnant. It was frustrating, because I just couldn’t get together a good plan without problems arising.
- The most frustrating in the past few days is to discuss with my boyfriend about our 4 years relationship. It’s frustrating because I moved very far for my studies, we miss each other but the relation is really complicated and we already had a lot of difficulties.
- I just got grounded and I’m not allowed to go out place with my girlfriend or do anything else.
- The most frustrating thing I’ve had to do is not be able to help my friend with her problems
- Put our new bedframe together and its was frustrating because my boyfriend gave up and I had to do it alone.
- I felt really frustrated when I had nothing to do or have fun with my friends. We went on a school trip, but I felt “unpopular” when we didn’t socialize much, stayed mostly by ourselves, and didn’t really have fun that much while others were socializing and laughing really hard.
- I’ve been struggling to try to see and understand the world from my boyfriend’s point of view. We’re both extremely stubborn.
- The most frustrating thing I encountered was having to deal with my boyfriend and I’s problems. He is very hard at understanding my feelings, and both of our emotions step in before we can solve the problem.
- Nothin’ really!! I’ve recently moved to a new place. Sayin goodbye to my friends was frustrating.I could not even meet some of them one last time.
- The most frustrating thing so far has to be that you can’t just have your friend all to yourself, you need to also let her talk with her friends. Jealousy pretty much.
- Not attending a aptitude test..the reason behinds tht I am depending on my friends…whn they go thn I wil go:(
- I had to put all my will power into not attacking this person who bullied my friend.
- The most frustrating thing i had to do was to unlocking my iphone 5 which my friend had brought to me from UK, because it was unable to unlock even after so many try and so many shops.
- I have had to go through a very hard relationship issue with one of my closest friends.
- I have had to deal with things at home and it is a stressfully situation with My friends
- The most frustrating thing I’ve had to deal with this week was when me and my girlfriend got into an argument about a party we went to.
- Cancer treatments and appointments wiht my mom, school organizing for next year, boyfriend out of the country,
- Trying to fined out if a girl likes me or not and if she wants to dat or just to be friends.
- The past few days I have had to deal with no longer going through life with my best friend. It’s frustrating because I have so many questions still unanswered, and I cannot change anything about that. It has been a painful experience.
- It’s frustrating when I can’t gauge if people are genuine when they are talking and befriending me because I value sincerity.
- Having to put up with a culture and people who are just not my kind.. and havin to act friendly with them for the purpose of survival
- My last most frustrating experience was not being able to choose between a group of my friends and another because they got in some sort of conflict. Since I couldn’t figure out how this situation happened and nobody managed to tell me objectively, I refused to make that choice.
- The most frustrating thing I had to do was trying to manage my time creating a logo for a friend and not being able to because everyone told me not to create a design for anyone without getting paid for it.
- The small environment that has too many people in and the current fellow employees are not friendly.
- My jealousy in my relationship. Due to my low self-esteem i’m constantly jealous of my girlfriend and it’s extremaly frustrating.
- I am frustrate at home every time because i never get a job in my field and one by one my all friends get placed in companies.
- The most frustrating thing that I have had to recently deal with is with my relationship (my boyfriend). I don’t let it get to me as much as maybe I should be. I dislike when people can’t separate personal problems from other priorities.
- The most frustrating thing I’ve had to do is manage school work while dealing with problems with friends and things outside of school.
- Deal with my dad turning off the internet at night this is frustrating because im playing with a friend and then the internet goes down so i cant play
- The most frustrating was the last week, in lab, the report of the practice was wrong because muy friends and I, was so upsed each other, and all that problems made that we had a bad grade in the report.
- It’s so frustrating when I don’t have someone to talk about something that I can’t talk to my bestfriend.
- Because there was paradox in people’s opinion. Somebody must be lying, lie to me. And they all my best friend. Sad.
- Dealing with my spouse who wants to leave our marriage. I believe she is depressed after the loss of a friend and not taking appropriate steps to deal with it.
- The most frustrating situation I tackled this week was subduing my opinions about a particular coworker/friend and his characteristics that I find conflicting against my own opinions and beliefs.
- The most frustrating thing I’ve had to do is having to pick one thing right now. Work, school, and my boyfriend can all be very frustrating.
- Nothing except dealing with the break up with my now ex. It’s frustrating because I have to move in with a friend and I’m used to being independent having my own space. However, this is only temporary I can overcome this. I usually don’t get frustrated.
- The most frustrating thing I have had to deal with the past few days is finals and a lack of communication with friends.
- The most frustrating thing for me this week was having to decide whether I should go on a trip this weekend with my friend or not.
- The price of extra monitors has fallen steadily over the years, quality has risen, and Windows is more multi-monitor friendly than ever.
- Tenants having issues getting along. None of them willing to compromise, but no one wants to move. They are roommates and friends. They should be able to work this out.
- The most frustrating thing has to be trying to put a duvet on top of a really tall wardrobe. Also attempting to get my boyfriend to pick up his clothes after him.
- Nothing has been very frustrating because I have not had much conflict lately. This is because I am off from school and my friends are away.
- Working out a stupid (it was really dumb, I don’t even know why we started it in the first place) argument with a stubborn friend. We agreed to let it go, but we’re not really friends anymore.
- I’ve had to go without internet for over a week. It’s been frustrating not being able to access trivial things like Facebook friend feeds, but also more important matters like news and banking.
- Tonight i had to figure out a ride to get to my crew practice at 7:30am because my ride tried to cancel on me and none of my friends could take me. This was frustrating because i didn’t want to miss practice and let my team down.
- One of the most frustrating thing i had to do in past was dealing with my roomate’s problem and his need to choose a girl over his best friends even though he despises her.
- One supervisor tells juniors officers everything we discuss and never keeps anything secret. It comes across as if he has to be their best friend. He confides in them and not me.
- A colleague who refuses to be a team player, never communicates or says how she is really feeling, negativity counteracts the positive and friendly vibe that Im trying to create within the team.
- Wait at Kinko’s while several machines malfunctioned repeatedly after I had already paid for the services (which were not inexpensive), knowing several friends were waiting for me and feeling worried about letting them down by making them wait too long.
- The most frustrating thing I have had to do lately was confront my roommate about finding a community to be a part of besides just spending time with her boyfriend. It was frustrating because she chose to ignore the community that was reaching out to her.
- One of the most frustrating things I had to do this weekend was to find accommodation for a trip in Easter. It was frustrating because I wasn’t sure what area was best or if my friend would like it.