Frenemy

Supposedly first coined by Walter Winchell in the 1950s when as a reference to Russia, it's now used when describing a person who is both your friend AND your enemy. Someone you--admittedly--love or like (or just respect) but also someone whose presence brings with it incredible stress and chaos. Consistently. Every time you're around them.

Glass says that despite the unhappiness such people bring into our lives, it's difficult to walk away from a frenemy. To completely "quit them".
This is especially true when, for instance, you have a child with this person. Is it better for two people to stay together for the sake of a child? or does the effect's of staying in a lousy relationship have an even greater effect on the kids?

My daughter is only 3 years old, but for the last week she keeps coming up to me, putting her hand on my shoulder and asking "what's wrong mama?" This of course just kills me. Is it really that apparent that mama's unhappy? Has she been asking daddy questions like this? Actually, I doubt that she would, given that daddy doesn't seem at all fazed that mommy is upset and probably (at least as far as I've seen) not acting any differently at all. How can men be so thick headed? I think my husband is utterly clueless when it comes to women. The truth is WE ARE BOTH UNHAPPY...the question now is...where do we go from here? And for the love of baby jesus... what resolution will have the least negative effects on our sweet daughter.