According to communication scholars, Carol Mills and Paul Mongeau, in interpersonal relationships, frenemyships are often maintained because the "relational benefits (e.g., saving face, maintaining social networks, and sustaining potential instrumental connections) outweigh negative ramifications of dealing with the relationship or terminating it."
[2] "Frenemy" appeared in print as early as 1953[3] in an article titled "Howz [sic] about calling the Russians our Frienemies?"
She claimed that the word had been "coined by one of [her] sisters when she was a small child to describe a rather dull little girl who lived near us.
Relationships in the workplace, in a sports club, or any place that involves performance comparing, form because of the commonalities between persons.
Frenemy type relationships become routine and common because of the shared interest of business dealings or competition.