My friend recommended Shiba to me two months ago when there were still "countless zeros" behind the digit. If I bought 3000 USDT at that time and keep it until this moment, I am a filthy rich man now. If my friend can be more persistent and persuasive, I will be drinking champagne in my villa at this very moment. Instead, I am sitting on my shaky desk asking you guys which coin will be the next Shiba.
The problem is with you and not your friend so do not put your blame on them. You can't say "if my friend was more insisting and persuasive" because they already gave you the keys to a great profit and you declined it, it is not their problem to force you into putting money into something that you do not want to put in, if you are not going to listen to them that is your own problem.
I didn't buy any shiba neither and I am not even regretting it because I have an allergy towards shitcoins and shiba is a big time shitcoin, just because the price went up doesn't change that fact. When you have zero improvement on the blockchain and provide zero benefits to owners and zero usecase and only a memecoin to joke about that means that even if you make a profit now, you are going to suck big time later.