Therefore, a lens with great bokeh for backgrounds has awful bokeh for foregrounds, and vice-versa. Things get weirder from here. Another big factor is how sharply the outside of the blur circle is rendered. Even if we have a poor signature similar to fig. Artistically most people tend to prefer sharper foregrounds and softer backgrounds.
Fuzzy foregrounds tend to make people crazy, and fuzzy backgrounds are fine.
Therefore I classify lenses with good bokeh as those with good background bokeh. Personally I avoid anything fuzzy in my foregrounds by moving the camera or the foreground object. That way each blur circle tends to be a bright spot that gets dimmer gradually towards the edges. This way all the blur circles blend nicely. On the other hand, if one is trying to keep everything as sharp as possible, these bokeh effects will work differently where your image is close to being in focus.