via sharecare.com The ups and downs of a friendship are important for growing and developing both the relationship and yourselves as individuals. The learning you do together is ultimately what will make a friendship flourish for the long haul. Friends can put pressure on one another to look or dress a certain way. If your group of friends is constantly focused on gaining weight, you may be sharing negative messages about body image. And if a friendship revolves around eating or cooking, you and your friends may be putting on the pounds. On the other hand, friends can do a great job of motivating one another to lose weight in a healthy way. New research suggests that men have a particularly hard time being "just friends" with women. In a recent study, women seemed to genuinely believe that their opposite-sex friendships were platonic, while men seemed to want something more from the relationship. There may be times when one friend is giving more than the ot
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