Friends
How do you guys go about making new friends. Online or in person?
How do you guys go about making new friends. Online or in person?
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A lot of people don’t understand my ADHD quirks. Like in a conversation I am not trying to one up your story with my story, but more trying to let you know I was actually listening to what you were saying. That makes making new friends difficult when they are not open to your quirks, but also friendships are time-consuming and with kids in sports and a full-time job is not what I have a lot of. I have a few close friends that understand me, and the rest are more acquaintances
The closest I have to “friends” these days is parents of my kids friends. The last friend I made that I actively talk to, thanks to ADHD, was made in the 6th grade! She has ADHD too, so you should listen to those conversations, you’d need a map to follow along because we WILL bounce around and come back to finish EVERY. SINGLE. ONE. OF. OUR. CONVERSATIONS. Lol. We just HAVE TO! Otherwise it will bug us.
I don't go about making friends in general. I'm a friendly person, and get along with all different types of people. I was always very popular with all my customers no matter where I worked. I have had long term friends over the years, but after so many years....those don't exist anymore. Mainly because of me of course. Making plans to hang out with people is hard enough for me anymore let alone actally doing it. Lol.
I try to be more easy-going and had already tried to make friends with a total stranger by coming to him and showing him my insta, like asking him to get me his instagram. He didn’t have one, but we connected on another messenger. It led to nothing, but I will definitely do it again, that was fun)
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