Many adults with ADHD struggle not just to meet people, but to figure out what to do once they do. When is someone an acquaintance? When do you invest more? When should you pull back? There is nothing worse than feeling you are investing in a friendship that stays stuck, stalled, or stifled only to wonder if you misread the whole thing and have to start over. Adults with ADHD frequently experience predictable friendship patterns: intense initial connection, rapid emotional investment, uncertainty about reciprocity, and eventual disappointment when friendships don’t deepen. The pain of these setbacks is real and it’s easy to spiral into rumination and mistakenly believe that every friendship snag is a character flaw. It is not. This session offers a practical troubleshooting roadmap: how to read the signals, pace your investment, test reciprocity without overexposing yourself, and decide when to lean in or let go. Attendees will leave with a concrete decision framework, not general encouragement, to build friendships that actually stick.