Never ever tell people that you are a "low maintenance friend" just for the sake of people-pleasing. It may seem like such a small thing that you barely think about but your new potential friends will truly remember that little detail and run that shit to the ground! and it's what's gonna get you shoved to the side and become the floater friend again. Once you've established that you are low maintenance, you will no longer have the right to demand more from people and you will just have to be okay with being shoved aside as a last option. Oh and prepare to only get messages from them only when it's convenient. If you truly know that you're not low maintenance and you are in dire need of a geniune friend who has the same time and energy for you as you have for them, then keep your fucking mouth shut and never say anything about being low or high maintenance. keep that out of the convo cuz you're unknowingly self-sabotaging by bringing that up.