To have more friends, think about it like dating
I sometimes think the greatest miracle Jesus ever performed was having 12 friends in his 30s.
Moms in Middle Age: Rarely Alone, Often Online and Increasingly Lonely
This line of thinking pops up in almost every subreddit I follow. I don’t know what that says about me, but even in otherwise banal men’s or LGBT groups, people are grasping for meaningful relationships. For now, that’s the best term I can put on it: “meaningful relationships”.