How about sending your christmas SITH sling
I'd be your friend then
That aside. you basically need to get out and attend gatherings of people with similiar hobbies to yourself.
With the exception of one person I knew at school. All my current friends and acquaintenances have either come through work - going to people's houses gets you meeting a very wide section of the public.
Or through my various hobbies.
Slinging has probably been the second biggest contributor. But I have made the effort, to go to the states and mallorca and run a couple of sling events in the uk.
You can't actually meet people sitting at home and wondering why you don't meet people
You do leather work - find a local makerspace or maker group and go to their meetings. They tend to be bloke heavy, but females make things too. And maker groups are not strictly tech based.
Evening classes are good too.