Help What's the fastest, safest way to make close friends/relationships?

[bitofftoomuch]

I can't go on alone. I'm only managing because I'm on leave from work. I need the love and support of others to "fill up my cup". I had a close friend I lived with who did that but now we've drifted and only see each other like a few hours a week. The rest of the time I generally have no one. I can't move back in with her, not for at least several months, but I'm barely functioning. I need closeness and intimacy now but I've heard so many bad stories about people who rush into that. I'm also a trans lesbian woman which elevates risk. I'm in a mid size city. Idk how much these details matter the point is I know there isn't a substitute and that I simply need to find someone who will love me before I become too bitter, alien, and broken. How do I fast track this?

Also do not reply with "don't" or "you can't" or "idk" or "try X instead".

 

[N7_Alliance_Marine]

I don't know.

 

[NeverBegun]

Try taking theater classes, trust me, it never fails. You'll see people regularly, and they're usually very friendly and open-minded. Plus, even if it doesn't work out and you don't make friends, during rehearsals for the play, you'll have "friends," holding hands and living adventures for as long as the show lasts, lol. It's what has worked best for me. Trying other classes (like piano or anything else) doesn't work because people focus too much on the activity itself. Theater is the only one that does.

 

[Regen]

A-groups / 12 step groups.

(Don't be afraid while reading the 12 steps, it is definitely not as religious as it sounds!!!)