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> the close friends that I thought I made in university don't seem to care much for me these days

Just one dot point: a second wave of friendships comes when (if) you have children. It's a much under rated part of being a parent that suddenly you get thrown in with a whole new crowd of people also looking for like minded friends (since family based activities pretty much exclude all your old friends from most of what you now want to do).

Of course, this is not much help if you don't have a life partner yet, but just to say, don't conclude all your opportunities for friendship are gone.