Let's be honest: where do we make friends if we work from home? To make friends, we need to be in a sort of co-living environment. It's hard to make friends if all we do is passively set up appointments with someone.
School, hobbies, social activities, friends of friends...? I have made very few lasting friends at work that last beyond the current job.
Offices are not actually great places to make lasting friends. I can understand missing the social aspect of work though (although at my age it doesn't bother me at all).
I live in a pretty remote part of Texas; so, see, what I did was walked out of my front door, down the road a little while and introduced myself to Justin — a local roofing expert, and small (medium?) business owner. I offered to help him take down a lightning struck tree.
Offices are not actually great places to make lasting friends. I can understand missing the social aspect of work though (although at my age it doesn't bother me at all).