Part of the problem is that making meaningful, deep, trustworthy, help-you-bury-the-bodies friends is every bit as difficult as finding a husband/wife/long-term

Part of the problem is that making meaningful, deep, trustworthy, help-you-bury-the-bodies friends is every bit as difficult as finding a husband/wife/long-term-romantic-partner. It's one of those things that you can stumble on by accident or try, try, try for years to either succeed or fail with no rhyme or reason. Some people have luck with apps, some people don't. Some people make a passel in grade school or college that carry them through life, some people don't. I can't tell you how to find those deep, life-long "best" friends; I don't think anyone, anywhere can. All we can do is offer some advice on how to make the easier, more common, less complicated simple social connections, work-acquaintances, school-acquaintances, church-acquaintances, softball-acquaintances, library-acquaintances, meetup-acquaintances, with the vague promises that something more meaningful might develop from that. (Also, to try to convince you that the "lesser" social connections you make with people who are happy to talk to you about a common interest or the weather or life in general or how much you hate your job for 15 or 30 minutes at a time every few weeks as part of a large group are actually quite meaningful and important.)