How do I (28F) make a friend?

EDIT: I originally posted this in r/redscarepod but it got locked because I didn’t have any karma so I decided to post it here instead<br><br>After high school I always found it easiest to make friends through group classes and hobbies. Now that I’m a bit older I’m finding it more difficult. I moved abroad 2 years ago and I feel like I have more trouble making friends in my late 20s than I did in my 16-22 age range. I’ve carried over a couple friendships from back home but I’m starting to miss having a local friend group.<br><br>One thing is that I’m not in school anymore. Generally speaking when I was in school I at least had people to talk to. There was a built in social network. I feel like all my friends from school and college were able to sort this out naturally and they all have tons of friends from school they still hang out with. For me I graduated and just kind of gave up because I didn’t know what to do. I didn’t really have a friend group to start with and all my friends from college have since moved away or I just lost touch. <br><br>Now I’m feeling at a total loss. I’ve always struggled with making friends so I feel like all these years of effort I put into trying to make friends are basically wasted and I’m right back to square 1. I was in group fitness classes for a while but they’ve all cancelled. The gym I go to has only had one social event in 2 years and I met a couple people there but it didn’t pan out into any actual hangouts. I’m taking a few courses right now but it’s very disorganized and not easy to connect with people. <br><br>I feel like at age 28 it’s embarrassingly pathetic not to have any friends. How do I even meet people? <br><br>EDIT: To everyone in this post who is in their 40s-50s saying they couldn’t relate because they didn’t struggle to make friends- that is completely unhelpful. This is literally an ask post. I’m asking for advice.