Most of my friends are female. As a guy, I just find it easier. There's no agenda, but my female friends are not girly types. The sexual tension thing is minimal or non-existant. My fellow guy friends though - there is a different sort of sexual tension. Everything has to be a competition with them. I catch a fish, they have to catch a bigger one. That sort of thing. I'm not a competitive person, and it wears me down.
Really cat, thats a answer to finding friends. Stop being lonely if you have friends who have cat,,,,
I don't think that going to work for all of us.
If I knew what worked I would not be here so maybe it is Cats!
I have dogs.
Without having more to go on it's a little hard to offer any helpful advice. How have you tried to make friends? What problems did you have?