My self improvement journey has caused me to push away some friends and caused others to distance themselves from me. I'm now in a position where I don't have a single close male friend. I have acquaintances I meet with every once in a while but these aren't dudes I can count on.

The only people I find myself having meaningful connections and conversations with are plates, and these are limited because I don't want to get attached to them. Recently my only real connections have been with LTRs, and once the LTR goes, so does the friendship.

I'm cool with some guys at work, and at the gym but I don't know how to cross the barrier from shallow small talk to forming actual friendships with other like minded men.

Thoughts?