I don't see myself as having friends other than my boyfriend at the moment. I guess some of his friends would be considered aquaintences?

The issue with trust is I can't tell someone is taking advantage of me until it's too late. Or at this point, I'm just going to assume that every little thing means they are. I talked about it in therapy today, but didn't get that far because I swear I spend most of the appointment talking about music or audio technology/computers etc.

As for meetup groups, I've tried them, but most of the ones I'd be interested in require some sort of financial or time commitment. I understand why, but at the same time, my schedule changes a lot and without warning so I don't like committing to something. What if I don't have time/don't feel like it? Just added stress. I keep looking though to see if there's a good one from time to time. I still would like to connect with one or two of my peers.