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I can answer since OP hasn't, and it sounds like they'll agree
What I want from a friend, partner, whatever is someone who understands and shares my beliefs, values, and circumstances. That last one is, I've learned, actually pretty important.
The friends I had in my 20s have changed, as have I since then. Most of them aren't really my friends anymore, some for damn good reasons. The friends I still have, though I love them to death, do not live a life like mine and haven't for several years now. Due to things outside of any one person's control, our lives have started to look so dissimilar that it's getting increasingly difficult for us to relate. I don't know how much they see it, and I don't know how to fix it. My friends are still people I am proud to call my friends and it seems like they feel the same for now, but that won't bridge the growing gap forever