Hi, I have had a couple of bad years and recently gotten out of a rut. So I've been trying to reconnect with old friends whom I have kinda neglected or ignored during that time.

However it seems harder to connect with them now, in game terms, my Value has dropped considerably. People don't engage me like they use to, treating me somewhat like how people would treat a classmate or colleague.

How do I recover my friendships?

Also sometimes I try really hard, but it takes a lot of work for something to happen, like to get people to go out. And people don't seem to want to work at it as much as I do. But if I don't I will get left out. Kinda like an outcast stereotype in high school.