What I mean is, do you have more gambling friends with whom you can share your earnings or strategy, or do you prefer to be on your own, not telling anyone that you gamble?
When I played poker for profit, I treated it like a job, or rather a side hustle, and I played alone, although I participated in poker forums, but I didn't contact friends in real life because of it. There was a time when live poker became popular, in informal games with small stakes, and I would occasionally go to the casino to play poker, and there I did go with friends, but it wasn't my main activity.