You are doing the right thing by looking for partners. It is much easier and simpler to study the material with someone. One of you can understand the material better and explain it in your own words. This simplifies the learning process, which is already not easy as it may seem at first glance. But I found my companion a long time ago, but it was in a different place, it was in a game. We were interested in different games together, and communicated in one blog
https://www.back2gaming.com/gaming/what-is-house-edge-and-rtp/, where we actively discussed gambling. This led to us finding a lot of common interests also in the process of learning. Now we are studying many new and interesting areas together.