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“I hadn't laughed out loud in my own kitchen since Ron passed. Now it happens every Tuesday, and I'm ready with a story.”
● Marguerite, 74 · The Tuesday Two O'Clock
Now seating seniors 65+ · other rooms opening soon
Lonely is common.
It isn't permanent.
Friend Loom seats you with the same 4–8 friendly faces on a video call, at the same hour, every single week. No feed, no ads in the community, nothing to figure out, just a room that notices when you're not in it.
Cancel any time · Your loom hour is never recorded · No public profile
● 7 in the room
Loneliness has many front doors.
Find yours, every room has its own page.Seniors 65+ · Live nowA standing hour, and someone who notices you came.Join today →Family & friends · Live nowWorried about Mom? Give her a standing Tuesday.Gift a membership →Agencies & care providers · Live nowRefer a client aging in place, and hand off the loneliness.Partner with us →FIRE & early retirees · SoonYou optimized the money. Nobody warned you about Tuesdays.Get notified →New in town · SoonNew city, zero people to call. Let's fix that.Get notified →Widowed or divorced · SoonThe house got quiet. Your week doesn't have to.Get notified →New retirees · SoonForty years of coworkers, gone in one Friday.Get notified →New parents · SoonNever alone in the house, somehow lonelier than ever.Get notified →
How it works
Friendship isn't a feed. It's the same people, on purpose, every week.
1
Pick your room
Tell us roughly where you are in life and what you'd rather talk about. We seat you with four to eight people in the same chapter.
2
Show up once a week
Same hour, same faces, over Zoom. Join from your computer, phone or tablet, or dial in by phone. A host opens with one good question, then gets out of the way.
3
Keep the ones you like
Your loom is the start. The club also hosts weekly story hours, joke swaps, lessons and drop-in coffee mornings, plus a quiet room for photos and check-ins.
The community
Not a call you attend. A community you belong to.
Friend Loom is a private online community for people who want real connection. You share your stories, you follow the members whose lives interest you, and you join as many events as you like from your computer, phone or tablet. Members lead most of them, so the calendar changes every month. Nobody phones you, and nobody minds if you sit a week out.
Your people
Follow the members you click with
Every member has a page inside the club: where they are from, what they know about, the stories they have told. Follow anyone and you will see when they post or host something. Private to the community, invisible to the open internet.
Sharing
Tell your story properly
Post the long version: where you grew up, the job nobody knows about, the year everything changed. Members read it, ask about it, and remember it next time you speak.
Standing groups
Circles for the things you love
Smaller rooms built around one thing: books, cards, walking, genealogy, veterans, caregivers. Join as many as you want, or start the one you wish existed.
Member led
Anyone can host an event
Put your own event on the community calendar: a hymn sing, a trivia night, a walk and talk, a lesson in the thing you are best at. We help you run it and fill the room.
Everyday
A quiet room, always on
Photos, recipes, the finished puzzle, a thinking of you. Conversation carries on between events, with no feed to scroll and no likes to chase.
Somebody notices
You are missed when you are gone
Birthdays get sung to and someone notices when you miss the events week after week.
Events all month long, most of them member led.
Join from your computer, phone or tablet, or dial in by phone.A regular rhythm every week, plus whatever members put on the calendar this month. Come to one, come to six.
Your loom hour · weekly
The same 4 to 8 people at the same hour, hosted, so it never turns into an awkward silence.
Life story hour · weekly
One member takes the floor and tells their story. Everyone else listens and asks good questions.
One thing I learned · weekly
A member teaches the community something useful: sourdough, birding by ear, reading a Medicare letter.
Joke jar · weekly, 20 minutes
Everybody brings one joke. Groaners are not only allowed, they tend to win.
Open rooms · most mornings
Coffee hours with no agenda. Stay five minutes or fifty, camera off if you like.
Member events · all month
Trivia, hymn sings, garden tours, film clubs, birthday parties. Whatever the community decides to run.
What people say after about six weeks.
Private by design
The whole point is that it doesn't leave the room.
No public profiles, no follower counts, nothing indexed by Google.
Your loom hour is never recorded. Community-wide events may be, and are always labelled beforehand.
No advertising inside the community, and your information never goes to advertisers.
Every room has a trained host. Leave a loom any time, no explanation needed.
One membership. The whole community.
Everything is included: your loom, the events, the circles, the members' room. No tiers, no upsells, no ads. See pricing details →
Membership
Everything the community does, in one plan.
✓A weekly hour-long video call with your loom
✓A trained host in every room
✓Every club event: story hours, joke jar, lessons, circles
✓Your loom's private space between calls
✓Switch rooms free if the fit isn't right
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