“I notice that I have fewer friends than before.” the French faced loneliness

Paris, Wednesday evening. Nicholas, 38 years old, newly divorced, father of two children, arrives at the XV restaurant.^e neighborhood, where five strangers are waiting for him for lunch. Their meeting is not accidental. in advance, each of the guests struggled to answer forty questions about their personal life, temperament, passions… so the algorithm sets a very precise table plan, designed to create a connection between everyone; Conceived by the company Timeleft, created in 2023 by Maxime Barbier and Adrienne De Oliveira, this concept aims to combat urban loneliness and the “friendship decline” that more and more people are suffering from.

Success is dazzling. weekly dinners are organized in 300 cities, 60 countries and last year already connected more than 350,000 people. “In recent years, between my work, my married life, the birth of my two children, I have spent less time…