How to make friends as an adult
Friendship in your 20s and 30s has the same problem dating does: the algorithms moved everything online, and the online versions are mostly text in boxes. OMGHey is a small fix — a scheduled live window where you actually meet someone in a real conversation instead of a feed of profiles.
Why it's so hard now
School made friendship a side effect of proximity. You sat next to people for four years and the relationships just happened. Adulthood removes that scaffolding. Most apps that try to solve it copy dating-app mechanics — swipe, match, ghost — which is not how friendship works.
What works instead
- Repetition. Friendships are built by showing up at the same time again and again. OMGHey's live nights — Sunday and Wednesday at 9 PM — are a built-in cadence.
- Real conversation. A 3-minute live chat reveals more about whether you'd actually click with someone than a hundred messages.
- Locality. A friend you can grab coffee with beats a friend you only ever message. OMGHey matches locally.
Using OMGHey specifically for friendship
Set your intent to friendship in your profile. You'll be matched with other people who selected the same. The mechanics are identical — go live at 9 PM, talk to one person at a time, match if you click.
What to actually say
Skip "hey, how are you." On a live chat you have minutes. Ask something specific: what they're doing later this week, the last thing they got obsessed with, the neighborhood they live in and why. The goal isn't to impress — it's to find out fast whether you'd want to spend a Saturday with this person.
After the chat
A mutual match keeps the conversation open in your matches list. Suggest a real thing — a coffee, a walk, a show — within the first few messages. The chats that turn into friendships are the ones that get off the app fastest.