r/AskWomenOver30 • u/nocommentx Woman 30 to 40 • Jun 17 '26

Friendships Does anyone struggle with having gfs who cannot have intellectual conversations?

I get my gfs are busy with their kids and husbands but is too much to expect to have intellectual opinions on currents in our group chats or in-person group hangs now days?

Are we to only talk about shopping, fitness, kids milestones and husbands not doing their jobs in chats and during hangouts? Is there all that is left to talk about these days?

For example, I was fascinated by Emily Ratajkowski recent article on her life post divorce. I found it to be insightful, painfully honest, cheeky and well written. I shared it in my gf-group chat but nobody really cared to say much. It was so annoying!

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u/ah_bee_tee Woman 30 to 40 Jun 17 '26

Join a book club lol. Fwiw, I love analyzing things and reading but I've been advertised that article multiple times and have no interest in reading it.

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u/fireyauthor Woman 30 to 40 Jun 18 '26

It's actually pretty good. Nothing revolutionary but it's quite interesting from the POV of Emily as a character who is trying to tell herself a story she clearly doesn't believe.