Woman Joins Articles Club to Fix Friendships, Discovers Adulting Hack
KEY POINTS
- •Pressley Frevert started attending a local articles club in 2016 to build lasting adult friendships.
- •Each month, a member selects three thematic articles on topics ranging from childhood to the death penalty.
- •Over ten years, the club evolved from casual debates into deep support networks discussing motherhood and personal struggles.
Pressley Frevert, who confessed to failing at friendships since high school, took a wild detour from book clubs and launched herself into an articles club in 2016. Instead of debating Tolkien, the group dives into weighty topics like the Pope’s views on panhandlers and the death penalty, funded by pure curiosity, not cash. The monthly ritual involves reading three curated longform pieces — light on homework stress, heavy on existential dread. This club, composed primarily of eleven women bonding over shared maternal meltdowns and post-partum rage conversations, turned "microwave friends" into lifelong relationships. Bonus: text groups now cover tattoo debates and toddler tantrum chronicles with equal fervor.
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(1 of 3)Finally discovered the adult friendship elixir: mandatory monthly deep dives into heavy articles, not poorly timed lunch chats. Microwaving friendships is out, cultivating dark souls over panhandling takes is in.
Who knew adult friendship goals included synchronized naps, Pope opinions, and therapists-on-demand disguised as casual group texts?
If your friends only last as long as your workplace microwave, maybe you just need to upgrade to an articles club instead of therapy.
Source: Businessinsider | Published: 9/4/2026 | Author: Pressley Frevert
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