The Relentlessness of “Meh” Dates

Audrey Batterham
3 min readMar 26, 2023

We read about great dates and we read about dating misadventures, but what about the medium dating experiences?

One might assume that a medium date simply involves two good people who are each a match for someone, just not each other. A non-story.

A friend of mine – one of many trapped in a revolving door of “meh” dates – says she is more discouraged by a medium date than a bad one. At least there’s a story in the bad date.

The story of the medium date is boring, like, “We drank one drink and exchanged some basic…

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Audrey Batterham

Audrey is an educator, counsellor, and curriculum developer running her own business in Toronto. She writes about social services, mostly. audreybatterham.com.