Lakshmi, a tech and culture podcast guest, chats about the 'Mid-Range Game' in dating. They discuss balancing instant gratification, navigating relationships as a later-dater, and valuing connections without rushing into commitments. A fresh perspective on the complexities of modern dating for the 45+ age group.
Focus on building relationships with depth and history in the mid-range game approach to dating.
Use the Garden, Compost, and Garbage Framework to categorize relationships and prioritize meaningful connections.
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The Mid-Range Game Concept
The podcast introduces the concept of the mid-range game in dating for later daters. Instead of focusing on quick results or long-term commitments, the mid-range game encourages building relationships with depth and history. It emphasizes valuing connections and intimacy even if they don't follow a traditional path, highlighting the importance of allowing relationships to evolve naturally without rushing into defining them.
The Garden, Compost, and Garbage Framework
The podcast presents the Garden, Compost, and Garbage Framework as a way to categorize relationships in modern dating. The Garden represents relationships worth nurturing without expectations, the Compost includes interactions to dispose of mindfully, and the Garbage signifies people who should not be part of one's life. This framework emphasizes the value of cultivating meaningful connections and understanding that not all relationships need a long-term label to be valuable.
Challenges in Modern Dating for Later Daters
The episode discusses the challenges faced by later daters in modern dating culture. It highlights the struggle to find language to describe the process of allowing relationships to develop and unfold naturally while making informed decisions. It points out the misconception of equating speed and certainty in dating with depth and certainty, emphasizing the importance of exploring a mid-range game approach to dating that values building meaningful connections over quick outcomes.
We assign moral judgment to ideas of how long or short a relationship goal is. But what if distance has nothing to do with whether or not a trip is worth it? A great companion episode to this is "Longer Doesn't Always Mean Stronger."
Lakshmi was named among the "Best Guests of 2023" on tech and culture podcast PIVOT with Kara Swisher & Scott Galloway. https://podcasts.apple.com/us/podcast/best-friends-of-pivot/id1073226719?i=1000639439067
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The Later Dater Today is a podcast all about dating Later In Life but mostly the 45-59 window. This overlooked and often misunderstood part of the dating timeline is both under-discussed and wildly undervalued. Host, Lakshmi Rengarajan has been trying to bring both innovation as well as an analog approach to how we date today for the past 15 years.
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