Mundane Dating: A Preferred Way To Date For Most Indians, Here’s All You Need To Know

Imagine you are texting back and forth with someone on a dating application, and your partner asks you out, gives you two options for a date, which one would you choose??

First option being casually catching up for a drink after work, going for a walk in a park or just for an evening coffee. Second option suggests you dress up, they offer to pick you up, take you out for dinner, drinks and then you go to a club to dance the night away!?

What is Mundane Dating?

If you are happy choosing the first option, let us tell you it is called ‘Mundane Dating’, and you are not alone.

Bumble, a popular dating app, reports the growing popularity of a new dating trend, Mundane Dating, with 74% of single Indians surveyed preferring more mundane encounters than fancy, lavish ones. This is more important for women (82%) than men (77%) in India.?

Bumble, a popular dating app, reports the growing popularity of a new dating trend, Mundane Dating | Image: Pexels

Dating app user Divya Sharma, a marketing professional based out of Faridabad feels stressful life is the reason. She says, “Everybody’s life is so busy and stressful these days, a normal date with minimal efforts feels so comforting. It can be a source of calmness. Meanwhile, an exclusive elaborate date might feel like a lot of work, and could bring that sense of pressure with it, which people these days are not looking for.”?

Rahul Sangwan, a Delhi based advocate echoes similar sentiments and says, “A casual date because the beauty lies in the small gestures and simplicity of things. Any normal day date or any action by the other person that has personal significance attached to them would any day be more meaningful than the grand or elaborate dates/gestures. For instance, I would be happy if someone just got me a flower plucked/got by themselves on their own rather than ordering me a whole bouquet.”?

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Bumble revealed people are more focused on shared routine and comfort?

According to Bumble's new study, people are focusing on shared routines and the comfort of familiar surroundings rather than extravagant experiences, with 37% of Indian respondents stating that they enjoy the simplicity and authenticity of these dates, and mundane dates can help them better understand someone's personality.?36% of Indians polled prefer meaningful chats on everyday dates over lavish activities. In fact, 43% of the single Indians polled are no longer willing to date someone who does not make time for them.?

Getting to know someone on a mundane date sounds exciting to people | Image: Pexels

Dr. Rajkaran Singh, also a dating app user says, “An insight of the person of how they are most of the time rather than specially dressing up or putting on something which they might be doing to pretend or present a different picture says a lot about them. The key is to be comfortable and not just try to woo the other person just for the sake of a date.”??

What are the most preferred ways to go on a mundane date???

The study found that evening and morning walks were the most popular (45%), followed by traveling to work (42%), grocery shopping (40%), and cooking or baking together (39%). Interestingly, 18% of GenZ said being caught in traffic together is their favorite dull date idea.

Hiten Noonwal, a drag artist, also feels the same way, “Normal everyday date where we can just be ourselves and not prepare a lot for something that we are not. I would prefer going to Museums, Art Galleries or natural spaces/parks full of natural beauty where you can get to know the person more intimately as opposed to sitting in a five star restaurant, being anxious about doing something wrong.”

People prefer having a shared experience | Image: Pexels

Shivangi Sharma, an advocate, describes herself as a moody dater. She feels a date puts pressure on both individuals to behave a certain way and put all that is good about them on the table, instantly! She prefers to go out for a game night or a dance workshop, a shared experience, where she can explore an activity with someone and enjoy creating something or doing something together.?

She also feels regular dates feel like an interview. She adds, “A lot of times people don’t know how to steer a conversation. And you might not necessarily hit it off. People wait to get drunk to make the date more fun. Well, you can just start with something fun. You can get to know so much about how a person is in a setting like that. And honestly, that’s way more fun than just talking or watching a movie.”?

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