What It Means To Be a Natural ‘Middler’—AKA the Most Important Role at Group Dinners

[Being a middler] is about being able to naturally bring people together over a shared topic.

5 signs you excel in the middler role at a group dinner:

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And thesetypes of insecuritiescan lead to negative projections, too.

And that tendency can make taking on a middler role simply feel like too much pressure, she says.

Good topics include mutual friends or hobbies, restaurant openings, or the latest on Netflix, says Grotts.

Anything super-personal, gossip, politics, and religion are best left off the table.

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In that way, youre also transitioning some of your attention elsewhere, whenever it feels right.

(Win, win.)

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