As the weather gets warmer, the sun stays out longer and clothing gets shorter and tighter, do feelings start to change? Many young adults say wintertime is “cuffing season” and now that the season is changing, one must wonder if these relationships are going to come to an end. First it’s important to look and see if there is any truth to this idea called “cuffing season.”
According to junior dance major Maddie Fuller, “I actually believe in this thing called ‘cuffing season.’ A lot of my friends get in relationships when it starts to get colder.”
High school relationships and college relationships are very different. In high school we got into relationships because our friends told us we should and we stayed in them for the wrong reasons most of the time. In college though, it gets a little bit more serious. But one thing is certain; “cuffing season” still exists.
If you remember back to Twitter around November and December, tweets were full of statements such as, “I am tired of being single” or song quotes like Adele’s “I dare you to let me be your one and only.” Everyone just wanted someone to bundle up with during the cold weather.
The fact that we let seasonal changes decide our relationship status could be dangerous for the very fact that when the next season arrives, a relationship may end and is this is not just a male or female habit. It’s mutual. Everyone creates these ideas of spending Christmas with a significant other, then February comes around and Valentine’s Day is here.
As we move into March, could all of this be changing? Spring break is fast approaching and lets be honest, for all of you going to Mexico, Florida etc., who wants to be in a relationship? There’s the risk of doing something you will regret and it is not because you want to hurt the other person.
“I think in between spring and summer people start to break up because they want to have fun on their own without dealing with a the stresses of a relationship,” said Victoria Zentz, a junior kinesiology major.
Others disagree with this idea. As mentioned before, college relationships do seem to be more serious than the ones that were seen in high school. There are obviously different variables that end a relationship such as other friends getting out of relationships, the relationship could just not be working, or they truly may just want to be single. All of these things can happen year around.
“While I think cuffing season exists, I do not necessarily think people will automatically break up because of the weather,” Zentz said. “I think it depends on the maturity of the person and the strength of the relationship.”
Relationships are tricky, as we all know, but seasons may really have an impact. Summer makes relationships harder because your significant other may be in a different state, and distance can definitely put strain on a relationship. While “cuffing season” may be an informal name for the phenomenon, there could be some merit.
As “cuffing season” departs, “spring fever” may be taking its place.