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New Survey Shows Who Enjoys The Cuffing Season The Most
Winter is coming. There’s a lot to love about winter, from seeing your family and friends during holidays to sitting by the fire sipping on your hot cocoa or mulled wine. Some people aren’t big fans of winter as it means less sunshine and more time indoors which can lead to seasonal affective disorder (SAD) as people feel more alone staying in without as many outdoor activities.
Winter is also the time for cuffing season. “Cuffing season is the search for someone to shack up with or exclusively date during the holidays and colder winter months,” Samantha Burns, a psychologist and dating coach, told WebMD. She added that people prefer “more exclusive, committed dating” in the colder months rather than running around in the cold trying to date more casually.
Psychologist Lisa Marie Bobby, Ph.D., host of the Love, Happiness & Success Podcast, told WebMD, “There’s this evolutionary pull to connect with other humans, which is often subconscious.” Humans are social animals, and it’s natural for us to seek human connection. However, for some people, it’s because of social pressures rather than human desires. “It can be argued that as a species, we are designed on a very basic instinctual level to be with others as loneliness can kill, and we feel those lows in emotion, particularly in the seasonal holidays,” registered BPS…
