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The New Rules of Cuffing Season
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October has arrived. Know what that means? Yes, it’s fall. Know what else? Sure, election season — get on that. But there’s another phenomenon folks seem to get all antsy about around this time of year. That’s right. It’s cuffing season!
For the uninitiated, cuffing season is that ever-thirsty time of year in which happily single folks start looking ahead to cooler temperatures, holiday dinners, and, depending on where you live, snowstorm snuggling. This time of year ushers in seasonal situationships that climax right around Valentine’s Day, when cuffers decide whether they want to return to singlehood for the spring and summer.
You can take all the care in the world, yet if lines become blurred, cuffing season can turn into a shitshow.
There’s a negative connotation that cuffing season carries because, technically, no one should go into a relationship for just a season — particularly if the other person isn’t on the same page.
