Cuffing season ends on Valentine’s Day - say goodbye to your winter fling

While Valentine’s Day is deemed the romantic day of the year, it’s also the annual end of a popular dating trend: cuffing season. The trend coincides with the winter season, and sees people take advantage of the opportunity to date one person during the cold months, also known as being “cuffed” up.

As noted by Merriam Webster, cuffing season refers to “period of time where single people begin looking for short term partnerships” during the cold season. The search for the winter romance usually starts around October, with the relationship going until after Valentine’s Day. However, not everyone has followed that time table when casually dating.

Over the years, cuffing season has become a bigger phenomenon on social media, with a woman named which went from August to February, on TikTok. After describing August and September as a time to figure out what you want in a then “moves pretty fast” in October, when you can date as many people as you please. According to the plan shared by Elizabeth, you can be coupled up by 1 December, before deciding by 1 February if you want the relationship to continue.