S17E13: F*ck Cuffing Season

Dateable: Your insider's look into modern dating and relationships

Yue Xu and Julie Krafchick

Relationships, Sexuality, Science, Social Sciences, Health & Fitness, Society & Culture

4.5 • 877 Ratings

🗓️ 22 November 2023

⏱️ 44 minutes

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Summary

If you’re freaking out about finding a partner during cuffing season – stop right there. We're talking about why cuffing season is actually the WORST time to find love – and why you should try fluffing season instead. We discuss the reasons starting a relationship now doesn’t set you up for long-term success, what fluffing season is and why it’s a better use of your time, and ways you can fluff to be more strategic while everyone is scrambling. Follow us @dateablepodcast, @juliekrafchick and @nonplatonic. Check out our website for more content. Also listen to our other podcast Exit Interview w/ iHeart Podcasts available on Apple Podcasts, Spotify, iHeartRadio, or wherever you get your podcasts. Our FINDING YOUR PERSON program is open for a limited time from 11/24-12/3!! USE code FLUFFING for 20% off on Black Friday only at findingyourperson.com This episode is sponsored by: NOCD: We're partnering with NOCD to raise awareness of relationship OCD. To book a free 15-minute call, go to nocd.com/dateable Factor: Get 50% America's #1 Meal Delivery Service at https://factormeals.com/dateable50 or use the code DATEABLE50 Uncommon Goods: Get 15% off your next gift at uncommongoods.com/dateable Drizly: Download the Drizly app or go to Drizly.com and use promo code FAST5 for $5 off your first order. Bearaby: Get your hand-nit weighted blankets @mybearaby or bearaby.com Dateable is part of the Frolic Podcast Network. You can find more outstanding podcasts to subscribe to at frolic.media/podcasts WE WROTE A BOOK! HOW TO BE DATEABLE is available for pre-order now: https://howtobedateable.com/ Meeting People IRL Kickstarter - CLOSES August 31st and get $10 OFF now through then! Support this podcast at — https://redcircle.com/dateable-podcast/donations Advertising Inquiries: https://redcircle.com/brands Privacy & Opt-Out: https://redcircle.com/privacy

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0:00.0	Hi I'm Yui Shue and I'm Julie Kraftchik. We're active daters turn dating sociologist.
0:05.6	Here to dive into everything modern dating and relationships.
0:09.1	Welcome to the dateable podcast. datable. We are Hello Thanksgiving week everyone.
0:17.0	Welcome to another episode of Datable.
0:21.0	We are doing our duet version for this week.
0:25.0	It's just Julie and I talking about a very hot topic.
0:29.0	Cuffing season, but we have a cool twist on it.
0:32.0	Yes, I love duet.
0:33.4	I'm like kind of envisioning us as like a girl band.
0:35.8	I think it should happen.
0:37.2	Well, to say that that's not going to be in our future.
0:41.1	I don't know about you, but no one wants to hear me sing so maybe speaking is
0:45.2	more in our cards as a do-hat. All right with AI and technology you do not need to be a
0:51.1	good singer you just need to have charisma. That is it. But we are talking about cuffing season. You're all very familiar with cuffing season, right? This is the time of the year where the weather gets a little cooler. People are
1:05.2	thinking about the holidays and thinking about wanting to get into a relationship and being
1:10.9	very active on dating apps and overall feeling of thirstiness is what I would call this season.
1:17.6	I will say this is maybe an unpopular opinion but I actually hate cuffing season.
1:23.7	And I think part of it is that I don't get it
1:26.2	because I live on the West Coast where it's not super cold, right?
1:30.6	So I acknowledge I don't maybe understand the full part of it.
1:34.0	But I did live in Boston up until I was 25 and maybe I was young enough to just bear the cold and not let it get in my way.
1:41.0	So I get it. I'm maybe not the target audience but it is what you just
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