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The Seasons of Dating

August 16, 2024
‘Hot Girl Summer' is over, and 'Cuffing Season' is on the horizon. Our Gen Z correspondents Daniela and Liam break down what single people should expect for the rest of the year.
Show transcript
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Hi, I'm Liam and my name is Daniella.
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We are the Gen Z correspondents for me too.
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Yes. And we have some bad news dating.
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It's a game. It's a cycle.
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We actually have a diagram to show you what it's like.
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Oh my God. I'm sorry.
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That is me so bad.
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No. Time off so bad.
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What's his name? Actually,
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this was one of them.
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Ok, great. Well,
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that leads us into the calendar.
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The cycle. You see this,
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this is what it's like out there.
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If you're single, it's very simple.
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It goes that way just like the days of the year.
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There are seasons to dating and we're going to break them down
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for you right now.
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We have just wrapped up hot girl,
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summer brat, summer,
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white boy, summer.
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This means nobody's in a relationship.
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The boys are in Cancun.
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Girls are on yachts.
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Everyone is tan and sexy.
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Ready to bump uglies.
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You can really see this starting to affect long term relationships.
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We have cheating scandals,
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divorces are brewing. Everyone wants sweet,
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sweet freedom and I don't blame him.
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And then that's going to take us to the next chapter which
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is thought,,
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follow us here, follow us here.
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We are starting to build out that roster.
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It's the fallout of summer and we have a lot of new
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prospects. It's those who remember those who have made an impact
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that are still around during Thom.
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And, yeah,
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we're keeping them in mind.
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Yeah, fellas, we're making reservations.
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All right, we're going on dates.
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We do. You know what I like to do during Thom
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What it's called ad D?
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What does AD D stand for?
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So, whenever it's a date coming up,
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I always go ad D always do drinks.
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I'm not doing coffee.
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Oh, I'm not doing dinner.
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Ok. It's our first time meeting.
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Drinks. Ad D nothing's deep at this point.
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We're looking for that franchise player.
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We're looking for someone to stick around to and if they're really
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not giving you all that first glance,
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then cut them. You gotta cut them.
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Thank you next because right after preseason and harvest comes the most
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important time of the year,
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cuffing season, cuffing season,
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cuffing season, cuffing season.
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I mean, we all have heard of this one.
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It's the most recognizable.
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We've done the recruiting,
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we've done the leg work and now let's lock in falla here
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it's cold outside. We're shedding leaves and clearing the roster.
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I don't even know what the word roster means at this point
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Yeah. And fellas,
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I want you to stock up on your hoodies.
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She will be stealing them sex in the city pumpkin patches.
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Love bombing. The big test really is,
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are we going to be Hoing out on Halloween or are we
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doing matching costumes? I don't know,
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it's a big test.
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Really big, big test.
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I mean, there's been times where I thought she was my
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boo thing. She's texting me around,
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you know, 10 p.m. and I don't hear from her until
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three pm the next day.
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And so after cuffing season,
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if you made it through Halloween,
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you survived. We are entering the playoffs at this point,
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the soft launches are happening and boys,
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we're entering a war zone.
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All right, we're talking holidays,
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which means holiday parties,
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sue and sue knows pressure from the primos and Primas.
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This is pressure. This is playoffs.
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Will you make it to the next chapter?
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Everything has amounted to this.
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If you were able to make it to the next chapter,
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if you survive the playoffs.
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Ladies and gentlemen, you're going to the finals,
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you have made it to the championship.
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Congratulations. That's big.
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That's big Super Bowls.
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Everything has led to this.
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All this might even be a hard launch and if it's not
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well, maybe next year,
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you know, budgets have been approved and vacations are locked in
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as a couple energy matching is so crucial during this time,
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it really can make or break the relationship.
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It's real, it's real.
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This is the championship and I look,
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I've, you know,
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I've built a good program.
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I feel like, I'm a strong player and I've maybe once
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or twice, made it to the finals.
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Have you? I've only made it once.
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you know,
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I think I'm not going to make it this year actually to
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the finals. So maybe next year it seems like every year
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you know, if you're a championship caliber team.
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Yeah, I feel like I went into this year knowing that
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I wasn't what this is,
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what takes us to the most difficult chapter of them all breakup
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season. A K A spring cleaning at this point.
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You know, you're six months into a relationship and free agency
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is looming, you know,
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and,, spring break,
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spring break, if you get broken up with right before spring
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break, it could be great.
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It could be great.
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A good distraction. I mean,
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it's never, it's never,
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never good, but you've broken up with decisions have to be
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made. Are we renewing the contract or are we packing it
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up? The honeymoon phase is far from over.
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You've been in the gym,
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summer's around the corner.
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Do you really want this ball and chain when the sun is
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out? This is when it happens.
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Breakup season. The D MS are officially open for business.
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All right. And we are getting ready to download those apps
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once again cleaning up the prompts,
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showing off those new photos,
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thirst traps on close friends stories.
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You know what I like to do?
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I just do close friends,
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but it's only women.
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Oh, I'm not gonna lie.
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We do the same.
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Yeah. Like close friends.
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But it's only the people we're interested in.
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But I feel like that's part of the process.
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That's sodom. That's,
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that's so, that's,
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and then it's just like,
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yeah, there's not one,
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bro. My close friend strictly house.
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Good for you. Thank you.
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But it has begun breakup season and then that is what takes
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us to splash hot girl summer once again.
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So everyone I want you to be safe,
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get checked out, you know,
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the whole machines running cleanly.
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Yeah, really. Just protect yourself internally and externally.
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It's tough out here.
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All right. But hey,
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don't hate the player.
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Hate the game.