By Lauren Felechner

Daily Titan Staff Writer

Oh, the holidays. This season seems to last from November, when the turkey comes out, until February, when boxes of chocolate are devoured. A phrase that I find appropriate for this time of year is “Relationship Season.”

Whether it’s the cold weather that makes people want a companion to cuddle up with or getting that extra present around Christmas time from that special someone, when the clouds start rolling in, people start dating.

It must be all the holiday cheer that pierces the hearts of even the most devoid-of-feelings guy and makes him a little more sentimental. And no, this isn’t just something out of a woman’s imagination because there is also “Break Up Season.”

Perhaps it is having someone by your side to endure the family-time, with all of the extended relatives and imposing questions, or having that already set person that you plan on kissing at midnight on New Year’s Eve with, instead of being one of the singles that just “happened” to be standing next to the person they want to make-out with when midnight strikes.

There are also those nights when it’s raining and trekking it from bar to bar and getting wet doesn’t sound all that appealing. So instead, couples stay in and cuddle up. These relationships are not always the right idea, mind you.

Some might be rushed into, some may be acts of loneliness or desperation, but nonetheless, it seems to be a pattern not only in my group of girlfriends, but my guy friends as well. Whenever one of my girlfriends gets a boyfriend or just someone they are constantly hanging out with, the other women follow in her lead.

To make sense out of guys wanting to be in a relationship around this time of year, my conclusion has been that the colder weather causes women to cover up a little more. They aren’t running around in cut-off shorts or their midriff tops when they go out, so guy’s eyes aren’t wandering as much. They don’t have that much eye-candy and, thus, become a little more decisive, which leads me to “Break Up Season.”

Around March, when the sun starts to come out again and spring break is on the horizon for college students, the break ups start to occur on both ends. Maybe the

woman wants some “space,” and the guy wants to have a “guys night” a couple times a week.

The skimpy clothes begin making their appearance once again for the warmer weather, and the guys are on the prowl. Break up season lasts anywhere from March until May. Couples have this amount of time to get away from their mate before summer time officially starts. Now, summertime itself could be dubbed as “Single Season.”

No one is looking for a boyfriend or girlfriend during the months of June, July and August. Everyone’s hormones are running wild and are a little more frisky than usual. It’s as if the sunshine is like cat-nip. There are too many distractions and too many options. Guys are visual creatures, and there is a lot to catch their eyes during this time of year.

Call me crazy, but my year is usually divided up into these three seasons rather than our typical fall, winter, spring and summer months. So you could probably guess what my relationship-status and love life entails. Just don’t be surprised if you catch someone’s eyes within the next couple of months.

And hey, perhaps there will be extra presents for you during the holidays.