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Black British Cuffing Season is here and you need to maximise it. I recently read somewhere that cuffing season was between Halloween and Valentine’s day which has me all confused. Then I realised that the article I was reading was North American and promptly decided to correct it for the Black British Cuffing Season because, Black Britain does it’s own thing!
What is Cuffing Season?
Tis the season when people are more likely to get into relationships because winter is coming and nobody wants to be single. Makes sense as the search for a Winter Warmer / Gift Buyer becomes strong. Let’s be honest, Spring and Summer are hot times to be single and mingling. Nobody is thinking of a winter warmer before autumn, right? So why does the Black British one start so early?
Carnival cuff
So let’s go back to way before the days of mobile phones and the internet. In the 70s, 80s and 90s the only way you could meet other Black people of datable age was through clubs, bars and all days. Then, once a year for those who lived in London we were granted Notting Hill Carnival which was the biggest meat market ever. Sexual touching aside this was an opportune moment to meet people from different parts of London. This is where you would have a likkle dance and then exchange landline numbers. Way before Social Media existed the home phone number was the only way you were getting hold of anyone.
And so the bank holiday Monday of Carnival signifies the start of Black British Cuffing Season. After months of agonising over your carnival outfit you would reap the spoils. You would walk away with a bunch of numbers that you would steadily work through in September. It was the end of summer and the start of coupledom. It was a glorious weekend indeed. One massive speed dating event over soca music.
Black British Advantage
So what’s the big difference? Well it means that our social calendars differ and so we are not just dictated by the seasons.
The Black British Calendar
Carnival - End of August
Black History Month - October
Xmas - December
New Year’s Eve - December
Valentines day - February
As opposed to the American calendar which is
Thanksgiving - November
Xmas - December
New Year’s Eve - December
Valentines Day - February
Black History Month - February
This is what we haven’t appreciated. We have 2 more months of coupledom bringing us up to 6 months whereas they only have 4. Also ours starts in the Summer so that Summer body is still working for us. Surely, we should be taking advantage of this?
How to Cuff
You have a whole heap of events to go to especially in October so, get out there and date! And if you missed Carnival then a) look for other carnivals across the country and b) try matchmaking to have yourself someone by Christmas.
Happy Cuffing!
© Chelsea Black ®
Madi Turpin03/09/2024 9:48
