Seasonal dating and pickup

[Estate]

Hey guys,
This might vary by location but it's something I never hear anyone talk about.

I've noticed a pattern over the past few years of "numbers" going up and down with the seasons. It's been pretty consistent.
I bring it up because at first, I'd be talking to a whole bunch of girls at one time, then 2 months later, it seemed like pickings were slimmer and I'd get a bit down on myself until it picked up again.
But over the past 3/4 years I've noticed the time of year matches a pattern of how much success I'm having, or really, women being more available and "looking".

Labor Day to Thanksgiving: Primetime to get yourself a girlfriend. Fall is hitting, winter will be along soon and people are settling down again after summer fun. Girls are VERY open to meeting new guys.
Thanksgiving to Christmas Day: Generally there's a little lull here. Girls are still looking to meet guys around holiday season but it's also a pretty busy time for everyone.
Dec 26th to Feb 14th: Again, Primetime. It's winter, it's cold, it sucks, single through the holidays and heading to valentines makes people feel lonely. New Years resolutions mean people will resolve to get out, get fit, socialize, meet people. If they are not with someone, they'll be looking.
Feb 15th to Early Spring: Another lull. I think it girls go past Valentines and are STILL single, there's an elements of "screw it, I'm gonna bunker down for the rest of the winter and wait for Spring." This might be different in warmer climates but the weather is BRUTAL this time in the north east, people are kinda over the holidays and there's a lot of social hibernation until spring.
Early Spring to Early Summer: Primetime to hookup. Sun dresses are out, people are sex starved and horny if single through the winter (not joking), lots of women are "newly single" around this time too. Everyone's ready to get back outside, socialize, fill up the bars again and flirt. I find this to best time to find hookups as people are looking to see what's out there but not get tied down for summer.
Rest of summer through Labor Day: Another lull. Everyone's busy, vacation, going out of town, too busy for "dates". This is a good time to have a friend with benefits situation hooked up from Spring. Hook up here and there but mostly doing your own thing. I think this might be good for hookups it you have some social circle game. What I find is people are not really hanging at bars, they're outside, cookouts, bbq's, beach. You need to be "in" with a few people to join in. That way you should still be around hot women.

The specifics could vary in other locations, depending if they are college towns and have students coming/going at different times of years, or the weather means people have different habits but I can definitely see a pattern here over the past few years that I've actually paid attention to it. Just sort of interesting.

 

[JakethaSnake]

I'm in the Midwest and I've come to the same conclusions that you presented. I guess this is why I've relied on internet dating game a lot in the past. It's definitely hard to meet a hottie when it's 10 degrees outside and everyone has on layers. I hate even going out in weather that cold myself.

Winter is about 5 months Late November- Early April, this whole time is usually shacking up type weather for most people. They found someone over Spring,Summer, Fall and would rather keep warm and fuck them then go out and risk their lives in the cold.

Spring Late April-Early June - Everyone has come out of hibernation and people are HORNY. Get out and go anywhere at any time you can while supplies last. Easy to get dates, lays, 3sums, orgy anything.

Summer Mid June - Mid Sept - It's kinda hit or miss like you said, People go out but its alot of bbq, private parties, going to the cabin, camping in and out of town type stuff. Local bars, parks, farmers markets, malls are good, because women will be showing skin and you can pique interest rather easily.

Fall Mid Sept - November - You can catch girls on campus freely, people are still outside because it's that happy medium of jean and jacket weather. Girls, are itching to find someone new for the upcoming winter, so it's easy to get a few concubines for the hibernation period.

Just my 2 cents from a Midwesterner. Great Topic btw.

 

[Rage]

This is pretty brilliant; I was able to guess each of them correctly, from your bold faced font estate, so have observed something relatively similar myself.

I do wonder how it would be different across various locales of the U.S.

Gem

 

[Estate]

Yeah, I think I sort of left out what I was aiming for in the original post.

Outside factors can play a big part in things (in this case, time of year, holidays, vacations, etc.. people have lifes to live!!). How I started thinking about this was that when I used to online date, I remember getting lots more dates in Spring, thinking I was doing great. Then summer would come and the dates dried up, even though I thought I was making progress in Spring.

Then it would all play on my mind. I'd feel great for a few months, then feel like I regressed after that and get a bit down about it, the the cycle would repeat itself again.

Its a sort of reminder that it's all about the girls actual availability at that given time. Staying offline and meeting women in real life will still yield results at any time but obviously the traffic of people you can meet can ebb and flow for many reasons. And it can effect the return on investments so to speak.