Not So Cool

Winter is the coldest season of the year in moderate climates that falls between autumn and spring.

- John Pereira

At the winter solstice, the day is the shortest and the night is the longest, with day’s expansion as the period progresses after the solstice. Are the chill blues putting a strain on your romantic life? Help your romance survive the cooler months. It happens at the same time every year: your better half, who is so frisky and fun-loving during the summer — reacts to the end of daylight savings like an eight year-old grieving the loss of a pet rabbit. He or she starts eating less (or more), becomes bad-tempered and quarrelsome, and by the time mid-winter rolls around, all they want to do is sit on the lounge and watch television. When you inquire with your partner about their odd behavior, all they will say is something indistinct like ‘I hate the winter’. It’s more probable that they’re having a short period of Seasonal Affective Disorder (SAD), a provisional despair triggered by lack of sunlight during the darkest time of the year. What can you do when someone you love suffers from SAD?

Know the symptoms