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Georgia in Play Preview: The sun goes down at 5 and it's cold out, so get ready for cuffing season!
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If you check the forecast, you might notice the sun sets at 5:30 p.m. and the temperature never gets above 50-ish degrees. That's the time of year some romantic hopefuls call "cuffing season," derived from the idea that you're proverbially handcuffing yourself to a partner to get through the winter.
Host Leah Fleming sat down with Hatched dating app founder Mitch Alterman and Married at First Sight host — and church pastor — Calvin Roberson to discuss the season, healthy relationships, and what to look for in a partner past surface-level appearances.
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Alterman's Hatched app takes the focus away from physical appearances, obscuring your profile picture behind an egg that cracks open over time. He says he met his wife on a dating app years ago, and now that such apps are destigmatized, he wants to make sure meet-cutes are more than skin-deep.
Pastor Calvin "Cal" Roberson is the lead pastor at Progression Church, author of Marriage Ain't For Punks, and host of Lifetime's Married at First Sight. He's also working on a dating service that will ask you dozens of questions, then match you with one single partner at a time based on your results. He spoke on the people he's seen miss out on a connection because of what he calls superficial "dealbreakers."
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