It’s a common thought that spring time brings thoughts of love, attraction, and sexual desire. Spring fever, as some call it, is an experience felt by many. Think about your own seasonal fluctuations. Have you fallen in love more often in the spring or winter? When were you born? When were your babies born? Is there any pattern to when your relationships have ended? Let’s explore the research behind spring fever to gather more information and see if it really exists.  (Insights psychological)

One thing we know is that testosterone levels do change through the seasons. Testosterone is actually highest in the late fall and early winter (October) and lowest in early spring (April). Does this help our spring fever theory or hurt it? Well, Jed Diamond describes what he calls the “Irritable Male Syndrome,” which is not just the theory that men are irritable and not easy to talk to. It’s the theory that men are more irritable when testosterone is highest and the days are shortest (pointing in the direction of winter). Therefore, the theory would hold that when testosterone is lower, like in spring, men and women are more likely to fall in love (because men are less irritable)

Have you set the stage for undying love to take center stage?

16 But Ruth said, “Do not urge me to leave you or to return from following you. For where you go I will go, and where you lodge I will lodge. Your people shall be my people, and your God my God. 17 Where you die I will die, and there will I be buried. May the Lord do so to me and more also if anything but death parts me from you.”