This is why everyone’s so horny at the minute (Picture: Getty Images/Refinery29 RF)
Got a lot of pent-up energy?
Renewed with a fresh sense of joie de vivre that makes you want to put yourself out there, if you catch our drift?
Basically, have you been feeling a lot hornier lately?
Well, do not fret, because you’re not the only one feeling a wave of April Thirst.
Content creator Niccoya put it well in her viral tweet, which reads: ‘What’s in the air? Am I the only one feeling a little…’, and compares her current mood to being ‘in heat’ later on in the thread.
Suffice it to say, she is not alone, with her post earning over 50,500 likes and a host of comments agreeing with her.
One commenter wrote: ‘Horny? Because baybee it’s giving teenage lust’. [sic]
Another person commented: ‘We are all in heat.’
Annabelle Knight, a sex and relationships expert at Lovehoney, tells Metro.co.uk that this mass horn is likely because the joyful spring sunshine is (when it’s not raining, anyway) emerging, and we’re finally waving goodbye to cosy cuffing season.
‘As cuffing season comes to an end, out comes April thirst,’ she explains.
‘This is essentially the complete opposite of cuffing season, where instead of wanting to settle down and cosy up with a new partner, people want to get out there and explore new relations.
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‘The start of spring and the beginnings of sunshine that it brings naturally puts everyone in a better mood – mentally as people are able to get outside and do things they enjoy, but also physically as the Vitamin D hits our bodies and our serotonin levels are topped up.’
The longer days coupled with this newly boosted mood can combine to make us want to get out there in a big way.
And then there are the lingering after-effects of the pandemic to consider.
‘This same reason could explain why people are feeling hornier at this time of year,’ Annabelle goes on, ‘as sexual wellness is linked to general wellbeing, and happy people make horny people. I won’t mention the “P” word but after a couple of years of being locked up, the urge to get outside, meet new people, and have new sexual experiences in spring is even more relevant now than ever.’
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Some people do think that the reason we might feel randier in the spring time is because we’ve got some some primal, animalistic urge to go forth and multiply like the birds and the bees do.
‘But the jury’s still out on that,’ says Annabelle.
‘I think it’s entirely more likely that a combination of the sun, longer days, emerging from our winter nests, and generally spending more time around other people after shedding our winter layers is why we’re hornier in the spring.’
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