autumn romance

Fall love affair

A romantic relationship that begins or flourishes in the later stages of life, typically among older adults finding love after widowhood, divorce, or years alone.

The metaphor draws on autumn as the season before winter—a time of maturity and fading light, but also of particular beauty: Their autumn romance surprised everyone, including themselves.

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leaves · fall · bittersweetness · fleeting moments · love · second chance · maturity · golden years · golden hues · sunset walks · bonfires · harvest moon · amour · intense · nostalgia · falling leaves · seasonal · pumpkin spice

Categories
Opposites
seasonal timing

autumn romancesummer fling

Brief romantic relationship during warm months

summer love · summer romance · spring fling

life stage/maturity

autumn romanceyoung love

Adolescent romantic attachment

first love · puppy love · youthful passion · college romance · childhood sweetheart

intensity and duration

autumn romancesummer fling

Brief romantic relationship during warm months

whirlwind romance · passionate affair · one-night stand · burning passion · infatuation

Family

autumn, romance, autumnal, romantic, romantically, romanticize, romanticized, romanticizing, romanticism

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