India, Oct. 14 -- If you've been swiping left for months and thinking 'there has to be a better way to meet someone new', pull up a chair. Dating burnout is real, but the autumn-winter social calendar might just be your escape hatch. Also read | Relationship coach warns women never to 'give a second chance to a man who does this'

In an Instagram post, Lily Womble - a US-based former matchmaker, author of Thank You, More Please, host of The Feminist Dating Show, and self-described 'feminist dating coach for those who feel too late' - laid out a case for ditching the algorithms this season.

Her premise is straightforward: "You don't have to be on dating apps to be trying." According to Lily, fall (autumn) and winter represent 'the highest...