Tuesday, April 17, 2012

C is for Cougar

In recent years, people have started calling older women who like younger men "cougars."  Usually, if there was a relationship where one partner was older, it was traditionally the "male."  However, I'm pretty sure that there had been relationships between older women and younger men.  I never really thought age was much of anything except a number as long as people were legal.

At one point, I started wondering if people would call me a cougar.  However, I'm not exclusively looking for a guy that is younger than I am.  I just have ended up liking guys that happen to be younger.  Yet, it's probably not all that odd to have a 30 year old (I'll be 30 next month) and a 21 year old.  An 18 year old may be a bit odder,but it's still not terrible.

As I thought about this while driving home from taking my sister to school, I realized that I'm not a cougar.  I like men of all ages if they are attractive to me.  I have standards, of course, and my personal boundaries tell me that a guy or a man is only a friend when they are married or have girlfriends.  I'm not going to pursue any relationship with that person.

I thought about some of the men that I find attractive.  These men are creative, intelligent, and faithful.  Sometimes they do not have the same faith that I have, but I can respect and admire the faith that they do have.  I am definitely attracted to intelligence.

I don't have much in the way of articles about cougars.  However, I do have a couple articles from my "dating" experiences.  Okay, one is a very creepy "stalking" experience by a guy I never even dated!

Read more:
The Story of My First Kiss
Stalking: My True Story

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