Gee, well, she had it coming. She is over 30 and female-she no longer has any of the protection from society that younger “virginial” women have – use and discard as needed.

Where as when a man is 20 years older than a woman, he is just taking good care of her. He is not taking advantage, not stealing her youth.

Have dated and fallen for a man 8 years younger, I just wish people could be people. Maybe he and i would of lasted if society weren’t so fucking evil and considered me dirty because I am in my mid-thirties. He loved me but just could stand the mind bending reality of loving a woman eight years older. Cause, you know, its so WEIRD! Let’s make a lame-ass show about it with Courtney Cox. Cause gosh I am so out to use men that I am still single. Such evil users those cougar woman. Makes me want to puke.

guess who came out on top on the use,abuse, and loose on that one? Gee, yup, he bailed for an UGLY 26 year old. Still unmarried, still alone, and now I am bitter and pissed. I didn’t even know there was such a thing as a cougar when I started dating him, and I certainly never considered a 34 year old dating a 26 year old “predatory”. He was a lucky little fucker, and he knows it.

I’m particularly close to the 29-year old and we love each other, though not in a romantic sense. I can turn to both my FWBs when I’m feeling low and they will support me (and vice versa).

In the past I preferred dating older men (as in anywhere from 2 to 19 years older) but these days age is not much an issue to me. Though I draw the line at late-20s. Any younger and I simply don’t find them to be particularly interesting.

I hate the term cougar. Lables generally make me uncomfortable but this one really grates on me. I am not a cougar. I am a woman who happens to have satisfying relationships with younger men.

There’s an older Black gentleman, Mr. Tanner, that lives in our neighborhood that I’m friendly with. A few months back I saw Mr. Tanner at the grocery store with a “friend” of his. He’s in his late 70′s and the woman he was with announced that she was in her mid 80′s then asked me with a coy smile on her face as she touched my arm, “Doesn’t that make me a cougar?”

I’ve only recently gotten cable, which may be why non-white “cougar” references are unknown to me. When I think cougar, the names and images bandied about are the Demi Moores, Kim Cattrals, and Courtney Coxes and Madonnas. White, slim, pretty, rich. No doubt my view is limited (it can’t help but be so), but even if the various “feature” pieces I’ve seen in MSM sources have focused on purty, and well-preserved white ladies.

I haven’t seen the show, and didn’t really have any interest in it until this post. I might try to catch an episode to see if Hollywood has anything redemptive to add to the debate.