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Are you a Cougar?
Wednesday, February 24th, 2010
Here’s my very first blog post from June 6, 2009, republished for all you new readers:
Yow! Yippie! Hip Hip Hooray! I’m finally launching this blog. . . .it’s about time, right?
Well, let me get started on a subject that I’ve had on my mind: the term “cougar.”
Who came up with this unflattering description of a woman 
dating a younger man? I’d bet a million it wasn’t one of us. When I’ve suggested that this phrase is hostile toward women, I’m reminded by chuckling men (and women as well) that old men who date young women are called “leches” or “geezers” or “dirty old men” so . . . why am I complaining? (more…)
Tags: 40+, cougar, dating, younger men
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