Have you ever dated a cougar?

Jesus, that's terrifying.

I think we can say cradle snatching and in the above case close in necrophilia are not something to be proud of.

What's the male version of a Cougar? A Wombat or something?

Well I thought a sugar daddy was an older guy that had money and provided everything for the younger woman whereas a cougar is just an older woman with a younger man?

I doubt that an older gent like Nikolaj Coster-Waldau would have too much trouble getting a younger dame half his age even without his fame and fortune.

I am in a relationship with a tree. Saplings are so cute tbh.

Because...

what is cougar

Hawt.

It's a sense of proving your attractiveness. Think of why older guys like younger women. Aside from being with someone physically in their prime, it's a way of telling yourself that you must be exceptionally attractive if younger people still want to date you. And it rarely goes beyond physical intimacy. If you're a cougar and all that implies, you're probably not looking for a long term relationship. Otherwise you wouldn't be a cougar, just a woman looking for someone.

I think there's also a sense of fighting Father Time too. Unlike the normalised old men/young women dynamic, the old women/young men coupling has the biological clock subtext too. To be considered a cougar, the ability to reproduce ought to be past you, or is going to be past you soon. So late 30s onward type stuff. Therefore, the behaviour exhibited is going to be more wild. By definition, cougars are aggressively hunting young men and take the lead in relationships. It's an unorthodox power dynamic, and one that some people find attractive.

It's not something for me. I don't mind if someone is older but I wouldn't wife a cougar, so why bother? Casual hook ups aren't my thing.

But I get the appeal.

I guess, I just prefer conversation over validation. And men usually brag about hitting anything, whether they're old or not lol.

I dated a lynx once

People crave different things after all. But yeah, I'd take great conversation over superficiality any day. As for the second part, well..it depends on what we're bragging about but true enough I guess.