Cougar dating is the when a mature, sophisticated women prefers to date and be in the company of a younger man. Normally cougars are women in their 40’s,50’s and 60’s, but the trend is becoming so hot that 30 something cougars are on the rise.
More and more we see women in their 40’s, 50’s and 60’s looking better than ever, and need I dare say, hotter than many of their younger counterparts. These women have the confidence and the experience to now know to make better relationship decisions then they did their first time around in their 20’s.
There was a time when young women were encouraged to date and marry older men as these men were thought to be more mature, secure and more stable. That all may still be true, but having fun was never an option for these women. After years succumbing to societies taboo’s, it was Hollywood celebrities which started to really bring cougar dating into the national eye.
These women were the mother’s and provider’s of their families, cared for the children, and took more abuse from their spouses because society had them pegged as “lesser” of a person.
In today’s society, women serve more as an equal partner than a silent one. Not only that, but there are more women who feel more comfortable being more aggressive in all aspects of life. That includes the aspect of dating and dating younger men. This type of attitude and assertivness has developed the cougar dating trend. Older women dating younger men is no longer something that is “unusual”, and to be quite honest, there are a lot of men who like this.
Cougars are confident, successful and strong women no longer hiding in the dark and saying what they feel. They have missed out on their fun because they either married young, or had children young so they may be socially still in their youthful years. These women may be in the 40’s or 50’s, but their youth makes them feel comfortable dating younger men because they feel young.
As a result, the society we live today is much more tolerant of the aspects of women dating younger men. As cougars are demonstrating, you don’t have to be a man to date a younger person. Cougar women are enjoying the benefits of being more in control, while feeling less intimidated of what men or society says they should be.