From high profile celebrities to the people on your street and at your water cooler, cougar dating is more and more popular all the time. The youth sticks to sex sites like fuck book, but cougars mostly remained on specific dating sites. But what once was a social stigma is today just a celebration of sexy older women and what they can offer in and even out of bed. Here's why – and how – you can enjoy this hot trend of hooking up with these females.
Cougar dating is undeniably popular. According to a 2008 poll, about one-third of women aged 40 to 69 were dating men who were a full decade younger - or more. Cougar is the name for women typically over the age of 35 or so – sexy, vital, active women who are craving for casual sex out there in the dating pool. The opportunity to just meet and fuck with guys for the fun of it without having a proper relationship is attractive to both parties, especially for the men, if they are engaging in a married affair to spice up their life. Many women spend their younger years having children or going to school and building careers. It is only once they hit those golden cougar years that they can really focus on their own sexuality and pleasure – but once they do, look out!
Likewise, younger men tend to be focused on their own sexual pleasure rather than on settling down and starting a family. It's well known that women experience their sexual peak later than men do as a rule – cougar dating just takes advantage of those natural cycles in sexual life. That is when things like roleplay or BDSM come in handy. Cougar dating seems to be all the rage nowadays, making headlines with so many mature female celebrities now dating younger men – but there's nothing new about it at all. Elizabeth I, Queen of England, was known as the "Virgin Queen" - but in reality was anything but. At 48, her last lover was a mere 26 years old. Catherine the Great, Empress of Russia, was also renowned for her taste in younger men - including an affair with a prince who was 40 years younger than she!
For whatever reason, society turned the other way and came to frown on cougar dating and older women in sexual relationships in general. For many years relationships involving older women and younger men were seen as completely unacceptable and most definitely not the kind of relationship that could go public. In decades past, women were supposed to get married before the age of 25 and if they didn't, they were burdened with the moniker of "spinster" – an unpleasant image of an old hag spinning wool by the fire because she has nothing better to do. Thank goodness those days are over and older women can express their sexuality without shame. The "spinster" became a cougar – a wild, beautiful and powerful sexual animal.
Nowadays, with the social stigma long gone, older women and younger men are free to enjoy the hot, sexy cougar dating scene. There's a very good reason why cougar dating is so popular: the sex! Older women are confident in themselves and their bodies and years of sexual experience to share with their partners. Practice makes perfect! Many younger men find they learn a great deal about pleasure and pleasing women from their cougar dating partners. The confidence can be a real turn on too for younger men who are more used to dealing with younger women and their insecurities. What's more, it's easy to find partners for the encounter with entire websites devoted to cougar dating.
Modern cougar dating means older women and younger men are free to indulge their mutual attractions but that doesn't follow that it's always smooth sailing. Different stages of life have different priorities and may result in misunderstandings and issues. The good news is that all the problems can be avoided with a little forethought.
It may involve two people at different stages of their life, but cougar dating really puts people together with one thing on their minds: great sex. And that's good news no matter how old you are.
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