Cougar and proud of it

There's been a fair bit of publicity lately about cougars - older women who LUUUUVE their younger men.

That includes a new TV show focussing on this, cruises and events arranged at RSL clubs.

A cougar is a female mountain cat also known as a puma, mountain lion, catamount or panther, depending on the region, which gives the impression that such older women are aggressive

and .....on the make.

Apparently the new definition of a cougar is an older single woman who prefers younger men and isn't afraid to go after them.

(And I don't reckon a woman in her 30s is an older woman - that's ridiculous. Surely you have to be at least in your 40s for this definition.)

Well take it from a now-married cougar ... there's a reason why the numbers are up and the wildlife is waiting.

Younger men are much more attractive than older men - as in men in their 50s/60s and so on.

Who would not choose a young, energetic, spunky male over an older, embittered, misogynist, divorced, often balding and boring one?

Not that they're all like this - but the ones who aren't misogynist are already my friends anyway. And we all know it's a golden rule not to have relationships with your friends.

Funnily enough at a recent cougar event there were a lot more younger men than older women, so they obviously don't mind the attention either.

My younger man (now husband) goes to the gym and has muscles to prove it, is funny, energetic, helpful, caring and sexy.

I hate the term but I'm proud to be a cougar.