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[deckardcanine]

The other day, I read an advice column in which a woman asked how to deal with friends who think she's a cougar. What neither she nor the columnist brought up was that they had a rather broad concept of cougardom: he's 29 and she's 38.

Now, I realize that the half-your-age-plus-seven rule of thumb has limits severe enough to make it a joke, at least at the extremes. I realize that the creepiness factor has to do less with numerical age and more with some combination of looks and behavior (you wouldn't guess from observing my sister and her boyfriend that they're 25 and 44). But it's hard for me to imagine how that woman could pass for a cougar, even if he's a babyfaced slacker manchild.

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[ccdesan.livejournal.com]

Had to visit the Urban Dictionary to get the definition of Cougar, a term I had never heard. One learns something new every day.

[deckardcanine.livejournal.com]

I first learned it in reference to Demi Moore.

[nefaria.livejournal.com]

The only time a huge age difference bothers me is when it's obviously for money, like the low-20's Playboy model who married the 80+ lumber magnate. If the two people are both legal age and they love each other, I'm fine with it.