Monday, August 23, 2010

OF SUGAR DADDIES AND COUGAR WOMEN


I must admit I have never heard of 'cougar women' till yesterday while reading the Sunday Times. The fact that the paper carried the article with pictures of local women surprised me. For those as clueless as me, the term 'cougar women' refers to older women who are attracted to much younger men. Think Madonna, 51 and her latest toy-boy, Jesus Luz, 23, or Demi Moore, 47, and her much younger husband, Ashton Kutcher, 32.


I can understand why older men go for younger women. It's the Law of Physical Attraction, of course. For the younger women, it's likely the Law of Financial Attraction. 'No money, No honey. So bye-bye, if you're a sugarless daddy!

But what do older women see in younger men, and vice versa? Methinks the same Laws apply too! In most cases anyway.


Women marrying a partner seven to nine years younger increase their relative mortality risk by 20% compared with couples where both are the same age. But the relative mortality risk of a husband who is seven to nine years older is reduced by 11%. (Source: Sven Drefahl)


Older women, take heed.  A study by Sven Drefahl at the Max Planck Institute for Demographic Research in Rosktock, Germany, shows that the greater the age gap between a woman and her husband, the shorter her life expectancy, regardless of whether he is older or younger. That should be enough to scare off any cougar on the prowl!

But the problem with research studies is that you can always find another one that says exactly the opposite. And there are also studies that claim cougars do not exist.

Personally, a 5-7 years' difference is fine, but a 70-year gap? I can't imagine any virile young man would want to marry a great great grandmother 70 years older than him, unless she is Mek Wook Kondor!

Mek Wook Kondor, 108, and her husband, Mohd Nor Musa, 39. Source: NST 

Click here to view some celebrity cougars.

4 comments:

Anonymous said...

she gives good head massage.

Lee said...

Hi Lily, thats what life is about, love knows no boundaries.
I too have been close friends with women older than me.
Quite fun too. You have a nice day, Lee.

Anonymous said...

On cougar women. While in my mid twenties I stopped at a local gas/store ony to be approached by two teenage boys. They wanted to know wether or not my sister and I wanted to go hang out with them. They were 15. I'm in my fifties now and looking back maybe I should have taken their phone numbers for future reference. I still like some younger men and some of them like me.

Anonymous said...

My first husband was older than me. We lasted a year. My second was six years younger. We were married for sixteen years and together for twenty.