{"id":222635,"date":"2010-01-24T15:00:01","date_gmt":"2010-01-24T20:00:01","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/collegecandy.com\/?p=49428"},"modified":"2010-01-24T15:00:01","modified_gmt":"2010-01-24T20:00:01","slug":"lessons-learned-from-my-trip-to-cougar-town","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/mereja.media\/index\/222635","title":{"rendered":"Lessons Learned From My Trip To Cougar Town"},"content":{"rendered":"<div class='snap_preview'><\/p>\n<p><a href=\"http:\/\/collegecandy.files.wordpress.com\/2009\/01\/07\/ashtonkutcherdemimoore0.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignright size-full wp-image-15796\" title=\"ashtonkutcherdemimoore0.jpg\" src=\"http:\/\/collegecandy.files.wordpress.com\/2009\/01\/07\/ashtonkutcherdemimoore0.jpg?w=300&#038;h=375\" alt=\"\" width=\"300\" height=\"375\" \/><\/a>Cougars (or, older women who like to feed on younger &#8220;meat&#8221;) is a once-taboo social phenom that has slowly started to become socially acceptable, thanks to rad older women like Demi (and psycho ones like Mariah).  These older leading ladies have given cougarism a major boost in social status. Nowadays, being an old woman with a young little hunk on your arm is almost&#8230;cool.<\/p>\n<p>So a few weeks ago, I realized that I, as a fifth year college senior in the midst of a six-month dry spell, had no choice but to join the ranks of these famous females. Naturally, I started to scour the dorms and dining halls for my next victim.  I eventually made my first move on a moderately successful, intelligent, sophomore cutie in my Lit class.  And, because I am intelligent, mature, honest and amazing in the bedroom (all the reasons young men are said to swoon after older ladies), he instantly fell into my trap.<\/p>\n<p>Needless to say, things have been going along swimmingly with my little stallion.  I find his boyish charm, well, charming.  I actually enjoy that his face is as smooth as a baby&#8217;s bottom and it doesn&#8217;t itch when we kiss.  I even like that he still thinks that me inviting him back to my house to stay the night after a party is a &#8220;first date.&#8221; Unlike a lot of my other same-age guy pals, who are now proud owners of beer bellies and have 100 page theses to write, younger guys offer a little window through which I can relive my younger past.<\/p>\n<p>But there are a couple things I&#8217;ve noticed about dating a younger man.  Because college is old hat to me and I&#8217;m (theoretically) a mature woman about to move out into the &#8220;real world,&#8221; my little cutie and I are not exactly on the same page when it comes to lots of things.  Here are a couple minor issues I&#8217;ve noticed about dating a younger man that every potential cougar needs to know:<span id=\"more-49428\"><\/span><\/p>\n<p><strong>1) He&#8217;s still all about racking up the numbers. <\/strong>Young college guys are focused on one thing and one thing only: booty. And lots of it. Enough of it to beat their boys in the booty race. You want a relationship? Maybe the youngsters aren&#8217;t for you.<br \/>\n<strong><\/strong><\/p>\n<p><strong>2) He might not have his own cash.<\/strong> Though there is something to be said when your little cutie pulls out daddy&#8217;s platinum card to pay for dinner.  No complaints here.<br \/>\n<strong><\/strong><\/p>\n<p><strong>3) He&#8217;s got a lot to learn. <\/strong>In the classroom, in the bedroom, in life&#8230;. This isn&#8217;t always a bad thing, but you want to be a girlfriend, not a professor (unless it&#8217;s in a role playing scenario).<br \/>\n<strong><\/strong><\/p>\n<p><strong>4) He&#8217;s still thinking in the short term.<\/strong> Which is awesome when it means that he doesn&#8217;t mind blowing off class and lying in bed all day cuddling with you.  However, when you&#8217;re about to enter the real world (where smart, successful, single guys are a dying breed), it might feel a little like you&#8217;re wasting your time&#8230; and your last few years without cellulite.<br \/>\n<strong><\/strong><\/p>\n<p><strong>5) He&#8217;s not 21. <\/strong>Which means you are going to have to skip the bars with your friends to shadily chug beers in his dorm room, or worse, elbow your way through a sweaty, smelly frat party full of sweaty, smelly freshmen.<\/p>\n<p>Even though it might sound like I&#8217;m bashing the babies, I&#8217;m not.   Younger guys are still totally datable (or at least, hook-upable).   They&#8217;ll look up to you, trust that you know what&#8217;s best, give you your space, and also be able to keep up with you in the sack. As long as you can handle a few drawbacks (which honestly, what relationship <em>doesn&#8217;t<\/em> have some?), what&#8217;s not to love?<\/p>\n<p><em>Have any of you had experiences with dating younger?  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