Are you a cougar?

[shemarie82]

B and I were talking about people that we would date. I am generally attracted to older guys while she prefers younger.  What age does it for you? 

[mrsjene]

No special snowflake option? For me, it depends on the guy and their level of maturity. There are guys who are older than me that aren't mature at all, and younger guys who act older than their years.

[mosdub]

Jul 27, 2015 7:40:31 GMT -5 hippo said:

Jul 27, 2015 7:36:39 GMT -5 mrsjene said:

No special snowflake option? For me, it depends on the guy and their level of maturity. There are guys who are older than me that aren't mature at all, and younger guys who act older than their years.

+1.

i did pick 5 years older in the poll though, since I've always dated men older than me.  MH is 2 yrs older than me.

Same. 

[wannabmama]

I picked older because that's what I've always dated and I love me a silver fox. But, MH is five years younger...so maybe I just like it all

[Ray]

My husband is 7 years older than me, and all of my friends are 5-10 years older as well. I generally find people my age immature and annoying :S. Andplusalso most of the actors I'm attracted to are in their lates 30s/40s (Jeremy Renner - yum...)

[shemarie82]

B is 10 years older than I am. My friends are all older than I am as well, I have always been mature for my age, so I am told.

[Ruca]

I like older guys, DH is 4 1/2 years old than me. I met him when I was 19 and even though he would always call me a teenager he could also buy me booze haha

[goldenlove3]

H is only a year and a half older than me. I've always liked guys to be a little older but not too old.

[teraiin]

MH is almost 2 years younger than me. Thinking back I've always seemed to be more drawn to guys a little younger than me. Maybe I found them less intimidating?

[notagoddess]

Ooh this has changed over time for me. In my teens and 20s, I preferred someone close in age to me or a little older. These days I think 5 years older sounds good but 10 years is too much. MH is 2.5 years older than me, which works well.

[joy]

I get really weirded out when I'm dating someone who is older or younger than me. It's completely irrational and I can't even explain why it bothers me.

My husband is twenty days older than me.

[steveo]

MH is 362 days younger than me. I am referred to as the cradle robber, cougar, silver fox, or, my personal favorite, a snow leopard.

Age ain't nothing but a number...

[rooskie]

DH is exactly 3 years and 2 days older than me (our birthdays are both next week) and it works out well. When we met he had moved back from grad school and was settled into his job and I had graduated college a few months prior and was ready to "settle down".

The only odd part is that our birthdays are both on the cutoff for school and his parents pushed him up a year so he and most of his friends graduated 4 years before me. It was different when we first started dating because my friends all wanted to go out to bars and his were all married and wanted to stay home. We found our happy medium but he still feels like the old man in big groups of my friends.

[Ray]

Jul 27, 2015 7:52:56 GMT -5 ugaqueencity said:

I've always dated older guys, but I think that might have changed out of college when the maturity levels between guys and girls evened out a bit, but I met my husband and haven't dated since so who knows. My husband is 8 years older than me, which was a little awkward at first when we talked about where we were for life events (the millennium, 9/11, etc) but we don't notice it now

fun fact. My DH lived with his first wife down the road from me when I was 14. :S #awkward

lol we didn't know each other (because weird.) but when we came to this realization it was very odd. 

[mustloveerica]

DH is 4 years older than me. And I think the fact that his hair has started to gray is so unbelievably sexy :-)

[cheshie6]

I said the same, because I used to only date guys who were a few years older, not 5 years or more. DH is the first the first guy I dated my age (in fact 6 months younger). For me, it has to do with maturity and if we are compatible.

[Deleted]

My dh is 7 years older than me. I have always been attracted to guys older than me. The older you are the less the numbers matter (to a degree not talking about a generation different). I have a girlfriend with a spouse 5 yrs younger than her(us) and it works for them!

[PepperPottsJ]

MH is 8 years older than me, and I chose the +10 but am a speshul snowflake as it depends on the person and so many other factors

ETA for the humor, early on after a sleepover, I had to look at his license to figure out what his age actually was- all state of mind

[thelittleredm]

I've always been more attracted to guys 5-10 years older than myself. DH was the first guy that I ever really liked who was my age (he's exactly five months older).

[Rama]

Age is nearly irrelevant to me. I chose same age because that's what I consider my husband, who is just shy of two years older than me. If you're interesting, can generally handle your shit, make me laugh, and don't shy away from taking about how you feel, then you're probably going to be attractive to me.

[kawaiikitsune]

I have always gone for guys younger than me. Not creepy young but just about a year or two. With the exception of MH, who is a mere 8 months younger than me.

[emc]

H is 6 years older, but I generally DGAF about age.

[littlelion]

I voted 5 yrs younger only cause DH is 6 years younger than me. When I was younger I liked older guys, when I hit 30 I seemed to like younger guys *but never dated any*. My cousins would tease and call me something like cradle robber (in Spanish). But the funny thing is my DH actually looks older than he is, and def older than me. HA!  But he'll act younger than his age too, so joke's on me??

[ghostmonkey]

Non-asshole was far more of a standard than age.

[ghostmonkey]

And last time I dated it would have been quite illegal for me to date someone 5 years younger. 10 years younger would have been a very bad life choice.


I have no idea what I would do now and likely won't ever find out.

[NariaDreaming]

DH is 10+ years older than me. I almost never think about it now. It was a bit weird when we first started dating