Back when I was younger (and thinner), I drew far more attention than I wanted from the twice-my-age-and-lacking-appropriate-boundaries crowd. Who did not take being turned down gracefully. Gaining weight and graying a bit may not do me any favors when I'm the one on the prowl, but it has paid serious dividends in not being perved on.
Who was the real power? The Captain? or Tenille?
Xander ,'Showtime'
Natter 58: Let's call Venezuela!
Off-topic discussion. Wanna talk about corsets, duct tape, or physics? This is the place. Detailed discussion of any current-season TV must be whitefonted.
Matt the Bruins fan - Apr 23, 2008 2:03:05 pm PDT #3270 of 10001
"I remember when they eventually introduced that drug kingpin who murdered people and smuggled drugs inside snakes and I was like 'Finally. A normal person.'” —RahvinDragand
Nutty - Apr 23, 2008 2:25:32 pm PDT #3271 of 10001
"Mister Spock is on his fanny, sir. Reports heavy damage."
I personally think you are not a cougar unless you have had a face lift and are wearing a leopard-print camisole to show off your new breasts.
Everybody else who finds younger men attractive is called "able to see."
juliana - Apr 23, 2008 2:26:51 pm PDT #3272 of 10001
I’d be lying if I didn’t say that I miss them all tonight…
I concur with Nutty in this matter. Also, a cougar's skin is often tanned to the breaking point.
Amy - Apr 23, 2008 2:29:03 pm PDT #3273 of 10001
Because books.
A 23-year-old kid at work told another one of the girls he likes to date cougars. I kind of flinch whenever he talks to me, since he's sort of weird and weirdly flirty.
Cougar = Mrs. Robinson for me.
megan walker - Apr 23, 2008 2:33:32 pm PDT #3274 of 10001
"What kind of magical sunshine and lollipop world do you live in? Because you need to be medicated."-SFist
Everybody else who finds younger men attractive is called "able to see."
Finding someone attractive and dating them are two different things.
Trudy Booth - Apr 23, 2008 2:40:26 pm PDT #3275 of 10001
Greece's financial crisis threatens to take down all of Western civilization - a civilization they themselves founded. A rather tragic irony - which is something they also invented. - Jon Stewart
Finding someone attractive and dating them are two different things.
I'd pretty much date any available person I'm attracted to.
§ ita § - Apr 23, 2008 2:46:21 pm PDT #3276 of 10001
Well not canonically, no, but this is transformative fiction.
Right now I have that luxury. I don't have any romantic plans I could mess up by dating the "wrong" attractive person, so why not?
eta: But then I guess you have to look at what "attractive" means to you--for some it could stop at sexy, for others it goes as far as wanting to make them soup.
Sophia Brooks - Apr 23, 2008 3:07:04 pm PDT #3277 of 10001
Cats to become a rabbit should gather immediately now here
Unfortunately the only available attractive people I meet are students, and while I am not their teacher, that still seems wrong unless they were closer to my age and more importantly, not in my department. I would certainly date a grad student.
meara - Apr 23, 2008 3:09:55 pm PDT #3278 of 10001
I think you're only a cougar if you deliberately go after younger men/boys. If it's not a normal thing, you're just a cradle-robber.
Sheryl - Apr 23, 2008 3:48:08 pm PDT #3279 of 10001
Fandom means never having to say "But where would I wear that?"
Timelies all!
Most of the cons I attend these days don't have the jerkhole groper behavior mentioned above. Of course, a lot of the cons I attend now are small (300 people at most) and most people know each other. (Also, there may be lap sitting and other wenchy behavior at the auctions, but no unwanted attention)