The idea of being a “cougar” in my last few weeks of school at times seems invigorating to both myself and my sorority sisters, yet I’m not the type of person who would have the “balls” to go after a guy way younger than me. And by no means am I referring to someone younger than 18.
My friends and I have made a pact that since we were born in the ‘80s, dating or doing someone from the ‘90s just seems weird, as least from our female perspective.
However, I am in complete support of being with someone because you love them, no matter the age. But in today’s society age and image is seen as a crucial part of someone.
For me personally, I think dating a younger guy presents problems of maturity (though I know several wonderful guys who are younger than me). And I’m referring to a freshman boy as opposed to me being a senior.
Our mindsets and where we are in life are extremely different. I know I’m ready to graduate and move on with my life, and freshmen are most likely rethinking their fall class schedules and whether their fake ids will allow them to drink like a senior this weekend. There is nothing wrong with this difference, because all seniors were once freshmen. But the maturity levels in a university are varied.
But either way we should all be happy with our partner no matter the age, assuming it’s legal! Like previously mentioned, ages in relationships have become a prominent issue in the news and in pop culture.
Major couple, Demi Moore and Ashton Kutcher, has broken the “mold” society has placed on age boundaries of couples. Get it Demi!
TV shows have also based their plot lines around the age of relationships.
The Real Housewives Series that take place all over the United States and follows socialite women around their “fabulous lives.” These lives are usually based on the drama they can stir up and for the few single women who are on it, their boyfriends. These relationships have stirred up drama of age, as women are dating younger guys, older guys for either love or money and the women continue to change their physical appearances to look younger.
Whether you’re a fan of the original girls of the OC, the Ramona eyes of New York, the table flipping scandals in Jersey, or my favorite, the ladies who are never tardy for the party, Atlanta, it is hard to deny that these ladies are prime examples of an age obsessed culture.
Cougar Town, is a sexy new TV show featuring Courtney Cox as a recently divorced woman on the prowl. The show’s setting is in Florida and even close to us. There is at one point a reference to Cox going to the “Soho” area. We all enjoy weekends on South Howard and we also know those ladies who are out there trying to be cougars.
But then on the flip side there are several guys dating or making moves on girls much younger than them and some are major creepers. A few weeks ago I was proposed to by a guy who was probably in his mid thirties. Now I don’t have an issue with older guys talking to me, but when a balding man proposes to me on the gross floor of Mangroves I have to question his motives and state of inebriation.
Either way though, age is something that our society thrives on. It produces scandals, shockers, legal situations and love.
For now I don’t think I’ll be a cougar and will keep my eyes open for a guy who treats me well and isn’t balding. Date and be with who you love, and most importantly, get it!
Heather Gromley can be reached at hgroms@gmail.edu.
Aren’t you in yout twenties… how in the world does that make you cougar-material?