by Jessica Leshnoff

*Editor’s mention: labels of a few of the interviewees are altered for privacy.

Annette Wheeler* performedn’t recall the exact moment she initial read the definition of “cougar,” but she performed bear in mind dashing to the lady desktop to look it. To their shock and bemusement, there clearly was an innovative new term to describe exactly what she were starting a lot of their existence — internet dating younger boys.

For most lady, young people — many 15 years or higher their juniors — become a normal healthy.

Wheeler, a fiery girl with red hair exactly who life outside Baltimore, leaned back in the girl couch and sighed. “I adore younger people,” the 60-year-old purred. “we liked younger guys even when I became in high-school — like per year or two young. I Happened To Be a cougar before there are cougars.”

Undoubtedly, Wheeler’s pre-marriage and post-divorce internet dating record checks out like a steamy screenplay. She indexed a string of teenage boys with who she got numerous relations, sporadically punching data into a calculator to find out get older differences she have never regarded as originally. She never ever examined the girl attraction to young men (or her attraction to her), but with “cougar” an extremely prominent name familiar with describe older females dating a lot more youthful people, the girl longtime choice is instantly during the spotlight.

For Wheeler alongside lady like this lady, more youthful men — most of them 15 years or more their juniors — were an all natural suit. Boomer women can be appearing young and experiencing better than previously. Widowed, divided, or divorced, a growing number find teenagers for matchmaking and company. And because people being dating younger ladies for a long time, why are countless folks shocked — surprised, even — that ladies would heed suit? Continue reading Cougars as well as their Cubs: Elder Female Relationship Notably Younger Boys →