Who taught : Jake and friends

Cougar (itpleasesme.com)

A few weeks ago, I was having lunch together with my friends. During lunch, we had a few different talks and one of my friends talked about a guy who is dating a lady. Pretty typical until that moment. But then, she mentioned that the guy is young like 25 and the lady is old like 37. As soon as she said that, all of the other friends asked the same question to her, “Is she a cougar?”

Well, I was the only one who did not understand what that means. As you know, cougar is an animal. I think it is Puma but not sure. They look pretty much the same.

I will give you the best example for you. Do you know Demi Moore? She is 47 years old. Now, do you know whom she is married to? He is Ashton Kutcher and he is 32 years old. The age difference is 15 years. It is quite big, isn’t it? So, in this situation, people call Demi Moore cougar. Interesting thing is she said, “I am a Puma not a Cougar,” when she had an interview with CBS. What is the difference? No idea!

There are a few questions I have related with this expression.

1. If a lady is a cougar, does she have to be hot?

The answer is NO but she should be a little bit attractive, though, to be qualified for being a Cougar.

2. How much age difference should be there?

I guess it should be pretty significant because small difference is not really interesting at all. Maybe more than 10 years? What do you think?

3. Why cougar?

I have no idea about this but Jake told me people used cougar because the mental image of her is hunting the boys.

Speaking of cougar, there is a TV show, called Cougar Town, and its story is totally about a lot of cougars. I mean ladies of hunting young guys if you know what I mean. 🙂

One last question! Is this expression offensive or not?