• You get a threatening note made up of letters cut from a magazine with pinking shears, and they’re all the same size, the same font, and precisely lined up in razor-sharp rows.
• That little tell-tale slice of lemon in the dog’s water bowl.
• On her show she makes a gingerbread house that looks exactly like your split-level, right down to the fallen over liquorice downspout and the stuck half-open graham cracker garage door.
• You find your pet bunny on the stove in an exquisite tarragon rose petal and saffron demi-glace with pecan crusted hearts of palm and a delicate mint fennel sauce.
• The unmistakable odor of potpourri follows you even after you’ve left the bathroom.
• You discover that every napkin in the house has been folded in the shape of a swan.
• No matter “where” you eat you discover your place setting always includes an oyster fork.
• Twice this week you’ve been the victim of a drive-by doilying.
• Your underwear drawer has been neatly organized by type and color.
• You wake up in the hospital with a concussion and endive stuffing in every orifice.
• You wake up one morning with a glue gun pointed squarely at your temple.

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Put quite simply, it is a relationship between an older woman and a younger man.

It seems there’s been an increase in this type of relationship over the last few years. But it is also something that has existed for a long time. It is often the older celebrity woman that gets noticed by the media when they have a relationship with a younger man. People like, Mae West, Mary Tyler Moore, Raquel Welsh and Susan Sarandon.

But what’s the attraction in a cougar relationship?

It has often been said that opposites attract, which is why men and women get together. Traditionally tough it has been the older man with a younger woman, usually not more than a few years between them. But why shouldn’t a man have a relationship with an older woman or indeed a woman have a relationship with a younger man. In societies nowadays, barriers are being broken down everywhere so why are cougar relationships still seen as unusual?

An estimate says that about 1/3rd of women aged 40 or over have dated younger men. So what’s the attraction for these women?

• Is it simply sexual, thinking that a younger man will have more stamina and satisfy them better?
• Is it a power thing, do these women enjoy having influence or a ‘mothering’ aspect over their partner?
• Is it simply female ‘trophy hunting’, are these younger men used as ‘trophy partners’. Maybe such women are trying to prove to themselves that they are still attractive and able to pull young virile men, possibly they have problems accepting their real age. Or is it simply that these women enjoy a loving successful relationship with a man who just happens to be their junior?

But what’s the attraction for the man? Does he see the woman as a ‘mother figure’? Does he see her as an older experienced woman; someone who will ‘teach’ him. Again, is it a ‘power thing’? does the guy see the wealthy, older woman as being powerful and feel that he will gain some power by being associated with her? Or could it simply be that the man is enjoying a loving relationship with a woman who just happens to be older?

Well, the answers are going to be as varied in number according to the number of such relationships. You see, each relationship is different and may involve many of the aspects mentioned above and maybe more. The point is, that such relationships should not be seen as unusual like they traditionally have been.

Yet there are problems with cougar relationships. Can such a relationship last as one partner gets older and the other has yet to reach middle age. Can such relationships bear the stress of having children. What if there are children already involved perhaps from previous relationships, especially if the children are older than the male partner!

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This same mind set can be applied when referring the older women dating a younger man. When a mature woman dates someone her age or older she is likely to be congratulated on her relationship. But if the guy is a younger man, it may be considered unacceptable and even scandalous.

It’s not unusual for the younger man dating an older women to brag about his relationship to his friends, but very often the relationship is kept hidden from his family. Many young men don’t appear to have the guts to tell their families. They believe that their family and in particular their parents are not ready for their older woman/younger man relationship.

Is it possible that society is bogged down by numbers and is completely overlooking the benefits of any relationship that gives the partners love and satisfaction? It is highly likely that the families of these May to December romances have a long way to come before the young men will feel confident enough to step up and declare their love and fascination with older women.

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Is Matthew Cheating On Sarah Jessica Parker?

Star Magazine alleges Broderick had a liaison with the unnamed 25-year-old woman from November to February while Sarah was shooting the big screen film, Sex And The City.

Sources say the woman felt conflicted with her relationship with Matthew, whom she nicknamed “Matty Cakes.”

I find it hard to believe that there is someone else out there who finds Broderick appealing enough to lay. Her nickname for him says it all!

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Duh! If you’re expecting to find a date, a friend or a serious relationship, you need to wake up. A little effort is involved in the process. This is a job! You need to approach your search for a partner the same way you’d approach a search for a new job.

I know it would be great if we could order a new partner or mate like we place our take out orders at restaurants.

• I take one kind, considerate, humorous, caring lover please looking for a long term relationship
• Make him tall and athletic with abs to die for
• I’ll have a side of a large bank account
• Thanks, and oh, I’m kind of in a hurry so can you ask the chef to put in my order ASAP?

Get Off Your Ass And Get Serious. Find A Date

Most people expect that the 2 minutes they spend on submitting their profile will be enough to warrant some interest in their profile. You’re living in a dream world if you think a couple of minutes of your time will reap you any meaningful rewards.

I don’t care if you’re over 40 or over the hill, to find a date, a lover or a friend you need to go back to all those online profiles you have and write and rewrite until you’ve captured the essence of who you are and what you’re looking for……

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Sexy Suzanne manages to show us her private parts while selling one of her tacky dresses on HSN

Trust me you don’t want to see this unless you have a Love To Hate list too with Suzanne’s name on it…

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Looking at the picture and Helen’s enviable curves, it seems hard to believe that this is the same actress whose portrayal of the Queen won her an Oscar. Yet this was no retouched studio shot, with the only work to transform her toned body having been carried out during gruelling hours in the gym.

She bought a castle in the neighbourhood to celebrate her 2007 Academy Award for Best Actress.

To celebrate her 2007 Academy Award for Best Actress, she bought a 500-year-old building and grounds near Lecce and immediately drew up big plans for the estate with refurbishment work starting last summer. The property was uninhabitable, with tumbledown walls and a driveway that was little more than a dirt track. Her new Italian home is surrounded by high fortified walls and has a mature vineyard within its grounds. The Mediterranean can be seen half a mile away.

Dame Helen also owns an enormous home in California and a property by the Thames in Wapping, East London.

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We think Katie Couric is still one hell of a cougar even though her romance has now fizzled with her boy toy, Brooks Perlin, we salute the lady for knowing how to pick em’.

Screw the ratings when you’ve got a hunky looking triathlete with one of the best pedigrees in the country. So who is Brooks Perlin? The prep school-educated son of a rich Connecticut family, he attended prestigious Williams College.

“The age difference scared her off at first,” said a friend of the CBS Evening News anchor. Rumor had it that Perlin had a roving eye with the ladies. Maybe this is what finally did scare her off.

Katie Couric is the anchor and managing editor of the CBS Evening News with Katie Couric a 60 Minutes correspondent and anchor of CBS News primetime specials. When the CBS Evening News with Katie Couric debuted on Sept. 5, 2006, Couric became the first female solo anchor of a weekday network evening news broadcast. Since then, she has reported on and anchored from some of the biggest stories, domestically and internationally.

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The cougar or mature women seem to have eclipsed this time of their lives. What’s more [tag]sexy than having the confidence to know that you can do everything a younger woman can and probably do it better.

Cougars have confidence and wisdom working for them. Somewhere through the years the cougar has discovered that happiness is not dependent on someone else. She could give a damn about the opinions of others as she has spent too many of her younger years toeing the line. She’s looking to explore life, love and sex and what better place to do it than with someone who’s got the vitality and youth and will appreciate her.

Find Yourself A Mature Woman!

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If you’re thinking about breaking your own private glass ceiling and considering an affair with a younger man consider the following before you do:

• Great sex is an important part of any relationship, but you may decide that great abs are not as important as a lover who shares some of your life’s experiences.

• Be careful. What if you fall in love with your boy toy? He may be thinking about getting married and having a family. Chances are you’ve already been there, done that. This type of glitch in a relationship is nearly impossible to overcome and the possibility of your May to December romance won’t have a future

• You’re going to need to expand you horizons somewhat. More important than years on the planet are shared values, similar interests, and chemistry.

• Are you going to have a hard time dealing with disapproval that may come from you friends and family?

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