Chronos wrote:
I'm curious, how much older than you does a woman have to be to be considered a couger?
The cougar definition, as far it's meant in my region goes beyond just what age of man a woman dates. It's also a personality descriptive. I think once the term cougar spread in the popular lexicon, it took on different watered down meaning dependent on where someone lives.
As for age differential, I'd agree with what others have said, that any woman dating in the age range of what her own children or under the half plus 7 rule can be considered to be robbing the cradle. Whether she's a cougar or not, is different. For example a 30 year old woman dating a 20 year old would be robbing the cradle since she's going less than the half +7 rule, but she wouldn't necessarily be classed a cougar.
A cougar around here is any woman of roughly 35 years of age or more who pursues men much younger than her. She is sexually forward and pursues the men, as opposed the other way around. Also, very important is that she dresses and acts in a way that sends the message that she is on the hunt and she tries to act younger than her age, dressing provocatively (often tackily and inappropriately for her age) similar to women in their late teens or twenties. She goes out clubbing to cougar bars and also acts like a twenty-something. She makes extraordinary efforts to stop the aging process, often ending up looking ridiculous. She's a flashy, single prowler. She could also end up in a relationship and stop prowling, but she still exhibits the other traits of cougarhood (Demi Moore is a cougar as is Samantha on "Sex In The City")
A MILF, on the other hand is simply any woman of "mothering age" (I'd say probably 30 or over) who is considered hot by young men.