When an older woman gets "hit on" by a younger man, why do people call 'her' a cougar?

When an older woman gets hit on by a younger man, why do people call her a cougar?
Seems like I get hit on by a lot of younger guys. And get some people I know tease me cuz they know I'm not like that. But others I've heard always call the women the cougars, but uh that's if "she's" into younger men:
(For those using the term wrong)
(For those using the term wrong)
But if it's the younger men chasing the older female it's more a MILF:
When an older woman gets hit on by a younger man, why do people call her a cougar?
Or at my age and the fact really am a grandma now to one 💜grandson:
Think it's more 🤣GILF:
When an older woman gets hit on by a younger man, why do people call her a cougar?
Me though:
When an older woman gets hit on by a younger man, why do people call her a cougar?
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  • I don't know 🤔 but if say embrace it! Growl! 😊

    • *I'd

    • Umm guess you missed the point... It's about misusing the word incorrectly... Cougars chase... MILFS get chased

    • My bad 😞

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  • Depends on how you react. If you're the flirty and fun type who takes being hit on in stride, you probably give off that impression.

    • I'm more friendly than flirty but some people mistake friendliness for flirting I've seen "The cashier at the store smiled at me, does she really like me?" How bout it's her job to be friendly to the customers... smh🤷🏼‍♀️

  • You know with as many young, horny, and desperate men on here that hit on the women im sometimes surprised more don’t make mistakes and hit on us guys also ;). Almost like attacking anything that moves.

    • I've heard some do lol but it's not just on here, I've had younger guys IRL do that too, and women ain't only ones that lie bout their age. I worked with guy that told me he was in early thirties, to almost 30, when he was really only 27... So some guys be lying bout their age too,... And that's happened on here too.. Oh GAG messed up their age, yeah ok... Not only did they get mine right, they switched it minute I went from 47 to 48, so 🤔🤷🏼‍♀️

  • Brains, you're hot, sexy and confident, so that's why you get hit on by guys young enough to be your sons.

    Seriously, it's the same mentality as when older guys like younger women. Narrow-minded.

    • Thanks... And not only women lie bout their age, I've had guys lie try to make themselves older like say they in their early thirties but only 27, like really, but as I was 44 early 30's was still to young for me... I'm not a prude bout age, my hubby was 5 1/2 years older than me...

  • Lol i never know about this cougar think

    • Don't feel bad others apparently only think they do, cuz they know the word, but obviously don't get the definition

    • Hahaha but now finally i understand

    • 👍👍🙂

  • most older women get called Cougar or M. I. L. F.

    most older men get called silver fox

    • I know but these days people using couger wrong... That's when she's going after younger men... Not when they going after her

    • A MILF can be any age as long as she has children.

    • @najekim or GILF grandma I'd like to fuck 🤣🤣 they even have GGILF for great grandma 🤣

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  • Cougar is regarding interest.
    Milf is regarding attractiveness

    Not all cougars are milfs and not all milfs are cougars. If people are calling a woman cougar it's usually one of two things. Either she seems to consistently find herself in situations with younger guys that she also entertains which gives the impression she's into younger guys. Or the person made a judgment call whether by their experience or ignorance.

    Have quite a bit of experience with cougars. The vaaaast majority of older women who consistently get with younger guys are putting themselves in position for things to happen with younger men. Turning down older guys and doing just enough to get younger guys to go for them instead of younger girls.

    a lot of older women are into younger guys, but they're still women. Most still want the guy to approach. They tend to be more confident and experienced, but generally they still want that. So from outsiders looking in. There's little difference between a woman who is just entertaining these men vs a cougar who wants to go home with said men.

  • It’s just a slang term. It’s not an insult! 🙂

    • Who said it was but still use it right... Young guys going after the woman, but she don't date young guys=MILF Older Woman looking to date young guys=Cougar

    • What is so wrong with the word “cougar”?

    • Did I say there was? If I was chasing after young guys, hell call me a cougar, I'd own it... You're missing the point... Young guys chasing after older woman isn't what makes a woman a cougar,... Cougar means SHE'S the one chasing, not the other way around... Whereas when younger guys are doing the chasing, it's more milf as explained in definitions provided in this post

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  • People have the overwhelming habit to call others shit when they don't know the accurate definition of a word, so that my be the case of the situation.

    Or

    People just assume that you're the one who hits on him, so they call you a cougar.

    • You had it right the first time 🤣

  • Thanks for sharing that with us, maybe they could call me a Grand-dad I Love To F*ck if I had any Grand-kids but hell I haven't even Fathered a Child... LMFAO

    • 🤣 so just OMilf-older man I'd like to f"CK🤣🤣

    • @brainsbeforebeauty LMFAO 😂😂😂🤣🤣🤣😅😅😅

    • We should copywriter that with a meme... We could make a fortune 🤣🤣

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  • It's just another deragatory slander against women

    • I've heard women call other women cougar because young men were hitting on her. I don't think the term itself is so derogatory, it's when people misuse it

    • It's not deragatory at all. Wtf.

    • @6suejsjsj I didn't say it was you're still missing the point... Use it correctly the point trying to be made here

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  • Hang on let me put my teeth in and put in my hearing aids in. Now what you say deary?

    • ROFLMAO damn sucks you can't see laughing emojis... Thanks tho... Needed that laugh... Do you know what OMILF means?

    • Nope don't know that one

    • Slang for Older Male I'd like to f'ck lololol

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  • lol... GILF... too funny :)

    The word Cougar like that really should be as you noted decided by the woman's actions not the young buck's. If you are on the prowl for a younger guy etc... but as you are not then yes, GILF would be the proper term lol...

    Then again... if someone my age were to hit on you, be robbing the cradle lol :)

    • Hardly lolol you're only 2 years older, that's not robbing the cradle lolol

    • lol... my GaG age is understated by 3 years... not out of age fear lol but I pretty much put in a 1970 bday for any site asking for one so this year I hit the big 5-0 online everywhere lol...

    • That's 5 years... My hubby was 5 1/2 years older than me... And noone ever accused him off robbing the cradle lolol

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  • Mature women are sexy on a whole nother level and who cares what those people say cause they got it twisted and hello pretty lady it's been awhile

    • Yes it has! Hope all is well!!!🙂🤗

  • When an older woman hits on me I don't call her a Cougar I call the situationn a bonus! lol

    • Okay.

  • ... and here I thought the “G” stood for “Geriatric”. Learn something new everyday. :p

    • Omg they even have GGILF great granny I'd like to fuck 🤣🤣

    • Might need a lot of lube. Them old gals don’t have the water works they used to have. :p

    • 🤣🤣🤣

  • MILF is what I heard from boys

    • Exactly! Cougar is more if an older woman only dates, chases after young guys

    • Right

  • She's the cougar, he's the cub.

    • Only if she doing the chasing. But if younger men hitting on her and she don't date younger men can hardly call her a cougar🤷🏼‍♀️ that's more MILF

    • No argument there/

    • ,👍👍🙂

  • Good question! Why a cougar specifically?

    • Do you mean why do they call women that? Or why do they call the wrong women that? The definitions were in the question. But they refer to older women who chase younger guys Cougar like a cougar going after her prey... But that's when the woman is either doing the chasing or will only date just younger men. Younger men chasing after older women, well that alone don't make her a cougar. More A MILF (mom I'd like to fuck) or as old as I'm getting GILF (Grandma I'd like to fuck) 🤣

    • Interesting they dont have names for older men chasing young girls

    • Yeah... Silver fox

  • not sure but i'm into older women

    • And if you date women that only date younger men, that would make them a cougar... But if it's just you hitting on older women, that alone don't make "them" a cougar... Lol

    • so true 100%

    • Thanks for "getting it" lolol

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