Welcome to Cougartown!

The question I wish to pose to the blogosphere is this - Is a woman a cougar if no one thinks she is of cougar age?

What is a 'cougar'? defined as women 35+ who 'hunt' men in their early 20's. Urban dictionary (http://www.urbandictionary.com/define.php?term=cougar) has pages of definitions with positive and negative spins on it and everything in between.

I was meant to do something this Saturday night.

The original plan was a night out Eastside with the girls. That cancelled on Thursday and I awoke Friday to be invited to dinner at a friend's place. Friend gets a gastro bug and cancels just as I was invited for a night out in the city.

So, after about an hour of wardrobe changes I ended up in the same outfit that I started in then walked out the door only to return minutes later to change my shoes so I could walk more comfortably. High heels just aren't natural!!

First stop the famous Opera Bar. Beautiful views, expensive drinks, chilled music. great in summer but in winter it's just people hovered around outdoor heaters and not very conducive to mingling or showing off the outfit that took me an hour to decide on coz I am not about to take my winter jacket off.

Moving on to The Argyle- a 'hip' sydney bar set in a very cool old building in the Rocks. it's busy and the music makes you want  to move. The bar is about 2-3 people deep but if you keep your eyes open you can usually find the gap. Service is pretty swift considering the volume of people and drinks. At first glance I see lots of large groups of people and it seemed all the men were either 20 years old or 40 years old. We are extremely judgemental and move through the  whole place picking everyone apart. A usual night's conversation in this meat market, I'm sure.

You hang by and watch the rituals that go on. Guys and girls playing, playing the game, playing it cool, playing it oblivious. 

I do meet one young man we have a boogie, we have a drink and a chat. blah,blah blah the conversation is flowing, we might be hitting it off. He tells me he has been in Sydney for about 7 years now and he left his little country home town when he was 18. I'm thinking maybe he went somewhere else, did something in between. he says - no, i pretty much came straight to Sydney. RIGHT - so do the maths - this makes him 25. I don't look my age, so am i a cougar if no one believes i am as old as i really am?! it's just a number! and you know what they say " you're only as young as the man you feel!" 

;-)