Step right up and enjoy the (slide) show!

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A picture is worth a thousand words right?  Well here are 24 pictures you’ll have fun perusing!

If you’ve been reading this blog for any length of time, you know I have mixed emotions about our fascination with Hollywood’s version of May-December romances.  Few of us can relate to Demi Moore or the late Anna Nicole Smith. When it comes to navigating our daily lives their role models might not provide much help.  However, the famous couples do remind us that love knows no age.

Last night I was listening to Delilah’s radio show.  A man called in a dedication for his fiancee who happened to be 20 years his senior.  Delilah’s words of wisdom were to skip paying attention to the age difference and just make sure they  were both in the same place in their lives.  If you are just winding up and ready to travel the world and your partner is looking forward to staying home and gardening it won’t matter what your ages are.  Life stage compatibility could be a problem.

And now…. on with the show!  I think you’ll enjoy this photo gallery.  I know I did.

Hollywood’s May-December romances.

Oh yeah!!!   Did she read my mind?!

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Ladies no matter what the age of your partner,  please read this article.  I love it!  She’ll make you laugh, but she’ll leave you thinking.  Ron and I are in our 24th year of marriage.  I can barely remember my life before him.  At night I pray I won’t have learn how to deal with life without him, but the truth is I may (just as he might have to figure out how to manage without me.)  What’s funny to think about is that after all these years as “the younger woman” I could end up being a cougar and goodness only knows Ron might end up as a boy toy or “cub” for some sexy Sophia Loren-like diva.  No worries.  I’m not going to spend any more time fretting about a future I can’t control.  What I do hope is that we can go ahead and get all this “cougar” stuff out of our system.  Let’s get back to the business of celebrating loving relationships between two people.  Really no matter what you call the partners, there just can’t be too much love.

Am I A Cougar? | YourTango.

Manther, Silver Fox,  Lizard, Dingo, Shark.
A rose by any other name is still a rose!

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This article is just downright cute…. that is if you choose to not take  yourself too seriously and just enjoy the irony of life.  Now that the moniker “cougar” has become a part of pop culture it seems we’re desperate to give older men a name too. I chuckle about all of this, but truly I wonder why we just can’t call him “him” and call her “her”.  In a day and age where we are so worried about political correctness how is it okay for us to hang labels on people based on the age of their partner?  I’m really not trying to get radical here.  I just find it damned ironic.   The good no, great news is that articles about May-December (uh oh, I’m guilty of it too aren’t I?!) relationships are popping up on the internet faster than I can post them.

So please read the article below with a light heart and let it give you a giggle.  You’ll also note that the piece links you to many other May-December tidbits.

What Do You Call A Guy Cougar? – MORE Magazine.

I am a happy blogger today!  I have found so many valuable discussions of May December romances recently.  You know I’ve complained about this in years past.  All I could find were snippets about “Catherine & Michael and Demi & Ashton.”  For people to actually be using their brains and discussing the topic in an intelligent way…. well lets just say I am impressed and gratified.

So here is a discussion of the great movie Lost in Translation.  If you haven’t seen it — do!  And here is a hat tip to Richard Katzev for writing a great article.

Marks in the Margin: May-December Romance.

And what we are shocked by Soap Opera?!

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Reading about Susan Lucci being 63 makes me feel old, but then since I’m aging anyway, I would like to do it just like Susan Lucci has done.  She is amazing! Evidently her new love interest on All My Children has things buzzing.  While she is only 23 years older than the actor she is linked with in the show, tongues are wagging.  Mind you another character played by David Canary is in a relationship with someone 40+ years his junior.  Don’t worry we haven’t gone daft!  We won’t be commenting on this one, but it’s here for you read.  Let us know what you think!  We’d love to hear from you.

Eye on Soaps » The Great Debate – AMC.