In the event that you are seeking a brain-numbing break from your reality tonight, tap into The Cougar's. A short while back, YourTango let you know about this new reality show featuring a fortysomething woman looking for love with a young(er) stallion. Tonight, you can watch the not-to-be-missed premiere episode on TV Land.

You know Demi. Now, prepare to meet Stacey. She's the blonde bombshell who's star of the new show (another on the long list dreamed up by creator of The Bachelor). The single mother of four from Arizona is on a mission to shatter what she sees as a double standard … Read More

Kelly Osbourne, 23, and her barely-legal boyfriend are engaged–at least according to Facebook, reports the UK's Daily Mail Online.

That's right. Kelly's 18-year-old boyfriend, model Luke Worrall, confirmed rumors of the couple's hush-hush engagement by updating his Facebook status, to the delight and encouraging wall posts of friends and family, reports Celebitchy. Kelly and Luke recently moved in together, according to The Bosh and Kelly's been sporting a ring on her wedding finger since September, although the youngin's began dating–after a year of friendship–last May.

There's no word yet on the length of their engagement … Read More

From celebrity relationships (Mariah Carey and Nick Cannon, Demi Moore and Ashton Kutcher, Halle Berry and Gabriel Aubry) to prime-time television (Lipstick Jungle, The Old Adventures of New Christine and ABC's soon-to-air Cougar Town) it's clear that the older-woman-dating-down double standard is starting to disappear. The term "cougar" even surfaced in a T-Mobile commercial. In the following five reasons, you'll learn from women loving the lifestyle why you should embark on your own May-December (or just September) romance. But do yourself a favor and stick to guys over 21 unless you want to be buying all of the … Read More

Older women with younger men -- I thought it was just a media-fabricated phenomenon. Then I heard a 24-year-old guy friend raving about the 40something ladies in his building who flirt with him like blushing schoolgirls.

"Cougars" are the older women -- perhaps divorced, perhaps never married -- who are looking for fun and no commitments! "Prey" are the younger men these ladies ensnare.

If you are not as lucky with older women as my fetching pal, you may need a little guidance about where the cougars hang out. … Read More

Did you watch the Daily Show last night? Kristin Schaal, of Flight of the Conchords fame, opined to hilarious effect on cougars, the slightly sexist name for older women who date younger men. The internets have been abuzz with today, so it's only right that Tango readers get in on the action. Clip below.

From Reuters
By Paul Majendie

LONDON (Reuters Life!) - Women over 60 feel much healthier and happier living alone and revel in their lifestyle as so-called senior singletons, a study showed on Thursday.

A classic example was 79-year-old former Bond girl and "Avengers" TV star Honor Blackman who said: "What I've learnt from my two marriages and divorces is that I'm not much good at living with other people."

The study, funded by the Economic and Social Research Council, looked at the growing social and health implications of people living alone -- Britain now has more people aged over 60 … Read More

I immediately fell into the habit of telling John how he would feel when our romance ended. “You’ll remember me fondly,” I informed him. “I’ll be like this really great summer vacation you once had.” I was probably two lines away from breaking into “The Way You Look Tonight.”John let me go on making my goofy pronouncements for two reasons: One, he thought I would eventually wear myself out, and, two, he didn’t believe we would be over come fall. He was idealistic about love, sure that it would trump age, or distance, or some girl talking like … Read More