Forget about the last one

Well I gave up on the 27 year old foreign-but-impossibly-cute guy when I discovered he had a girlfriend.

He slipped it into a conversation and then carried on as if nothing had happened. I had a bit of a Ricki Lake moment (“oh no he DID-ENT!” while waggling a finger in his face), told him that I deserved better and cut all ties. Yes, I even deleted him as a friend of mine from Facebook (on which, may I point out, he says he is ‘single’). But don’t worry, I felt nothing. Losing him as a potential was like brushing away a fly. Perhaps I am still smarting from the last 33 year old.

So in the best Cougar fashion, I decided not to wait around but dive back into the fray. This time I tried internet dating, sent a photo and message to a young guy (23) who we will call Cain and struck up a conversation with him.

It was hard going at first as my profile has my real age on it, but soon we were talking on messenger, then texting, then talking on the phone; and finally the time came for me to suggest that we meet.

A movie, I said. Just seeing as neither of us had anything else planned for that night. He should come to my house, we would go straight from there to the film. If we got on we could have a drink after, otherwise one of us would say “Thanks” and call it a night.

He didn’t leave my house until two days later. During that time we talked for hours, laughed and joked, watched DVDs, listened to music, ordered in, got drunk and had sex more times in 24 hours than I had the entire three months I was going out with the last 33 year old. My flatmate was more than a little annoyed, but also more than a little jealous.

When he finally had to go home because there were irritating things to do, like work; he called and texted. Still early days, but what a sweetheart. I will try to behave myself with this one.

I am also thinking of wrapping up my year of blogs with a summary rundown of my first year as an official Cougar - it is actually quite good to have it all written down for me, certainly means no one will be forgotten.

And it isn't too late to send me your stories, thealistcougar@hotmail.com.