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Dear Gloria,
I'm a fledgling cougar (cougling?) who is curious about something. Back when Myspace was popular (you're probably too young to remember, but that was the one after Friendster) one of my kids talked me into signing up. Suddenly all these boys were flooding my mailbox with notes like "UR a hawtt MILF" (a phrase generally accompanied by shirtlessness and Ambercrombie boxers). For an early fortysomething mom it was flattering ..at first. After awhile however all that attention was like menstrual cramps, something I'll probably miss when i'm puffy and menopausal but for now, a pain in the butt. I did however, against my better judgment correspond with some of the local 'crombies. One was a legal, but young boy with a (then fashionable) emo haircut and an adorable smile. after we'd been messaging back and forth for awhile he confessed that his fantasy was to #$%^ me in his MOM's LINGERIE! EWWW! still emo, not so adorable. (And yes i meant #$%^, i have kids). What I'm wondering, Gloria is how many of those guys who are so intent on hooking up with us cougars REALLY want us for our sexual prowess, and insatiable carnal appetites, and how many want us because they can't have the woman they REALLY want..MOM. What's your take on this?

Dear Gloria,
I am a 24-year-old man and I have a 50-something girlfriend. Recently, I realized that my girlfriend resembles my mother & they are the same age! Now when I have sex with my cougar, I think of my mother and I lose my erection. I'm confused. What should I do?

Sincerely, Mama's Boy