COUGARS DIE YOUNG

The recent cougar trend may be dying early on. Literally.

I’ve always admired cougars. Kind of like, “hell with the world, I’m going to marry my boy toy.” Hollywood cougars like Madonna, Courtney Cox and Demi Moore have made it fashionable to marry young. I, myself, have known plenty of successful cougar marriages.

However despite all the positive emotional research, recent findings have shown that society’s response to cougars is more stressful than not, and
that stress can apparently cause them to die early. The younger the boy, the earlier the death, German researchers say.

The trends were identified by an analysis of marriage and death records of almost two million Dutch men and women, Britain’s Daily Mail newspaper reported. Ironically enough, men don’t experience this phenomenon, as it is apparently reversed. The younger the wife, the longer his lifespan.

But lest you think that marrying an older man would be better, research shows that to be no good as well. The best choice for a woman who wants to live a long life is to marry someone within three years of her age.

c. 2010