Simone corrected us. "No. You are a lighthouse. You are not chasing ships. You are warning them of the rocks—and inviting them to safe harbor."
Our homework: approach a man under thirty-five in the wild. Not to date. Just to converse.
I almost deleted it. At forty-seven, my "journeys" were mostly to the bathroom in the dark, trying not to stub my toe. But the word "Cougar" snagged my attention. Not the animal—the other kind. The kind my divorced friends, Karen and Denise, had turned into a part-time hobby.
The instructor was a woman named Simone. She was fifty-two, wore a leather blazer, and had the posture of a woman who had never apologized for taking up space. The class was held in a converted warehouse that smelled of matcha and ambition.
But I did end up dating someone. A thirty-four-year-old librarian named Ash who wore cardigans and knew more about fungi than anyone I'd ever met. On our third date, he said, "You move through the world like you're not asking for permission."
Simone corrected us. "No. You are a lighthouse. You are not chasing ships. You are warning them of the rocks—and inviting them to safe harbor."
Our homework: approach a man under thirty-five in the wild. Not to date. Just to converse. my cougar courses
I almost deleted it. At forty-seven, my "journeys" were mostly to the bathroom in the dark, trying not to stub my toe. But the word "Cougar" snagged my attention. Not the animal—the other kind. The kind my divorced friends, Karen and Denise, had turned into a part-time hobby. Simone corrected us
The instructor was a woman named Simone. She was fifty-two, wore a leather blazer, and had the posture of a woman who had never apologized for taking up space. The class was held in a converted warehouse that smelled of matcha and ambition. You are not chasing ships
But I did end up dating someone. A thirty-four-year-old librarian named Ash who wore cardigans and knew more about fungi than anyone I'd ever met. On our third date, he said, "You move through the world like you're not asking for permission."
