It’s time again for our regular Q & A with cougar dating expert Lucia. Here she handles some tricky relationship dilemmas, covering workplace encounters, date conversation topics and the sexual differences between older and younger women.

Mandy M. writes: I’ve been with my man now for about 6 months, he’s 27 and I’m exactly 20 years older. We met at work and things are going great between us apart from one thing - he won’t tell our co-workers about our relationship. He tells me that it’s because our boss might think it was unprofessional that we are dating, but I think he’s ashamed about our age difference and what his buddies at work will say. Shall I just tell everyone at work or agree to keep it quiet? (more…)

Our very own age gap relationship advisor Lucia is hosting a unique speed dating event open to men aged 21-35 and women of 38-50.

Even if you’ve never tried speed dating, you probably know someone who has, or you’ve seen it given the Hollywood treatment on The 40 Year Old Virgin, Hitch and Sex and the City.

If you’re a guy who loves the charm and sophistication of sexy older women, or you’re a fabulous woman who prefers the vitality of younger men, then this is your chance to take it to the next level.

Places are limited, so you’d better hurry to apply if you fancy taking part. Details as follows:

WHEN: Wednesday, February 11, 2009
WHERE: Club Sushi, 6374 W Sunset Blvd, Hollywood, Ca
PRICE: $39
RSVP: www.cougarspeeddate.com

Lucia: dating expert

Relationships expert Lucia is on hand to answer your cougar dating questions. If you have a dating dilemma or a romance riddle and you need some straight talking advice, send your questions to asklucia@cougared.com and we will do our best to feature your question right here on the cougared.com blog.

To kick us off, here is the first Q & A with Lucia.

Susan F. writes: I had some professional photos taken and I look great in them - in fact much more glamorous and sexy than I do in real life. I really want to use them on my internet dating profile but I’m worried that when I meet a younger guy in real life he’ll be disappointed that I’m not such a sexy older woman after all. Maybe I should put more regular picture on there instead? Please help! (more…)

Happy Birthday to us! We turned 1 on October 10, and what a year it’s been. I’d like to say a special thanks to Sean, the very first member who joined on October 11 ‘07. Little did he know but he was joining a dating site with zero members. Needless to say he never logged on again. (more…)

We asked you what the ideal age gap was between an older woman and younger man, and now we know the answer: it’s 10 years.

The poll that has been running since July on Cougared.com and received more than 500 votes. (more…)

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There’s no such thing as a free lunch. But there is such a thing as free cougar dating. Last month we decided to make cougared.com 100% free - no catches, no hidden costs, no sneaky tricks to make you pay up. (more…)

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Cougared.com is one of the fastest growing dating sites on the net - and it’s definitely the most fun (okay we have a slight bias).

We recently hit the 10,000 member mark, which we’re delighted with seeing as we only launched the site in October 2007!

If you haven’t joined Cougared.com yet what are you waiting for??? It’s the only 100% free cougar dating site out there and it’s packed full of superhot cougars and cool younger guys.

If you’re already a member, thanks for helping us make the site the success it is.

Tags: dating older women, younger men

Dear all, it gives me great pleasure to declare the cougared.com blog officially open. Excited? Well, maybe not yet but give us a chance! Our goal is to make this the number one cougar dating blog online, and with your help I think we’re going to do it. (more…)

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