When looking at other people’s relationships it’s hard not to judge however, you can never really know the truth about that relationship, after all the only people who know about their relationship are those in. Constantly people judge celebrity’s relationship, on a daily basis some famous person ‘A’ list or not will have their relationship commented on by the press and we mere mortals can often ourselves be quite judgemental.
I have found myself falling foul of this thought mainly when it comes to my friends love life’s and who they are dating, normally though an opinion is formed because they ask me for it, so I can’t take the blame fully. I try not to judge but it’s hard not to, especially when I may not be 100% keen on their latest partner, because they don’t fit my mould of what I think my friends partners should be.
People are constantly judged on who they date, or how they find their partners, online dating for a lot of people is considered somewhat of a joke between those who haven’t tried it. Other situations where you can be judged in dating are age of your spouse. For example, men seemed to be cheered for snaring younger or young women whereas with women it’s a bit of a joke. For example the terms used to describe an older lady dating a younger guy:
Cougar defined as: a predatory 40+ female in pursuit of juvenile male
Cheetah defined as: a woman in her 30s who is dating a man in his 20s.
Puma defined as: a woman who is too young to be a cougar, but is older than the man she is dating.
I can’t understand why they even bothered with the term puma, in this day and age why does it matter if a women is older than the man she is dating especially when it’s only a couple of years?