Additionally, it is difficult to get to know someone without being able to hear their tone of voice and the nuances of their speech.

Other Cougars like Rosa Hildebrandt, a 55-year-old businesswoman from Chino, Calif.

who was crowned Miss Cougar Corona Del Mar in 2011, site similar-aged men as a reason for going younger.

They are attracted to the “youngish package combined with a more ‘mature’ mental package,” according to another Cougar interviewed.

Someone who is a mixture of respectful, honest, humble, considerate, smart, goal oriented, eager to learn, willing to please and obviously good looking.

I was always a bit of a late-bloomer, and being with a younger man somehow keeps me in a forever-inspired mode.