The first thing people would obviously assume is that the girl is in it for the money. The man would be known as a 'Sugar Daddy.' Times have changed, though. We now also see or hear of older women dating and even marrying much younger men. These women have been dubbed Cougars. You would wonder if those who coined the term somehow associated the women with the large, tawny cat of North and South America, which is now greatly reduced in number and endangered in some areas. And yes, intergenerational couples - are a worthy topic of discussion during Happy Hour at the watering hole.
Typically the discussions are centered around the taboo aspects of what the relationships could mean: So the man becomes the Sugar Daddy if he is the older one in the relationship. Now this is what they mean by 'Sugar Daddy," according to urbandictionary.com: "A man who lavishes a woman with money, gifts, etc." Nonsense, says one woman, we shall call her Trinity. The dictionary meaning is a stereotype, she says. "The idea that all sugar daddies are rich is a stereotype and clich. Fact is, sometimes all a poor or needy female wants is for you to help her provide food and basic things for her children she can't afford or maybe help her afford cable television or an education. It's not how rich you are that matters; it's how poor she is. Poor females are very open to sugar daddies of all income brackets (well, except maybe poor ones), " she argues.
