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Smokey
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07-08-2003

Tuesday, April 21, 2009 - 8:21 pm   Edit Post Move Post Delete Post View Post Send Smokey a private message Print Post    
I didn't see a thread for this. Please delete if there is one.

Is anyone watching this? I recorded it and caught the first episode tonight. I think the 2nd one is on tomorrow night (Wednesdays at 10 PM on TVLand network).

I really didn't know what to expect. It's really a whole lot like the Bachelor/Bachelorette, but I think it's produced by the same people.

Vivica Fox is the host. I don't like how she growls "Here's the Cougar" every time Stacey comes into the room. It cracks me up.

Jhezzie
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07-05-2001

Tuesday, April 21, 2009 - 9:11 pm   Edit Post Move Post Delete Post View Post Send Jhezzie a private message Print Post    
It looks terrible. Maybe because I find 'cougar' rather derogatory.

Grooch
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06-16-2006

Wednesday, April 22, 2009 - 12:04 pm   Edit Post Move Post Delete Post View Post Send Grooch a private message Print Post    
I watched the first episode and was grossed out.

Maybe I am getting to old. lol!

Kissing over 10 men on the lips at the final ceremony, all I could think about was herpes. <ick!>

I also hate the term "Cougar". Why not have the next show called "Old Leach"? 50 year old man tries to pick up a 20 year old? Same difference.

Lilfair
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07-09-2003

Wednesday, April 22, 2009 - 1:05 pm   Edit Post Move Post Delete Post View Post Send Lilfair a private message Print Post    
I watched the first epi, in stages because I could sit through it without questioning my sanity.

It's more creepy as The Bachelorette shows. And yes Cougar is a derogatory term, at lest imo. Someone (a good friend) said you would be a perfect cougar, I flipped out. He said sorry I thought it was a compliment. His wife stepped in and corrected him. So I was surprised they named this show that.

I won't watch a second epi and that's saying a lot because I watch a lot of pooy reality shows.

Twiggyish
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08-14-2000

Wednesday, April 22, 2009 - 1:37 pm   Edit Post Move Post Delete Post View Post Send Twiggyish a private message Print Post    
I agree Grooch.

Smokey
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07-08-2003

Wednesday, April 22, 2009 - 3:58 pm   Edit Post Move Post Delete Post View Post Send Smokey a private message Print Post    
Hah! I agree, too. I hate the term Cougar. It makes me laugh though, because it reminds me of Eartha Kitt and her purring sounds. How weird is that? But, that's what I think of and then with Vivica Fox sounding like she's making growling sounds when she says Cougar.

I will check it out. Why, I don't know, because I hate the bachelor and bachelorette shows.

Happymom
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01-20-2003

Thursday, April 23, 2009 - 9:28 am   Edit Post Move Post Delete Post View Post Send Happymom a private message Print Post    
I saw the ending of one ep last night. It was going to be followed by another ep, but I went to sleep.

From the very little I saw, yuck. Yuck about the term cougar, yuck about using the term cougar so much and yuck about the woman saying_______kiss me. Really bad.

Alliet
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07-11-2005

Thursday, April 23, 2009 - 11:45 am   Edit Post Move Post Delete Post View Post Send Alliet a private message Print Post    
I have watched this show. I think the 'cougar' has to be mixing with the wrong men in her age bracket because she has been rude about men her age. My husband is 39 and isn't the ass she seems to think other men in their late 30s/early 40s are. I don't know where she meets men her age that gives her that impression of grown men. After watching the behaviour of those 20 year olds you have to wonder why an intelligent woman would want to date someone half her age (esp. with the selection of boy/men she has been given). Hmmmm

Oh, and the kid who said he didn't want to hang out with people her age who he wasn't attracted to (doubt he was attracted to the 'cougar' either) then to go on and say he thought they'd have him doing needlepoint next... well, glad he's gone.

Whoami
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08-03-2001

Thursday, April 23, 2009 - 12:38 pm   Edit Post Move Post Delete Post View Post Send Whoami a private message Print Post    
This happened to be on in my Mom's room the other night when I was tucking her in (she pretty much has it on TV Land all the time). I walked in when some guy stopped the woman and said something like, "I'm a twin, and my brother's also a ____." (I didn't hear the word I blanked out). And he basically told her he was out of there. She said it was ok cause she was going to give him her cheek anyway.

This show looked pretty gross to me, and I didn't put it on my DVR schedule. I really don't want to back and find what episode that was, and why the guy was so PO'd at her. I don't want to get hooked into the whole thing. But of course just that one scene made me wonder what was up.

Can anyone clue me in to why he was so PO'd at her, so I don't have to go and watch it to find out?

Based on all your comments on the term cougar, I had to look it up. Apparently its any woman who seeks out someone at least 8 years their junior, eh? OK, then I guess my sis is a cougar, cause she married a guy 9 years her junior! LOL. Although I think he actively pursued her to start with. He probably had no clue on her age at the time, all of us girls in my family look considerably younger than we are.

Smokey
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07-08-2003

Friday, April 24, 2009 - 4:54 pm   Edit Post Move Post Delete Post View Post Send Smokey a private message Print Post    
Whoami--I am not sure I am answering your question correctly, but I think you mean when Stacey aka The Cougar, sent home one of the twins. I don't think he was upset, but maybe. I took it that he decided to give it up because he didn't want to compete with his brother, who she seems to be attracted to.

Did you see that this is how she chooses who will stay and who will go, by offering to kiss them? The ones who get to stay get kissed on the lips and the other ones get her cheek.

It's a bizarre show.

Curlyq
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07-10-2002

Friday, April 24, 2009 - 7:05 pm   Edit Post Move Post Delete Post View Post Send Curlyq a private message Print Post    
As I understood it, "cougar" is a term guys came up with to describe middle-aged women who go trolling for young men in their early twenties for one-night stands. So marrying a younger man wouldn't make you a cougar, but driving around town looking for fresh meat would. That's why it drives me crazy when people on TV use the term as if it's a compliment. You're basically being called a predator. I suspect some people think it just means "sexy older woman" and don't realize they're saying something derogatory.

Whoami
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08-03-2001

Saturday, April 25, 2009 - 10:08 am   Edit Post Move Post Delete Post View Post Send Whoami a private message Print Post    
Thank you Smokey for clarifying that for me. Oddly enough, I had TV Land on in the living room while I was working in the kitchen and waiting for Mom to come out to her chair (I often put the TV on her channel when all I'm interested in is "background noise). Anyway, I finished in the kitchen, came out to my chair and the Cougar was on (again), and it was right at that same moment as when I went in to tuck Mom in the other night. LOL! But this time, armed with your explanation, and my paying better attention this time, I knew exactly what was going on!

Curlyq, that sounds like a more valid description of what cougar means than what I looked up and read. Glad to know my sis isn't a cougar after all! LOL.

Costacat
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07-15-2000

Saturday, April 25, 2009 - 6:26 pm   Edit Post Move Post Delete Post View Post Send Costacat a private message Print Post    
I caught two episodes today and... eesh. First of all, some of these guys are just way too young. I wouldn't even CONSIDER going out with someone who's barely old enuf to drink legally.

And then the "kiss off" ceremony. Yeah, I wanna kiss a dozen guys on the lips, too. I'd hate to be the last guy in the lineup.

And Stacey is only 40? She looks older. Altho I was ROTFL when the guys said stoopid things like "she looks really good for her age". (She looks like she's had some artificial help, doesn't she?)

I also hadda laugh at the fact that no one had asked her personal questions. For some of those 23 yeear olds, I'd think they'd go running for the hills if they knew that she had a daughter their age.

FWIW, I dislike the term "cougar" also. It's middle aged women stalking younger "meat" and I think it's totally derogatory. It would be only slightly less derogatory if there was a similar word for an older man/younger woman, but there isn't.

I don't think any "love" Stacey finds on this show will be lasting. And if she really wanted a frat boy, she could go hang out at the local college coffee shops!

I will not be watching this show again. The only reason I did today was because I'm running out of things to watch, and it's still easier to watch TV than to read. Bor-ring! :-)

Alliet
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07-11-2005

Wednesday, May 06, 2009 - 11:18 pm   Edit Post Move Post Delete Post View Post Send Alliet a private message Print Post    
I agree that Stacey looks older. She has a jowly look which is aging. And she does look like she has had work done too, Costa.

I don't think she's going to find 'love' with these guys. Most seem really immature and are behaving like it's a contest to be won rather than a woman to fall in love with (kind of like the Bachelor but worse). What does she see as attractive in several of these unemployed men. It's one thing if you're in your early 20s but she's an established woman of 40. Why would she be attracted in an unemployed man with little ambition. UGH Why am I watching this LOL

Slinkydog
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11-30-2005

Thursday, May 07, 2009 - 5:53 am   Edit Post Move Post Delete Post View Post Send Slinkydog a private message Print Post    
Glad she kissed off Ryan last night. He was a strange guy. Okay, did Austin really expect a lip kiss when he had just puked in front of her? Why did he leave the door open while he puked? Gross!

Smokey
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07-08-2003

Thursday, May 07, 2009 - 9:10 am   Edit Post Move Post Delete Post View Post Send Smokey a private message Print Post    
I agree! Ugh, why am I watching this?

I record it and watch it later. Every time I do, I wonder why, why, why? lol

These guys are mostly idiotic, IMO. I have nothing against an older woman and younger man, at all. It's just seems that these younger men are very immature. Every time she goes gah gah over Travis, it really gives me the creeps. I think it's because he is so baby-like--just seems even younger than his 21 years.

Alliet
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07-11-2005

Thursday, May 07, 2009 - 12:51 pm   Edit Post Move Post Delete Post View Post Send Alliet a private message Print Post    
LOL I was thinking the same think, Slinky. Then she offered the same 'puke' cheek to the other guy she booted. I think the tears and neediness would have put anyone off. That guy HAD to go!

Alliet
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07-11-2005

Thursday, May 07, 2009 - 12:52 pm   Edit Post Move Post Delete Post View Post Send Alliet a private message Print Post    
I DVR it too, Smokey, and watch it to wind down from work LOL I really don't understand why Stacey can't find a decent, mature man closer to her age. Don't know where she has been looking!

Slinkydog
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11-30-2005

Thursday, May 07, 2009 - 4:25 pm   Edit Post Move Post Delete Post View Post Send Slinkydog a private message Print Post    
She probably could, Alliet, but that would not get her on TV.

Rslover
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11-19-2002

Thursday, May 07, 2009 - 10:45 pm   Edit Post Move Post Delete Post View Post Send Rslover a private message Print Post    
Read this dirt from her second husband.

LINK

Smokey
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07-08-2003

Friday, May 08, 2009 - 6:45 am   Edit Post Move Post Delete Post View Post Send Smokey a private message Print Post    
Hah! So now we know the real story. Interesting....but not surprising. This really ups the yuck factor.

Slinkydog
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11-30-2005

Friday, May 08, 2009 - 1:37 pm   Edit Post Move Post Delete Post View Post Send Slinkydog a private message Print Post    
Maybe she plans to pay her back child support with the money she makes from the show. Bwahahaha!

Alliet
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07-11-2005

Tuesday, May 12, 2009 - 2:23 pm   Edit Post Move Post Delete Post View Post Send Alliet a private message Print Post    
Wow, that article portrays a totally different woman to the one that the show has portrayed. Wonder how much of each is right. I wouldn't doubt her glamourous lifestyle they portrayed is totally wrong but she only sees her kids 3 or 4 DAYS a year? Wow, what a mom! LOL

Cindylouwho
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01-27-2009

Saturday, May 16, 2009 - 6:42 pm   Edit Post Move Post Delete Post View Post Send Cindylouwho a private message Print Post    
This show is horrid (and still I watch). I don't think I've ever seen so many awkward moments on reality t.v. Agree Alliet - can't imagine why a 40 year old woman would be interested in these "men" for an ongoing relationship. I'm sure they are just fine for a 20-year-old girl but come on! The link about her was pretty interesting. Maybe she just wants some face time on t.v.

Texasdeb
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05-23-2003

Sunday, May 17, 2009 - 3:31 pm   Edit Post Move Post Delete Post View Post Send Texasdeb a private message Print Post    
I catch this show IF it's on why I'm laying in bed trying to go to sleep & have yet to see a full show. I've seen bits & pieces though. From the previews - it looks like the really cute guy with the longer hair (Tyler or something like that) - his Mom really has issues with the "cougar" & tells her to leave him a lone. Good for her! As a Mom of a 23 yr old son, I would really have issues if my boy was in this situation.