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Extreme Cougar Wives

A “toyboy” is a younger boyfriend and Hollywood “toyboys” are now the norm. First there was Ashton Kutcher, who was 16 years younger than Demi Moore. Other famous examples include Ryan Gosling, who is six years younger than Eva Mendes, Tony Parker, who’s six years younger than Eva Longoria, and the Italian actor Riccardo Scamarcio, who is 13 years younger than Valeria Golino.  Madonna, on the other hand, is in a relationship with Brahim Zaibat, who is 27 years her junior, while Sharon Stone had a similar arrangement with Martin Mica. If the younger boyfriend is called a toyboy, then the older girlfriend is known as a “Cougar.” The phenomenon is so widespread that it is even the subject of a reality TV show, Extreme Cougar Wives. Its motto is “Age is only a number” and it follows the experiences of Jude, who is marrying Kevin, 21, who was her daughter’s high school boyfriend; the 65-year-old Stephanie, who is dating Octavio, and, last but not least, Hattie, 76, who just likes dating younger guys in general. As the show explains, there can be problems, especially when the ladies meet their boyfriends’ friends…
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