The Cougars of Glendale

There is a strange little town within the City of Denver that has always struck me as odd. Its name is Glendale and I’ve never understood why there needed to be a town within a town that is only 1 square mile and filled with strip clubs and adult toy stores.

Recently this place became even stranger after I was somehow put on the mailing list for its monthly newspaper, The Glendale/Cherry Creek Chronicle. It all started last month when I arrived at home to find the newspaper sitting squarely on my kitchen table reading: “The Cougar Bars of The Cherry Creek Valley” on the front page.

“What kind of news is this?” I asked myself as I sat down to read the article word for word all the while feeling morally depraved of my intellect.

I’ll admit I was somewhat entertained, but also a little disgusted that the part of town I refer to as sleazy had just become that much sleazier. And all in an attempt at writing an expose about a well-known reality everywhere: Attractive, successful, older women like to date younger, sexy, strong, and energetic men.

Now that’s hard hitting news.

Well this month it got worse. Yesterday I came home to find the little rag staring at me from my kitchen table reading “Welcome to the Jungle” with a picture of two men wearing t-shirts that read “i heart moms.”

Apparently the first article in the series was well-received so the editor sent the reporter out in the field again (with bait no less) to get more on the story. Turns out that yes, in fact, women over 45–or shall I say “cougars”–do find younger men attractive. These so-called cougars are confident enough to date these men. Some even sleep with men too.

Thanks Chronicle. Now I’m well informed.