Are we being forced to be cougars??

Well, my sister and got out of the house last night and went to meet a girlfriend of mine who was hanging out with some guy friends.  It was a pre bachelor party for one of the young pups and they were at a local Scottsdale hang out.  The bar was packed with men and women and we were in the VIP area, so that was nice. 

When we got there, we noticed that all the guys in the party were much younger than us.  I’m talking 25-35 range and all were very nice and friendly.  As the evening progressed, my sissy and I decided to do some research on dating different ages.  We were asking the guys their preferences on dating and what ages they were usually going for.  A lot of them said they didn’t like dating women in their low 20′s because they were insecure with themselves, their sexuality and haven’t had a lot of life experiences.  They liked dating older women, but the older women didn’t want to date them because they (the guys) weren’t as financially established in their careers and may want kids and issues like that.  So where does that leave the 25-35 guys? 

 Now, the 45-55 year old men, want to date 22-29 year old women, because I think it makes them feel younger that they can still get a girl that age.  The younger girls go for these guys because they do have more money (usually) and are pretty confident.  Confused yet?  I know I am! 

Where does that leave the 25-35 range guys and the 40 something women?  We don’t want to date someone 60, because that’s too old, and the guys our age are looking at the 20 somethings, so are we being forced to become cougars?  We are young acting, young looking (thanks to lasers and botox!) and want to have fun.  If the guys in our ages don’t want to date us, we have to go older or younger. 

The younger guys last night, were much more attentive than guys my age have been with me and that was really refreshing.  They were chatty, funny and trying really hard to make a good impression.  That doesn’t happen with men our age.  Those guys seem to take us for granted, that we are desperate for attention and will just fall all over them to get a drink.  (BTW, older guys, ain’t gonna happen with a girl like me, I can buy my own drink) 

This dating dilemma has me thinking.  For procreation, neither scenario is going to be effective.  Older men already have their kids as do older women and probably don’t want to have anymore.  Younger ones will want kids eventually and are stuck with someone who isn’t going to give them that option.  So are we dating ourselves into extinction??  Are we being forced to date out of our age range do to what is attractive to the opposite sex? Thoughts??