Keeping My Inner Cougar Under Wraps

March 18, 2010 in Ask Glinda, Celebrity Kids, Celebrity Moms, International Flair, Oh MOM!, Parental Musings, That's Just Wrong with 1 Comment

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When I first read this snippet, my first reaction was “Ewwww!”

When Miley Cyrus first met beau Liam Hemsworth on the set of their film The Last Song, she wasn’t the only family member smitten with her new Australian costar.

“I don’t know who had a bigger crush on him at the beginning, my mom or me,” Cyrus, 17…
 

My mother and I did not have the closest of relationships, and if she had ever confessed to thinking a possible romantic interest for me was hot, I think I would have wished for the earth to swallow me whole so that I would never have a mental picture of my mom panting over a boy that could be her son.

Then I began to have mental fight with myself, because I thought, well, who am I to deny a woman’s sexuality, no matter what her age? 

My next thought was then, “But, ewwww!”

I countered back with the fact that it is common for many women and their daughters openly admire the same guys, a la Robert Pattinson and the Twihards.

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With more emphasis I replied, “But, like, EWWWWW!”

My retort was that it would be different if it was someone like an actor, because there would be basically no chance of either of them ever having a shot.

Then my brain exploded (it’s easily done these days) and I decided to go to bed, promising myself that of all the things I would bond over with my daughter, it wouldn’t be the hawtness of one of her potential dates.

About Glinda: Playing against type, Glinda lives in the West with her husband, eight year old son and year old daughter. She is in a constant state of worry that her wand is going to break at any moment.

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One Response to “Keeping My Inner Cougar Under Wraps”

  1. Stella March 18, 2010 at 9:08 am #

    EW indeed — I would have been mortified if my mom said anything more complimentary than “he’s a nice boy” about my boyfriends. In fact, there was a time when I preferred that my parents didn’t like the guys I dated. Maybe Miley’s mom is trying reverse psychology? Heh.

    (and Pattinson is a big EW altogether, in my opinion. I do not get the attraction there. Although I’m way past my teen idol crush days, so maybe I’m just crotchety.)