Cougar relationships are hotter than ever — with older women rushing to snatch up ‘eager’ young men half their age

Channing Muller had always dated men close to her age — usually a few years older, in fact. But after a horrible breakup in 2019, she decided she needed to try something new.

Her therapist had an idea, suggesting she look at guys outside her usual range. 

“He was, like, ‘Go 10 years up and 10 years down and just see,’” Muller, who runs her own communications firm in Chicago, recalled to The Post.

So Muller, then 34, went on the dating app Bumble and changed her age preferences. She was surprised when a 24-year-old almost immediately reached out.

“He asked me out on the date, he planned the date, and before the first date was even over, he was, like, ‘When can I see you again?’” she said. “Then he offered to come and pick me up for the second date.”

She was taken aback. The guy was so clear in his intentions, so mature, so with it — especially compared to her ex. At that moment, she said, “I realized that emotional maturity and numerical age do not go together.”