Anonymous
This FML is from back in 2013 but it's good stuff
Warsaw, United States
We met a lot later!
Today, my co-workers figured out that I was in high school when my husband was in kindergarten. They won't stop calling me a "cougar". FML
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tygerarmy 35
Meow!
Drifting 21
That saying is just going to come with that territory, just go with it.
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tygerarmy 35
Meow!
jipster 11
Shut up you kittie!
mamamiaaa_fml 12
Agreed - as long as you weren't in high school and he wasn't in kindergarten when the relationship actually began go for it and own it!
tygerarmy 35
Listen up Cat; you're not the boss of me-ow!
TwiztedYuri 9
its ok my dad is 14years older than my mother... I call him a pedo. just joke with it. laugh with them they will stop.
lilmisslovely13 15
40- my uncle was in college when my aunt was born. Theyre happily in love, so it doesn't bother us.
KawaiiCupcake 14
RAWR!
feelingold 18
On the other hand a man who goes after a younger woman is simply called ....a man. Giggity.
toughchick14 15
So that could be only 9 years......
forlifebro 15
9 years at the least OP didn't say what year of high school
SkyGuy32 17
#119 and #130, wouldn't it be interesting if they discovered that OP babysat her husband? That would most certainly be awkward.
tjv3 10
Better than a cradle robber lol
Drifting 21
That saying is just going to come with that territory, just go with it.
morella_xx 29
Yup. My husband is six years older than me and gets jokes about "robbing the cradle" from his friends, so it's pretty much a guarantee that a bigger age gap will get those jokes too. Laugh it off, OP; not much else you can do about it.
imyy 20
I don't even know how this is an FML - it's basically the same as, "Today my friend called me a poopy-head after I went to the bathroom." Big friggin deal, get over it!
CubanBitchh 10
My boyfriend gets jokes like that from his friends, and we're only 2 years apart.
feelingold 18
Depends on your age #104. If you're 16 and he's 18 that's a sizeable difference. If you were 32 and 30 noone would comment. Even 6 years is very little by that time...
maarkblack 9
I love cougars!
MyNameIsViet 15
So does OP's husband.
dinosxxrawr 22
nothing wrong with true love. Rawr~
dalink 24
Spoken like a true pedophile Emo.
mikuxxhatsune 32
Random comment but I LOVE YOUR HAIR. probably going to get downvoted though lol...
AholeCop 11
The easiest way to get them to stop using a nickname you don't like is to own it, just act like it doesn't bother you.
Corrupt_waffles 13
Me and my boyfriend are just a year and 2 months apart and I get called cougar all the time. Mostly because he was still in high school when I started dating him and I'm in college. I think the perspective changes the older you get. It's more acceptable to be that 'far apart' when you are older but for example a 14 year old dating a 19 year old is considered wrong because of laws. I think the nickname is thrown around whenever.
FALLENSEBZERO 16
Cougar
cuppycakeslove 20
Yes, thank you. We didn't get it the first time.
FALLENSEBZERO 16
ERROR: Your Opinion was not asked for
gc327072 31
ERROR 404: **** not given
angeluv_2014 22
103- you're a dumbass. This is a public site... everyone's opinion is atomatically included. ******* Duh
SkyDog 9
I pictured the Commentor yelling ERROR! At his computer.
katamine 17
Why is everyone saying YDI?! As long as they're both consensual adults then why shouldn't they be together?
Life_is_FML 22
Totally! My parents are ten years apart but they r just fine!
chlorinegreen 27
I think it's more of a "YDI" because she IS a cougar
Ins0mau 20
I think she deserves it. Doesn't mean I think she's wrong or doing something bad.
spekledworf 18
There's nothing wrong with being a cougar though. In fact there's a market out there for fine young men that like older women. I already promised myself if I'm still aingle at fourty I will absolutely keep a boy toy around the house!
SWC_Penguin 17
YDI meaning "you deserve the jokes." I don't think there's a single thing wrong with what they're doing, but you can't complain when people make obvious jokes. It's just gonna happen.
ScruffyFML 10
I did it because everybody else did it. The pressure, man.
kim_larsa 5
Tell them "I'm not a cougar! I'm a MILF ;)" (if you have kids)
M3DIC4T3 29
When you're older, such a huge age difference shouldn't matter as much. OP if I were you and the only thing I got called was a cougar, I'd be grateful. FYL
SirEbro 7
But you are. That means you've still got it ;)