Robbing The Cradle
March 6th, 2008 @ 10:38 am by Mrs. Tiramisu
Mr. Tiramisu is exactly 2 months and 25 days younger than me. A laughable difference right? Yeah, except for the fact that our wedding date falls between our birthdays, making me 27 and him 26 on our wedding day. Why does this bother me so much? Mr. T *loves* that he’s younger and takes every opportunity to point it out to anyone who will listen! But it’s all in good fun and he only does it to get a laugh. Mostly I think I’m hung up on the wedding announcement, and I don’t even know if we’ll be having a wedding announcement, but you know, “Miss Tiramisu, old, and Mr. Tiramisu, not old, were married last Saturday…”. 
Are you younger or older than your fiance? Does it bother you that you’re younger or older?
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76 Responses to “Robbing The Cradle”
I am 4 months younger than my FI and I always tease him on his birthday. It is all in good fun:)
I’m 32 and my fiance is 27 — a five-year age difference! I think it’s great.
I love the fact that I’m 2 years younger than my fiance, but maturity wise, you’d think it’s opposite. We balance it out, and I still get to ask when he’s applying for social security every November, just for cheap laughs. It’s all in good fun. It doesn’t make a difference in the bigger picture.
I’m 2 years young than my FI, which makes me even younger than his little brother.
I take every opportunity to tease him too! Especially the 2 weeks where he’s 26 already and I’m still 23!
I’m 28 and he’s 24. We find it amusing, I’m an old folgie and he’s a young whipper-snapper. There are some times when it’s strange he doesn’t remember the same things from the 80s that I do. People don’t believe that the gap is that much when they meet us. I’m not sure if that means that I’m young for my age or if he’s old . . . . It’s a little strange to think, too, that I’m marrying someone younger than my little brother.
It’s cool, though. We’re totally fine with the whole thing.
My Hubby is 3 years and 2 months older. We were like you guys and got married during those two months though…. so he was 32 and I was 28 
It doesn’t bother me at all - though sometimes I think it’s funny I’m married to someone who’s older than my older brother! random
Of course as I approach 30 I like to tease him lots about how OLD he is
i’m about a month and change older than Mr. Daisy and he still gets a kick out of introducing me around as his “cougar.”
more generally, i think that at our age (i.e., early-thirties/late-twenties) the age difference is no difference at all.
I’m eight months older than Mr. Hum, but because it’s a different calendar year, I like to tease him about being a young’un.
However, we are getting married during the four month period where we are the same age.
I hear ya about the wedding annoucement Miss Tiramisu! I’m getting married two weeks before my birthday and I’m so happy it will say 28 and not 29! Not why I picked the date (it’s our anniversary) but so happy it worked out that way! Sometimes it’s the little things that get to you!
I’m 27 and he’s 26 as well, though there is 15 months between us. I actually never think about i, unless he’s joking about it. like mr tiramisu, he sometimes enjoys being younger. let them have fun
I’m six years younger. I always pick on him about it. That when he graduated college in 95, I was just learning to drive! And that when he got married (for the first time) in 97, I was graduating high school. He normally just puts his hand in my face and shoves me away - lovingly of course.
Ha ha! Mr. Mags is two months older than me, although I was a year ahead of him in school. So we kind of look at it as being equal…
I’m two years older than my FI. And I, like you, cringe at the thought of “Bride, 29 and Groom 27 were married on Saturday”
The age difference isn’t a big deal in day-to-day life. I don’t even think about it most of the time. I just hate to see it on paper!
I’m 7 years younger. JMA19 - I do the same thing too!!
He was born in 1977. I was born in 1975. There’s a 19 month age difference. I met him when he was 29 and I thoroughly enjoyed telling people that I was dating a “twenty-something.”
Ummm…yes…for NO reason - it bugs the bagebas out of me that my fefe is two months and nine days younger then me… I guess I can love him inspite of this!
I am 9 days younger than my FI. So it’s definitely not a big deal, but I still get 9 days to tell him how old he is
My grandpa is 8 days younger than my grandma and he revels in the fact that he can boast about being married to an older woman for 8 days out of the year. It’s quite cute when he does it
My fiancé is four years , five months and three weeks older than me. I think it’s a nice gap, but it really doesn’t matter at all!
Miss. Tiramisu, I understand! I am older than my fiance by a laughable gap. It means nothing to either of us, but whenever someone points out that I am the older one, I always retort with “I’m only older by 5 months and 20 days AND we’re born in the same calendar year!!”
I am 5 years younger than my fiance. He is 30 and I am 25. My friends never believe it since I am definitely the mature responsible one.
I am almost 7 years younger than he is. right now he is 29 and I am 22. By the time we get married he will be 30 and I will be 24. The wedding will be after my birthday and before his.
We are getting married during the four month period we are the same age. I’m only a smidgen older, but it sometimes bothers me when people point it out.
I’m ten months older, and when we started dating I was a sophomore in college and he was a freshman. My friends told me I was robbing the cradle, but I’ve always laughed about it. And marrying when we were the same age wasn’t an option since he’s a January baby and I’m a March baby, and our most hated season of the year is winter.
I’m 2 months and 7 days older. We also got married right between our two birthdays, so I sounded older at the time. We didn’t even realize that “age difference” until this past week, 7 months after the wedding, when someone asked Mr. Lime how old he was when he got married.
I always tease him saying he can’t resist an “older woman,” but it’s a joke since we’re pretty much the same age and he was a year ahead in school, when we first met.
He is 3 years and 4 months older than me. I call him “Old Man” and he calls me “Lil Girl”. He will be 27 (22 days before his bday) and I will be 24 at our wedding.
Yep I can relate! My fiance is two years younger than me, and I definitely get the robbing the cradle jokes, even though I agree, it really doesn’t make a difference!
the fiance is younger than me. It does bother me at times but I look younger and he looks older then our ages. Looks wise we look like he is older.
my fiance is 3 years and 5 months older. he”ll be 30 for our wedding and i’ll still be 26. i wont turn 27 until the following month.
he often teases me for being so young and i joyfully retort that means i’lll still be “young and fresh” enough to grab another man when he kicks the bucket!
I seem to be the age-gap queen: I’m 11 years younger, but it’s never been a big deal, though when you realize that I was in kindergarten when he got his driver’s liscense, it can be weirdly funny!
I am 1.5 years older than my fiance…I never imagined that I would end up with a younger guy. He likes to tease me b/c he knows it bothers me. The funniest story we like to tell is when we attended my office holiday party which was held in a ballroom at a venue downtown…there was an open bar…he got carded, but the bartender said he didn’t need to see my ID! We haven’t set the date yet, but I’m hoping it will be when we are just 1 year apart…not during the time when we are 2 years apart!
I am 6 1/2 years younger. He complains about being an old man, and I like to ask him if he comes with some kind of warantee. My sister is the same age as her hubby, and for some reason people always assume he is younger, which bugs her to no end!
Every year, without fail, on his birthday, Mr. Toucan likes to ask me how it feels to be dating an “older man.” He is 2.5 weeks older than I am. The wedding is right after my birthday, so we’ll be the same age when we get married… and I planned it that way.
We’re two and half months apart too. I’ll be 27 at our wedding and he will be 26. I didn’t think twice about the announcement looking funny.
I’m 1.5 years older than him. It doesn’t bother me, but we are getting married during the period that there’s only a year different and not two. I’ll be 27 when we get married and he will be 26.
I’m a bout 5 months older than FH. He’s much more mature than me, so nobody can tell
I am two years older than my FI. I think at first it bothered me, mainly when I think about it in school years, since, I was pushed ahead and his mom held him back due to his birthday. Other than that I am used to it now. Plus even though we both look far younger than our real ages, they always think he is older!
I’m 2 months and 9 days older than FI and he always points that out. We are getting married on his birthday. So we will be the same age. It doesn’t matter though.
I’m 6 years younger, and it doesn’t bother me. Y’know, I don’t think our ages were in our wedding announcment, come to think of it.
My FH is 3 years older than me. It’s a litle weird to me that I’m the same age as his little sister (and yet SO different, maturity-wise). I teased him quite a bit when he turned 26 this January.
I’m 2 years older than FH, and I never hear the end of it Doesn’t bother either of us a bit, its just a fun running joke.
My grandparents have a similar joke they’ve carried on since they were high school sweethearts, going on 60 years. Grandma is 2 months older.
I had almost exactly the same situation. I was 27 for our wedding, and he wouldn’t turn 27 for another 3 weeks. He still likes to tell people I’m a cradle-robber…
FI is 2.5 years older than me, two years ahead in school, and all his friends gave him a hard time about being a cradle robber. I, however, am the boring responsible one who acts much older though.
I’m the cougar in our relationship - 2.5 years older than Mr Taj… its the cause of a lot of jokes at my expense, but I am happy to rob the cradle! The weird time is when we’re between birthdays, like when I turn 29 this summer, while he’s 26…that’s when I feel REALLY dirty.
Haha, “old” and “not old.” I’m 2 years older than my guy. It only bothers me a little once in a while, and not because of us, but because he and his college friends are at that “maturing” stage where only a select few of them have actually DONE much maturing yet. It can be a test, at times. lol.
He’s 1.5 years older than me. His little sister and I share the same birthday. He thinks it’s funny now, but knows his teenage self would have been mortified. I mock him endlessly, but he dishes it back.
i’m just 9 months older than the bf except HE’S the one who complains about being old. hrumph!
i am 8 and a half months older than my FI… we make jokes abt it..he calls himself my boytoy… but i am ok with being older..
wow, lots of responses! we’re 5 months apart, but different calendar year. koreans refer to age by the year, not the date - so even though the difference is minimal, im still considered a full year older than him… it makes for good teasing - but not about me being older! if someone is even 1 year older -also korean (and maybe an asian thing), you usually refer to them with an honorific title instead of their name- even when two people are very close. so there are a plenty of his “hyungs” (older brother) that i can freely call by name and address equally while he has to use the honorific… its great
I’m almost exactly two years younger than my fiance (he was born 12-31-86, and I was born 12-01-88), but it’s not too different. We started dating while I was still in high school, though, and he had already graduated. It was different then, but now that we’re both graduated, you can’t really tell much of a difference. I like that he’s older, anyway. :]
I’m two years older. I don’t get the hype. I have no problem with it, and he doesn’t either.
I am in the SAME EXACT situation! I am exactly 4 months older than my fiance, and on our wedding day, I will be 23 and he will still be 22 and will turn 23 on our honeymoon!
I’m a year and a half older than my fiancee, and I he loves it too! Always talks about how great it is to have a sexy older woman, lol. We’re in between our birthdays right now so it looks like I’m 2 years older, but by the time our wedding comes it’ll only be a year difference. But it doesn’t bother me.
I just noticed reading through the comments the age difference among some of the readers! Has weddingbee every done a poll to see the ages of readers? It’d be interesting to see where the majority are - or even the age of women when they will get married!
my mom is only 2 wks older than my dad, but he jokes all the time about “marrying an older woman”
i think its hilarious.
I’m 6 years younger than my FI. He’s the old fogie. I don’t think about it most of the time. At least we were born in the same decade!
My husband is 8 years older than me, but for a 6-month period (starting Monday) he’s 9 years older. I love to tease him about him having such a young wife!
DH, who is exactly 4 days younger than me, actually calls me his “old lady” (insert slow southern drawl) on a regular basis. He refers to himself as a “spring chicken.” Grrrrrrrr.
I’m confused - why would anyone think anything of an age difference, either way?
I’m a year and change younger than my FI… we joke that I’m his hot younger lady even though the difference is negligible!
My fiance is 4 1/2 years older than me. He’ll be 28 at the wedding, and I’ll be halfway to 24. I give him a hard time about it sometimes, especially when the topic of class reunions(he graduated in ‘98) or the 80’s comes up. lol
I am a significant number of years older than my husband and he does like to tease me about what he was doing vs what I was doing in any given time in the past (learning to spell vs. learning to drive), but we are perfect for each other, so we just don’t think about the age difference day-to-day.
Go cougars!
I am exactly 6 months older than my FI. We joke all the time and I tell him to respect his elder. LOL!
I’m 7 years younger than my FH. It’s the perfect age difference.
My FI is 2.5 years younger than me but he seems and acts a lot older than me. He’s also younger than my younger brother and if you put it in that context, it’s a little disturbing. 
My ex is 5 years younger than me but he was born on leap day so I was really robbing the cradle in that relationship. He was only 6 at the time and I was 29! LOL!
he’s 6 months older than me, and that doesn’t bother me at all. the one stupid thing that does, though, is that we’re getting married less than month after my 26th birthday. we originally had two different dates picked out before my birthday, but due to reception site availability, it got pushed back. i don’t know why, and it’s no big deal, but i really wanted to be married while i was still only 25! stupid, i know, but i’m admitting it:)
mr. bee is 4 years older than me, and i think it’s the perfect difference for us. i’m the oldest child so i’m used to people relying on me… i love being able to rely on mr. bee.
The age gap was an issue when I had to introduce him to my parents (I was 22, he was 31), but 4 years later doesn’t really matter.
I know what you mean about this bothering you! Get this- I’m two years older than my fiancé. We’re having two ceremonies- our civil ceremony will be in America with the majority of attendees my friends and fam. A few weeks later we’re doing the religious ceremony in Italy with his friends/fam… the issue is, my birthday falls between the two ceremonies, meaning I’ll be both 27 & 28 when I “get married”… plus we’ll be doing the church ceremony during one of the two horrible months of the year where our numerical age is three years apart… ugh!
Wow, I’m in the significant minority. He’s almost seven years younger. It doesn’t matter too often - except occasionally when we realize I was in college and he was in middle school. We actually have since met and heard of several couples with the same age difference - always with the woman being the older one.
I’ll be 30 next month and my fiancee is 22. I had a few reservations at first… but they went away fast the more I fell in love with him. I think love and age have nothing to do w/ each other and it’s the two people who matter most. That’s my story, and I’m sticking to it!
Also - I look at it like this - my husband to be is freakin’ HOT. AND young. Yum! 
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I’m 35 and eight years older than my fiance. He likes to tease me about it sometimes, but I usually get the last laugh - like when I get carded at a bar, and he doesn’t! As for the announcement - is it necessary to even state your ages?
My husband (we got married in August) says the same thing!! we are 2 months apart and every year I get the same “my old lady”, “the old battle ax”, and many others since he is from jersey….he thinks it is so funny. our wedding also almost fell in between the dates and I was totally against it! such a girl…it really doesn’t matter but I didn’t want to hear the jokes on our anniversary for the rest of my life, ha!
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Mrs. Tiramisu, Annapolis, MD/Maine
Age and Occupation: 26, Eye Doctor
Fiance's Age and Occupation: 26, Project Manager/Real Estate Management grad student
Engagement Date: May 15, 2007
Wedding Date: July, 2008
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I’m 3 years older and it doesn’t bother me! I’m 30 and my fiance is 27-what’s the big deal?!