'My husband is younger than my son and we met when he was a teenager'
A cougar who married a man young enough to be her son exemplifies the proverb "age is just a number" as the couple recently celebrated their 7th wedding anniversary.
Deanna Boomer met her husband Steven, who is 19 years younger than her, through being friends with his auntie.
The 47-year-old, who is older than Steven’s mother, met him when he was still a teenager and eight years on the couple have celebrated their 7th wedding anniversary and have a 4-year-old child. Steven is also stepdad to Deanna’s four kids, who range in age from 13, 17, 25 to 31 years old.
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The couple was heavily scrutinised by their respective families at first (@mrsboomer1217 / CATERS NEWS)
The two, who have been married for seven years have a 4-year-old son (@mrsboomer1217 / CATERS NEWS)The couple admitted that the first few years of their relationship were difficult due to the negative backlash of the age difference from their family and friends but proved them wrong by showing them that an age gap is not a barrier to true love
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Steven said: “The beginning of the relationship was the hardest but now it’s much easier; as the people who see us for who we are, know we’re meant to be together.”
Deanna met the man of her dreams through being close friends with his auntie and started hanging out with him at his car club at his high school.
The mother of five would take her Jeep to Steven’s car club and take him and his friends off-roading whilst getting to know the 19-year-old at the time.
Steven added: “Me and my friends all had a car club in high school, and Deanna had a jeep and so she would always come to our meetups and stuff and then we’d all go off-roading. “Then one day, she just kind of hit me up and asked if we wanted to go to the bar and hang out and that’s where it led.”
As Deanna and Steven were getting to know each other, the stay-at-home mum at the time was going through a divorce from her ex-husband of 22 years due to a relationship breakdown. Deanna and her four children at the time moved into an apartment and asked her now husband to move in with her to help with the rent.
As the couple made their relationship official to family and friends, Deanna received support from friends and family, Steven struggled to maintain his friendships through the beginning of his relationship with Deanna.
Stay at home mom Deanna added: “My friends didn’t really care, in fact, one of my friends was also talking to him before me, so she couldn’t really say anything, but they could see how happy I was, whereas Steven’s family were more annoyed.”
Steven, who works as a plumber, added: “My mother didn’t like it very much; Deanna is just a few months older than her, so she found that a little strange.
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