"A cougar stole my man": sexy older women lured away these chicks' boyfriends. Reading their stories may make you want to sharpen your own claws.(REAL-LIFE READS)

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Seasoned Predator

"When I first met Jared, 28, I thought he might be The One because he was such a family guy. We spent a lot of time with his parents and even their friends. One of them, a 46-year-old permatan blond named Erica, was a coworker of his mom's. She seemed a little cold, but I thought maybe she just looked that way since her Botoxed face rarely registered expression. Still, I got a weird feeling when we'd be at a party together and she'd give Jared these big, possessive hugs from behind, as if she were his mom.

"About a year into our relationship, I got laid off and had to pick up two jobs--one waiting tables, the other bartending. When I had to miss an engagement party for a friend of Jared's family due to work, he acted all pouty. I felt bad, so I texted him sweet messages 'all night from the bar but never heard back once.

"When I asked the next day why he was MIA, he got quiet and, after a minute or so, broke down in tears. He said when he saw Erica at the party, one thing led to another and they started hooking up in a bathroom. I'd never felt so humiliated in my life, and though he apologized and sent me flowers, I couldn't get over it. Apparently, the coug's mission worked: They're now dating seriously."--Aileen, 23

Stealthy Seductress

"I met my boyfriend, Jack, when I was 19 and he was 20, and we dated for a year before he proposed. A few months into our engagement, I had to move to another town for work, so he began to spend a lot of time with his best friend, Tony, 25, and Tony's 35-year-old wife, Jess. We 'all became good friends ... and Jack sometimes hung out with Jess while I was at work. Though Jess dressed young and edgy, I didn't worry because she acted like a mother figure toward Jack, babying him whenever he was upset or sick.