Demi Moore and Ashton Kutcher, Catherine Zeta-Jones and Michael Douglas, Madonna and Guy Ritchie? other than being a part of the Hollywood brigade, there is another similarity between them. There is a considerable age difference between each couple. While the older man and younger woman couples are many in number, the number of younger man and older woman are also rising. The heart warming romance between an unconventional couple in the blockbuster urban romantic movie 'Wake Up Sid' where the older woman Aisha slowly guides and motivates Sid and eventually they fall in love with each other has only proved that such relationships might not be treated with raised eye brows.
Back home, with couples like Sachin and Anjali Tendulkar, Abhishek Bachchan and Aishwarya Rai Bachchan that look so youthful and very much in love, the age gap hardly makes a difference in their relationship status. Historically many arranged marriages were age disparate. To bridge the generation gap or to search for an mature and intellectually stimulating partner are probably some of the reasons for these kind of relationships.
Even the mainstream media has popularised the concept. There are television shows and numerous movies that have portrayed age-disparate relationships. Autumn in New York, As Good As It Gets, The Graduate, The Reader are some of the award winning movies that have portrayed various stages of relationship and romance between a couple with a considerable age difference. Popular television series like Cougar Town and May to December have also portrayed such relationships, adding a comic twist to it.
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Hollywood star Harrison Ford, has tied the knot with long-time partner Calista Flockhart, who is 22 years his junior. Their love story started with wine. Ford met his sweetheart Calista at the 2002 Golden Globes party. She then ‘accidentally’ spilled wine on him. We don’t know whether the wine had some kind of magic ingredient in it, but it did have an effect on good old Ford. Zap! From then on they were together and now, have sealed their bond with marriage.
Demi Moore, who is 15 years older than Ashton Kutcher, started dating him in 2003 and they tied the knot in 2005. Kutcher, who is father figure to Moore’s three daughters from previous marriages, believes that it is Demi Moore who makes him a better person. If rumours are to be believed the very much in couple is planning to have their first child.
Tom Cruise’s million dollar smile beats his age. Though his wife Katie Holmes is 16 years younger, they don’t look like a mismatch. The couple are said to be having a happy life and they have a cute little daughter Suri, who is on her way to becoming Hollywood’s youngest celebutante.
Courtney Cox, popularly known as Monica from the hit television sitcom Friends married David Arquette, who is seven years her junior. They even have a daughter Coco Cox-Arquette. Incidentally, Courtney is also the least cast of the television series Cougar Town.
Closer home, in Bollywood, our very own Saifeena is no exception. Though it’s only a 10-year gap, it does qualify the couple to be enlisted in the group. Kareena is a happy woman with an elder, mature and caring Saif. Though Kareena still keeps him guessing over the marriage plans, we are guessing that they will tie the knot. Eventually.