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Successful marriages where there were big age gaps

TIMESOFINDIA.COM | Last updated on - Dec 9, 2021, 21:00 IST
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Inspiring couples who have a huge age gap between them

It is often said that age is just a number but whether that is good for a healthy marriage or not is still a debatable topic. Some feel that it truly does not matter but then there are people in the “society” who do have issues if the man is double the age of the bride or vice versa. But then we have some famous couples that have made it work, not caring about the age difference. Here are some truly inspiring successful couples with big age gaps.

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Dharmendra & Hema Malini: 13 years

This couple has a 13 year age gap and they have been married for four decades now.

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Dilip Kumar & Saira Banu: 23 years

They were married for 54 years, with Saira Banu being 23 years younger to the late legend Dilip Kumar. They have seen the hardest times together until the actor’s last breath.

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Boney Kapoor & Sridevi: 9 years

This couple had a 9 year age gap and they were happily married for more than two decades until Sridevi passed away in 2018.

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Shirish Kunder & Farah Khan: 8 years

This couple has an 8 year difference with Farah being older to Shirish. They have a beautiful family with triplets and have been married for 16 years now.

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Riteish Deshmukh & Genelia D’Souza: 9 years

This lovely couple has been married since 2012 and they now have two kids together. Genelia is 9 years younger to Ritesh and the couple never seize to give us couple goals.

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Hugh Jackman and Deborra Lee-Furness: 13 years

The Wolverine actor and his wife Deborra have an age gap of 13 years with Hugh being younger to her and they have been married since 1996 with two amazing adopted kids.

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Sylvester Stallone and Jennifer Flavin: 22 years

This amazing couple has been married since 1997 with Stallone being 22 years elder to his wife. They have 3 beautiful daughters now and are happily married.

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Beyonce and Jay-Z : 12 years

This amazing couple got married in 2008 with Beyonce being 12 years younger to the star. They now have 3 beautiful kids and we love the duo.

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Michael Douglas and Catherine Zeta-Jones: 25 years

This couple has been married for more than two decades with Catherine being 25 years younger to Michael. They have two amazing kids and they sure give us major couple goals.


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