Does age hold any significance in a relationship?

Does age hold any significance in a relationship?

The marriage of Bollywood star Shahid Kapoor with Mira Rajput has remained a matter of talks in last one month. One of the reasons behind the added hype was the age difference between Mira and Shahid. While Mira is still in her early twenties, Shahid is 34 years old. It is not the first time the public is seeing such a huge age gap between famous couples. However, the matter of debate here is “Does age hold any significance in a relationship?”

Yes

- No one should forget the case of Saif Ali Khan and Amrita Singh who ended their marriage in a divorce. Saif who was twelve years younger to Amrita was in the arrangement for some thirteen years and then decided to move out of the relationship.

- Age largely matters when a girl is elder than boy in a relationship. No matter what, it is a brutal fact that looks and physical attraction remains a primary factor in any relationship. The example of celebrity couples like Dilip Kumar-Saira Banu justifies the point.

- It is a fast moving world where everything changes in a fraction of second. Therefore, expecting a long-living relationship between two people with major age difference is next to impossible.

- The couples who have considerable age gap often become a target of judgment from other people. This external pressure tends to create problem between them.

- The difference in age can have a negative impact ones emotional as well as physical life. It results in problems and eventually the relationship ends at a sad note.

- The level of energy does change with age. The older partner often finds it difficult to match with the energy level of the younger partner, when the age difference is large.

No

- Age is not a significant factor in a relationship. It all depends upon the common interests and adjustment level of a couple. If the couples really want, they can always have a successful relationship.

- Forget about the age, and consider all other cases where the relationships don’t work. In fact, nowadays the relationship in which there is no age difference tends to break soon.

- The successful marriage of Sachin Tendulkar and Anjali Tendulkar suggests that if the feelings are honest and true, then age doesn’t matters in a relationship. Zarina Wahab and Aditya Pancholi also fall in the same list.

- Mark Twain has stated that age is nothing but an issue of mind over matter. If couples don’t mind, then age doesn’t matter.

- It is just the society that makes a mountain out of a molehill. It is this negative stigma related to age differences that actually results into problem. The couple on the same maturity level does not allow age factor cloud their decision.

Conclusion

Had age been the dominant factor, then a number of marriages having the right age ratio would have survived the tough times. However, it was not the case. It is evident that age, outer appearance etc. are the secondary factors. What really matters is the mutual understanding between the couples. If they are there with each other through thick and thin, a relationship survives, otherwise there is no limit of sad endings.