Tuesday, January 5, 2010

Different Age Gap?

Is marrying a girl elder to you against your religion?? Or beliefs?? Or will your parents object it??

It was a belief that a man should marry a woman who is younger to him. In olden days, people used to follow a rule that the girl should be 10 - 15 years younger for a guy to marry her. And slowly the age gap reduced.

Now, we can see many situations where guys are marrying girls who are elder to them. Is that right? Lets take an example, Sachin Ramesh Tendulkar who is an Indian Cricketer widely regarded as one of the greatest batsman in the history of cricket. He was born on 24th April 1973 (aged 37) married his wife Anjali in 1995 which is born on 10th November 1967 (aged 43). They were gifted with 2 sons, Sara & Arjun.

What do you have to say for a 6 years age gap? Does that make them weird or unloving??

How about our famous theoretical physicist who is widely regarded as one of the most influential scientists of all time and the greatest physicists ever, Albert Einstein. He was born on 14th March 1879 (aged 24) married his wife Mileva Maric which was born on 19th December 1875 (aged 28). It was his first marriage though. She was Albert Einstein's fellow student and was one of the first woman who study mathematics and physics in Europe and later became his first wife. They had a daughter Lieserl Einstein which was born a year earlier before their marriage. In 1904, he had a son, Hans Albert Einstein and on 1910 another son named Eduard Einstein. In his second marriage, he married Elsa Einstein which was born on 18th January 1876 (aged 43) and Albert Einstein (aged 40). It was his first cousin.
Is it convincing enough. They were all happy too. They are all famous people around the world with their wifes.

How about Mohandas Karamchan Gandhi or known as Mahathma Gandhi? He was born on 2nd October 1869 (aged 14) arranged child marriage with his wife Kasturba Gandhi (aged 14) in 1883. The difference was the month where Mahathma Gandhi was born on 2nd October while Kasturba Gandhi was born on 11th April. A 6 months difference. They then had 4 sons, the 1st one was in the year 1888, named Harilal Gandhi, Manilal Gandhi, Ramdas Gandhi and finally Devdas Gandhi.

Any change of perception towards age gap now?? Guess so. Well if you guys observe, as I was going through the Indian history books, I caught hold of cases were like this. In Ramayana (an ancient Sanskrit Epic), Sita is elder than Rama. Draupadi is elder to some of her husbands and why go so far, Radha is elder to Krishna. If gods are truly correct in their paths, why are we wrong?? Why humans have to treat it as a mistake?

Scientifically there are reasons and theories for this to happen. I'm not judging or putting anyone down but women are sharp in actions and thoughts rather compared to men. Hence to make wife equal to husband, people started maintaining a gap in age. But this doesn't mean that men are dumb or any other reasons compared to women. To me, I treat men and women equally. Why do we have to say or conclude that men are higher a level compared to women?? They are both human beings, not god right? Treat them equally.

How about Hollywood then?

Ashton Kutcher born on 7th February 1978 (aged 32) & Demi Moore born on 11th November 1962 (aged 48) a crushing 16 years of gap. "The younger man is attracted to the older woman most likely because of her poise, her social graces. She has a polish he hasn't yet acquired" says Dr. Joyce Brothers of the younger man-older woman dynamic.
link: Ashton Kutcher  ; Demi Moore

Guy Ritchie born on 10th September 1968 (aged 41) & Madonna born on 16th August 1958 (aged 51) didn't have a problem in their 10 year age gap. They are still a great loving couple.
link: Guy Ritchie  ; Madonna

Tim Robbins born on 16th October 1958 (aged 51) & Susan Sarandon born on 4th October 1946 (aged 64) with a difference of 13 years of age gap.
link: Tim Robbins  ; Susan Sarandon

Lance Armstrong born on 18th September 1971 (aged 39) & Sheryl Crow born on 11th February 1962 (aged 48). A 9 year difference didn't separate them.
link: Lance Armstrong  ; Sheryl Crow

Justin Timberlake born on 31st January 1981 (aged 29) & Cameron Diaz born on 30th August 1972 (aged 38) with a 9 year gap. There were rumors that they had broke up in 2007.
link: Justin Timberlake  ; Cameron Diaz 

Age definitely isn't a matter. The most important thing in a relationship is mutual trust & most about being honest deep down from your heart. Love your partner & your relationship will turn perfect.

I'm sharing with you guys. Me and my fiancee are 2 years difference. She's older than me but that doesn't stop me from loving her. Never put age as a boundary in basically everything you do or say. I love her more than my life & we are happy with our relationship.

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