Relationships
Romances with drastic age gaps get a bad rap, but they can work out. Here's how.
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We see it all the time in Hollywood: George Clooney and Amal have a 17-year-age gap; Michael Douglas and Catherine Zeta-Jones are 25 years apart, and Holland Taylor and Sarah Paulson have a gap of 32 years.
While these relationships are often judged, some couples with drastic age differences find long-lasting happiness. Relationship expert and author of "He's Just Not Your Type" Andrea Syrtash understands why. May-December romances, as they are often called, can find success, she says, as long as they have healthy foundations.
"If a couple shares common values it can definitely work whether or not they are the same age," Syrtash says.
There's a stigma around May-December romances. Why?