When Heidi Klum first got together with her husband Tom Kaulitz, she noticed that people weren't welcoming. "A lot of people were, you know, not giving us the positive vibes when we first started dating because I'm 16 years older than him," she shared SheKnows, adding that eventually, they learned how to shrug it off because, at the end of the day, they know how to make their relationship work. "But I feel like, there too, if it feels right when you close your door at home and you know what you have together, I think that is the most important thing."
It looks like they're on the right track, as Dr. Beverly Palmer explained to Good Housekeeping that age-gap relationships, or AGRs, can work if "the attraction is more than just passionate love or social exchange, and if there are other things that hold them together and not just initial passion or wanting to be young again." But Dr. Mike McNulty notes that couples in May-December relationships may find it much harder to maintain their bond, especially when they also have to deal with negative perception from their social circle. To form a long-lasting union, he suggests enlisting the help of couples therapy and workshops as well as building rapport with people in similar situations.
