Birds of a feather flock together, as they say, yet we see more and more mismatched couples where you wonder what the two lovers see in each other.


And yet a mismatched couple has the best prerequisites for a fulfilling partnership.

What Kinds of Mismatched Couples Are There?


In the media we keep seeing couples who could hardly be more different? And it's not always "Beauty and the Beast" that dominates the headlines!

1. Old and young
When Heidi Klum dated the then Formula 1 boss Flavio Briatore, everyone found it perfectly normal, even though there was a 23-year age gap. Now Heidi is married to the much younger Tom Kaulitz. The two are 16 years apart.
Not only among celebrity couples is there more and more often a significant age gap that makes you assume the couple can't find common ground. Yet couples with a big age gap can benefit from each other very well. A seemingly mismatched couple that doesn't fit together well because of age can still feel true love.

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2. Unequal attractiveness
Brad Pitt and Angelina Jolie were the perfect Hollywood couple for many. Yet the two actors are quite different in character. It's not the outward appearance of two people that points to a good relationship; it's inner values that make perfect love.
We often see a mismatched couple in which one partner is more attractive than the other. Bond actor Pierce Brosnan often appears in the media because he is married to a partner who apparently doesn't fit the beauty ideals of the dream factory. Yet the couple has been happily married for almost 30 years without any scandals.
Since beauty is in the eye of the beholder, no conclusions can be drawn about a mismatched couple, because everyone has their attractive sides.

3. Love across social standing
Admittedly, today hardly anyone pays attention to the social standing of a potential spouse. Unless you come from the aristocracy. Prince Harry and his Meghan are a mismatched couple, if you're willing to believe the media reports. The British prince had to deal with a lot of criticism after it became known that he was dating an American actress. And one with dark skin on top of that. According to reports, some members of the British royal family were not at all pleased with the choice of the younger son of Prince Charles and Lady Di. A couple could hardly be more mismatched, the English tabloids declared. Even though the couple still has to deal with a lot of criticism, the two love each other and have crowned their bond with the birth of their little son Archie.

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Mismatched Couples?


Who belongs together and which couples don't is none of an outsider's business. Of course there are always couples who seemingly don't fit together, but the two partners have to sort that out between themselves and then commit to a relationship.