My own father says I have a father problem – he and my husband have the same name and age

A woman has been accused by her own father of having ‘daddy issues’ over the age gap in their romance.

Jessica Zirkelbach, 34, and Alan, 62, met 10 years ago. Jessica said she was attracted to his success early in their relationship.

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Speaking about their love affair on Real Jessica said: “People judge our relationship because he has the same name and age as my dad.

“I think my attraction to Alan grew over time in terms of physical attraction, but I was immediately attracted to everything else.

“His success, the way he carried himself, the way he was a host, the way he would immediately pursue me. He was a gentleman. He used to wear cowboy clothes boots and big cowboy buckles and cowboy hats.”

The couple met after a mutual friend invited Jessica to Alan’s for a party and started dating right away.

Alan added that they are often trolled by bystanders and people online who claim that “she could be your daughter.”

The couple now have a daughter together, but their relationship has not always been smooth.

Alan is the same age as Jessica’s father and they even have the same name.

When she introduced him to her father, he told her he thought his daughter had serious “daddy issues.”

But now he sees that the couple is happy together and a good match.

“People laugh when they hear that my dad is Alan and Alan is Alan. But my dad has always been Dad. And Alan is Alan,” Jessica explained.

Others aren’t so kind about their relationship. Alan explains that the couple were recently on a cruise when three women made a rude comment about how she might be his daughter.

Jessica added: “People’s doubts brought us together. When people made comments like, ‘That’ll never last,’ it just motivated us more to prove them wrong.

“We were checking into the hospital to have our daughter. And the woman at the front desk said more than once, like three times, and he’s your father?”

The clip they posted on their YouTube account has since gone viral and has already been viewed almost 9,000 times.

A-list age gap relationships that have stood the test of time

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2. Sam & Aaron Taylor-Johnson – 23 years old
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3. Rosie Huntington Whiteley & Jason Statham – 20 Years
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4. Catherine Zeta-Jones & Michael Douglas – 25 years
   The couple were introduced at a film festival in 1996 and got engaged three years later. Shortly after their engagement, the couple welcomed a son and married in 2000.

People were quick to share their thoughts on the romance in the comments.

Someone wrote: “Love is love. If they’re happy, that’s all that matters.”

Another commented: “Yes she has serious issues with her dad, and he has a trophy wife. Sorry I totally disagree, you guys need serious therapy.”

“I don’t see any problem with this. And I see that this man is still very handsome and smart,” wrote a third.

Meanwhile, a fourth said: “You look beautiful together and it’s so Nice that you are married and have a beautiful daughter.”

“Her father looks younger,” claimed a fifth.

Someone else added: ‘Attracted by his success’ and so she became a ‘successful woman’.

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