I have a two foot height gap with my boyfriend people stare but we are happy and dont care

A 3-foot-8 woman with dwarfism gets mistaken for her 5-foot-8 boyfriend’s little sister but says “I don’t care what others say.”Caitlin Hellyer, 23, has achondroplasia dwarfism — a bone growth disorder caused by a genetic mutation in the arms and legs.She says heads turn when she goes out with 5-foot-8 boyfriend Guy Pritchard, 33.Caitlin, from Forest of Dean, England, says the couple get stared at and laughed at — and people even question if their love is genuine.But Caitlin said their two-and-a-half year relationship is just like any other — and they even make jokes about their own differences.Caitlin, a glamour model, said: “When we met, we hit it off right away and it’s been like that ever since.“We do get stared at and people do take photos of us — I’ve been mistaken for a child before.“Sometimes people think I’m his younger sibling — I don’t know how, I’m a 23-year-old woman with boobs!“I hear people sniggering, and we get horrible comments online — people don’t understand it but we don’t care what others say.“Guy is a man of his word and he’s so genuine — I’m the happiest I’ve ever been.I feel safe and protected.“There can be genuine relationships with height or ability differences — being shallow only restricts you from finding true love.”Guy, a marine engineer, said: “I am a strong person and I’m very open about my love towards Caitlin and who she is.“We love each other and we don’t need to follow a set path to prove that to anyone.”The couple met in May 2022 after speaking online for weeks.They ended up “staying up until 3 a.m.

just chatting” and they hit it off.They moved in together just two months later.She said: “I pass him things on the low shelves of the pantry, and he gets things out of the high cupboards.“He has to lift me up because his Land Rover is too high for me to get into — we joke about it all the time.“When we got our dog we picked a miniature Dachshund — we ...