Age is just a number

People often mistake my husband for my dad mdash but we laugh it offrdquo said Gretchen Dillon 36 who met Michael Dillon 63 after continuously bumping into him at the local supermarket and befriending himDillon had just moved to Syracuse NY from Pennsylvania and was happy to have made a friend Michael who is two years older than Gretchenrsquos mom helped her find her footing in the new city offering her a free room and a job running his Airbnb As the friendship blossomed the two quickly realised that their feelings for one another were becoming romantic and eventually started datingldquoI was upset when Michael and I first slept together because in my head I didnrsquot think I wanted to be with an older manrdquo Dillon a market research analyst said ldquoI took some time to come to terms with it now Irsquom happier than everrdquo The pair said that their friends were initially ldquoshockedrdquo by the 27year age gap but soon jumped on boardldquoMy friend tried to stop me from marrying him because she kept saying I was going to be a widow as hersquos nearly 30 years older than me but I loved him and didnrsquot carerdquo Dillon said ldquoThe age difference is tremendously helpful in the success of our relationshiprdquo Michael said Irsquom a lot more stable and mature than I was in my 30srdquo The couple did have some issues but they werenrsquot due to Michaelrsquos ageOn Thanksgiving 2017 Michael got down on one knee in front of his whole family and proposed to Dillon with a diamond ring The Dillons shared that their friends and family have come around and support their relationship after seeing them together The newlyweds decided they wanted to start a family together and three years later Gretchen learnt that she was pregnantldquoMichael couldnrsquot wait to be a father againrdquo she recounted Michael doesnrsquot mind that people confuse him for being his daughterrsquos grandfather ldquoPeople think Irsquom Shannonrsquos grandad all the time but I just laugh it offrdquo Michael said ldquoI think his age makes him a better fatherrdquo she saidHair there everywhereThe incurable ldquowerewolf syndromerdquo has literally taken over this teenrsquos body and life but he chooses happiness over it allAn Indian teen is opening up about being bullied his entire life due to a rare condition that caused him to sprout ldquowerewolfrdquo fur all over his body ldquoWhen I was young I had people throw stones at merdquo said Lalit Patidar 17 ldquoKids were worried I would come back to bite them like an animalrdquo Patidar who lives in Nandleta in Madhya Pradesh suffers from hypertrichosis which the National Library of Medicine defines as ldquoexcessive hair growth anywhere on the bodyrdquoPatidar says he wonrsquot let his condition prevent him from following his dreamsThe ailment which is also known as ldquowerewolf syndromerdquo is extremely rare with fewer than 100 recorded cases since the middle ages Patidar has reportedly been suffering from the condition his ldquowhole liferdquo mdash but didnrsquot really notice anything was awry until adolescence There are two distinct types of the ailment generalised hypertrichosis which occurs over the entire body and the localized version which is restricted to a specific region of the body Hypertrichosis can be either present at birth or crop up in adulthoodldquoMy parents say the doctor shaved me at birth but I didnrsquot really notice anything was different about me until I was around 6 or 7 years oldrdquo the high school senior explained ldquoThatrsquos when I first took notice that the hair was growing all over my body like no one else I knewrdquo As time passed Patidar increasingly became aware of the fact that he was different from the other kids ldquoAs I grew up I realised that my whole body had hair and that was not like everyone elserdquo said the teen who soon became the target of bullying due to his unusual appearanceldquoMy schoolmates used to tease me they would shout lsquomonkey monkeyrsquo at merdquo Patidar lamented ldquoPeople also tease me by calling me a ghost they think I am a mythical beingrdquoYou will love spicy food after thisIf you tend to reach for spicier foods chances are you lead a spicier life suggests a new survey of 2000 American adults which sought to reveal if there are any personality correlations between people who are spicy food enthusiasts Spicy food eaters are more likely to enjoy trying new things 76 per cent consider themselves attractive 62 per cent and are more content with their livesIn your face cheaterSingersongwriter Izza 25 plastered her face on billboards all across Los Angeles including one strategically placed outside her exrsquos house to get revenge on the twotimer ldquoMy ex cheated on me so I got a billboard with my face on it in front of his apartment so he and his new girl can see me every dayrdquo she wrote in a TikTok videoA gift from the beyondInfluencer Jen Hamilton was shocked when she received a package from her grandmother in the mailmdash who had been dead for two years She shared a video of herself cutting open the gift on TikTok and the clip has since gone viral with almost six million views The bundle contained a photograph of her grandmother and grandfather as well as a money order for 250 There was ldquono letter no context no nothingrdquoKiss of misfortuneThe groom Ian Young has gone viral after he exposed his new bridersquos ldquoshockingrdquo act during his wedding speech He decided to surprise his new wife Katie by sharing the brutally honest story about how the newlyweds met while he made his wedding toast Young stated that they met at the cricket club but shortly after their first kiss the night took a turn When Young returned to give her the drink he found Katie kissing another guy The video has since amassed over 16 million views since it was shared on Sunday leaving many gobsmacked