I am married to a man 26 years older than me, people mistake me for his daughter.

A woman who is 26 years younger than her partner has revealed the cruel comments they receive about their relationship and how some mistake her husband for her father.

Allison, now 45, and Ben Hornsby, now 71, met in 1998 when the then-USPS worker delivered mail to the pawn shop where she worked.

The couple, from Florida, now have five children, including triplets and twins.

Despite the family and love they share, they continue to be judged by strangers.

The couple have five children together, including triplets and twins.

Their families supported them, but their friends did not.

Allison gave birth to triplets Benjamin, Noah and Ethan in 2003 at the age of 26, and Ben became a father at 52.

Three years later, she had twins Mia and Jude, who are now 16 years old.

“Ben retired in 2010, which has allowed him to be around and available to help raise our family,” Allison said.

‘During the time he worked as a postman, he would eat his lunch at our house and change diapers, or help me with the children.’

Ben added: ‘Our biggest challenge has been raising our five children.

‘Having triplets and twins is a lot of work.

“Raising five children together has been overwhelming, but we do it together.”

Allison said the children’s teachers assumed Ben was their grandfather.

Ben said: ‘Our biggest challenge has been raising our five children. Raising five children together has been overwhelming, but we do it together’

“People in public have wrongly assumed that I am Ben’s daughter,” Allison, a content creator, told NeedToKnow.co.uk.

Although many people have opposed their relationship, the couple says their respective families are very tolerant and supportive, approving of their love from the start.

“Ben’s family was very accepting of me, they were happy to see him happy,” Allison said.

“My sister was only 13 when she met Ben, but she always approved of our relationship and supported us.”

Despite the support of the family, they affirm that some friends and colleagues did not share this happy opinion.

“Some of our friends had different reactions, they were surprised by the age difference,” Allison said.

“We knew that other people might not accept our relationship, but we felt such a natural connection – we didn’t want to be apart.”

Some reportedly mocked Ben for bagging a younger woman and telling her the relationship wouldn’t last.

“If you really love each other, don’t let outside noise stop you from exploring your relationship,” Allison argued.

‘We have received some abusive comments on our Instagram post[s].’

Allison frequently receives messages from men offering to be her ‘sugar daddy’ or ‘escort’, which she, of course, declines.

Allison frequently receives messages from men offering to be her ‘sugar daddy’ or ‘escort’, which she, of course, declines.

“We get inappropriate messages, mostly from men, with older men offering to be my sugar daddy,” she said.

‘Younger men offer me to be a secondary piece.

“Obviously this is offensive, we have a very healthy marriage.” Allison said, adding: “We were both consenting adults, so we didn’t see a problem with our age difference.

“We share small parts of our lives on our Instagram account to show the beauty of a strong marriage.

“I feel like people assume that age-gap relationships are superficial and that we can’t be truly happy.”

Although a 26-year age gap might seem like a huge range, there is also a couple who share a 53-year age gap relationship and proudly display it on TikTok.