A 5’10 heel-obsessed woman who towers over her short husband has spoken out about the cruel hate they receive from strangers, revealing they regularly mistake her spouse for their son due to their dramatic height difference.
Cassandra Gaspard, 29, and her partner, Westin, 32, who is 5’5, say they regularly encounter confused looks when they go outside.
Some even dare to ask Cassandra why she is with Westin, while making scathing comments about her husband’s height.
However, the couple insists that the attention and teasing have not interfered with their relationship.
In fact, if anything, it only served to strengthen him.
A five foot 10 inch woman who towers over her short husband has shared that trolls say she looks like their son – but they couldn’t be more in love.
Cassandra Gaspard, 29, and her partner, Westin, 32, are constantly stared at due to their height difference.
After meeting on Tinder in 2017, the couple quickly fell in love and tied the knot last month, without once paying attention to the comments they receive about their different sizes.
Cassandra says she really enjoys embracing her height, revealing that she even wore a pair of five-inch heels on their first date, having spent years feeling like the “oddball” because she was so much taller than other boys her age.
‘I grew taller than everyone. I was the oddball. I accepted when I was 20 that I couldn’t change. Now I mostly wear heels,” he explained.
As for Westin, he says his height has never been an obstacle in his love life, noting that he refuses to give in to the trolls who try to tear him down for it.
‘In real life, people don’t approach me. They approach my wife,” she shared.
‘They (say), “How can you be with him? He’s so low.”‘
He added that many people will comment on his height in a mocking way because they are trying to “be funny.”
‘People stare at us, it happens often. Trolls say I look like her bag or that I’m her son. They’re trying to be funny,” she continued.
Cassandra, who works in customer service, said: “It’s a bit strange that people look at the height difference and think we don’t deserve to be in a relationship.”
‘It’s not the norm: society believes six-foot tall men should be with shorter men. You love who you love.’
Cassandra is five inches taller than Westin, who is five feet five inches tall, and strangers ask her why she is with her husband.
But the New York-based couple couldn’t be happier after tying the knot last month and have never seen their height difference as a problem.
Westin added: ‘My height is what it is. I can’t stretch. I always carried myself with confidence.
“When I met my wife, I told her, ‘You’re tall and there’s nothing you can do about it.’
“And I’m small and there’s nothing I can do about it.”
‘We never cared. It’s a blessing. If there’s something on a shelf and I can’t get it, guess who I call? My wife.’
Despite their confidence, the couple had to adapt to the constant stares and comments.
Cassandra said: ‘I remember the first time someone said something.
‘These two or three older men were watching us. They said, “She’s too tall, he’s too short, I can’t believe it.”
Westin says he also gets comments asking if he has “short man syndrome.”
He said: “Someone said, ‘I hope he doesn’t have a bad temper.’
‘Short men have a bad reputation and think I have short man syndrome.
‘People could be losing a life partner because of all these preconceived notions.
“It’s nonsense, like women can’t be with a man shorter than her.” They want someone to admire them and protect them.
‘I’m a boxer. I can protect my wife. She has nothing to do with my height.
Cassandra added: ‘There are tall women married to short men. It’s not like, “Oh my God, I just found a rare coin.”
Westin said, “Love is love, no matter what.”
