00:00COMMS This is 5'7 Blake. He fell in love with 2'10 Cassie.
00:07CASSIE Every day I say his eyes are beautiful.
00:12COMMS The noticeable height difference between the couple has led to people judging their relationship.
00:18CASSIE Somebody had screenshot it from my page and posted it all over. Like, haha, is this Blake really dating a midget?
00:24COMMS But height isn't the only difference these two lovebirds face. A 13-year age gap has their closest family and friends worried.
00:32COMMS My main concern is him being able to take the relationship seriously. The age gap is a challenge, but so is your stature.
00:44CASSIE You hungry?
00:45BLAKE Yeah.
00:50CASSIE That should be good.
00:55CASSIE Thank you. Okay, um, cooking oil, please.
01:01CASSIE Hi, I'm Cassie, and I am 2'10", and this is Blake. He's...
01:07BLAKE 5'7".
01:08COMMS So how did you guys meet originally?
01:11CASSIE Facebook dating. He is, what, 13 years younger than I am?
01:15CASSIE I'm 32, he's 19. There should still be a few more minutes on it, though.
01:20CASSIE You don't want to flip them too early. Alright, I guess you're right.
01:27CASSIE I had to get to know him a little bit first because of the age thing, you know. It was scary.
01:32COMMS But Cassie soon realised this was something special, and Blake was in it for the long haul.
01:37CASSIE We were changing the radio stations and, like, a country song came on. I was like, oh, do you want me to change? He's like, no!
01:42CASSIE And he just starts busting out country. I'm like, what the hell? I just thought you listened to rap and stuff.
01:49CASSIE And then he just started singing this country song. I was like, okay, that's my heart. You just got my heart.
01:57CASSIE It just made me think, okay, he's got a softer side to him.
02:01COMMS Cassie was born with a rare condition called cartilage hair hypoplasia that affected her height.
02:07However, she didn't let this stop her from pursuing a successful career as an exotic dancer.
02:13CASSIE Blake supports me. You know, like, when I first started talking to him, I was out in Vegas, and Blake had asked me, oh, what are you doing out there?
02:20And I told him, I'm the world's smallest stripper. And Blake was like, oh, cool. That's fun.
02:25Blake doesn't seem to care. You know, he's like, I care about you for you.
02:29BLAKE I look at her, oh, she's the world's smallest stripper. I looked at her as a normal person you'd see on the streets.
02:35Having Blake's support for her career was important to Cassie, and their relationship has grown because of it.
02:41So much so that they decided to live together one month into their relationship.
02:46But despite their happiness together, judgement soon followed.
02:52CASSIE Like, haha, is Blake really dating a midget?
02:55BLAKE Oh my gosh, is that your mom?
02:57CASSIE A lot of the time, you know, people that are attracted to little people can just be attracted to them because they find them beautiful.
03:04They like their personality.
03:06BLAKE She's a kind-hearted person, and I love her very much.
03:10And she makes me happy. She smiles, we laugh together.
03:16I'm trying to find a relationship and settle it down. I'm not trying to play around.
03:22CASSIE Can't hold the tears today.
03:25Their loved ones were also worried about their relationship.
03:29CASSIE Faith is my best friend, and I've known her since I was 19 years old.
03:34CASSIE Hi beautiful!
03:36BLAKE How are you?
03:38CASSIE Good, good. I miss you.
03:40BLAKE I miss you too. How are you and Blake doing today?
03:45CASSIE We are doing good. What did you think about when I first told you that I was dating a 19 year old?
03:50BLAKE I was terrified. I don't want him to get bored.
03:54I just know what it was like to be 19 once.
03:58Not only is the age gap a challenge, but so is your stature.
04:02You know, I want to see you settle down. I'm just worried.
04:05I'm scared that you two will make an action that will make you crash and burn.
04:09And I don't want to see that.
04:13I believe that never happens.
04:15CASSIE Well, I love you, and thank you for another awesome chat like we always have.
04:19BLAKE Well, I love you so much, and hopefully I hear from you again tonight.
04:26CASSIE Hey babe.
04:27BLAKE Hi. How'd the call go?
04:29CASSIE I'll tell you my secrets when I talk about you and Faith.
04:32BLAKE You should tell me.
04:34CASSIE No, I'm kidding. It was good.
04:36BLAKE It was good?
04:37CASSIE She doesn't hate you.
04:39BLAKE Oh, I thought she did.
04:40CASSIE No, but she has her concerns because of your age,
04:43and about us taking things too fast in the beginning, and getting a place together,
04:47and getting a car, and having all these financial assets that are big.
04:53Faith's support means the world to me.
04:56It'll take more time than five months for her to really see that this is going to last.
05:01Don't judge a book by its cover.
05:03He just totally surprised me.
05:05Like I've told Nas, you surprise me every day with something new that you do.
05:08I just think age is just a number.
05:10If you really do care about someone, you do want to get to know somebody,
05:14you just live in the moment and be happy.
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