Credit: SWNS / Gretchen Dillon<br /><br />A woman says the 27-year age gap with her elderly husband makes him a 'better dad' due to his 'mature age' - despite strangers mistaking him for their baby's grandad. <br /><br />Gretchen Dillon, 36, had preferred to date women before she locked eyes on Michael Dillon, 63, in her local supermarket in October 2014. <br /> <br />Striking up a friendship, the pair soon realised their romantic feelings for each other and started dating in May 2015. <br /><br />Despite the almost three-decade age difference, Gretchen couldn't deny how she felt for Michael and the pair married in February 2018 and have now welcomed a son together - Shannon, six months. <br /><br />Gretchen, doesn't let people's judgment hold her back, despite people often thinking Michael is her dad and their son's grandad. <br />