When we see couples who seem physically mismatched — one tall, one short, one slender, one heavier, or simply strikingly different in appearance — we instinctively pause. They challenge our assumptions about attraction, those quiet expectations shaped by Hollywood, social media, and biology alike. For decades, psychologists have studied this phenomenon of “contrast couples” —…

When doctors told Charlie Worgan and Cullen Adams, an Australian couple living with different forms of dwarfism, that having children would be nearly impossible, they faced a heartbreaking choice. Medical experts warned that the chances of having healthy children were very slim, and that even if they conceived, survival wasn’t guaranteed. But Charlie and Cullen chose love over…