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James Lusted walked into a restaurant for a romantic meal with his fiancee he expected to be handed a menu.
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didn’t think the waitress would also try to give him a children’s colouring book and some crayons.
Unfortunately the well-meaning Harvester employee had mistaken him for a child – because while 26-year-old Mr Lusted, who has dwarfism, is just 3ft 7in tall, his 20-year-old fiancee Chloe Roberts towers over him at 5ft 7in.
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only when the waitress heard Mr Lusted’s deep voice that she realised her mistake.
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she was covered in embarrassment, her gaffe was the highlight of the night for the couple who have been laughing about it ever since.
Mr Lusted said: ‘As I said thank you to the waitress for the menu she heard my voice and knew I wasn’t a child.
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immediately put the colouring book behind her back in shock. But I am man enough to see the funny side – I would never take offence.’
He and Miss Roberts did not complain to the Harvester
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and will visit again with no hard feelings.
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couple realise they make an unusual sight when they are out together in Cardiff, where she is a third-year education student.
But they say their mis-matched heights make no difference to them and they are getting married in the summer of 2016.
Mr Lusted, of Colwyn Bay, North Wale
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‘Life has not been easy – when I was young I had a lot of surgery and went through a time of being bullied in school.
‘I have often thought from an early age, who would want to marry me, a dwarf? But then I met Chloe and everything just fell into place.’
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rare genetic condition called diastrophic dysplasia caused Mr Lusted’s dwarfism. Both his parents are of average height.
He works as a TV presenter, actor and motivational speaker. He also competed in the World Dwarf Games twice and played badminton at a national level.
Miss Roberts
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said: ‘All little girls dream about having their tall, dark and handsome Prince Charming. Never in my life did I think I’d date someone like James.
‘People sometimes get a bit confused when they see us for the first time but we always laugh it off. I felt a bit sorry for the waitress – she felt very uncomfortable.’
She added that she didn’t hesitate when Mr Lusted got down on one knee to propose. ‘There may be a two-foot height difference between us but when you are in love little things like that don’t matter,’
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A spokesman for Harvester said: ‘We can’t apologise enough to James and Chloe, and are happy they have taken the error in good faith.’
