Pearl Carter, 72, says she has never been happier after beginning an incestuous relationship with her 26-year-old grandchild Phil Bailey.
The pensioner, from Indiana, US, is using her pension to pay a surrogate mother so they can have a child, reports New Zealand's New Idea magazine.
She said: "I'm not interested in anyone else's opinion. I am in love with Phil and he's in love with me.
"Soon I'll be holding my son or daughter in my arms and Phil will be the proud dad."
Her lover is the son of Pearl's daughter Lynette Bailey - who she put up for adoption when she was 18-years-old.
When his mother passed away, Phil tracked down his long lost grandmother and they quickly fell in love.
Pearl told New Idea magazine: "From the first moment that I saw him, I knew we would never have a grandmother-grandson relationship.
"For the first time in years I felt sexually alive."
It was during their second week together, after dinner and wine, that Pearl made her move.
"I called Phil into my bedroom, sat him on the bed, and then I leant over and kissed him," she added.
"I expected rejection but instead he kissed me back."
Phil revealed: "I wanted to kiss her there and then. My feelings were overwhelming.
"I love Pearl with all my heart. I've always been attracted to older women and I think Pearl is gorgeous. Now I'm going to be a dad and I can't wait.
"Yes, we get laughed at and bullied when we go out and kiss in public but we don't care. You can't help who you fall for."
The pair paid $54,000 (£35,000) to find a surrogate mother and buy a donor egg to inseminate with Phil's sperm.
They placed an advert asking for an open-minded surrogate, and Roxanne Campbell applied.
"Initially I was shocked," says Roxanne, 30. "But they're a brilliant pair and I saw how much they loved each other. I know the baby will be loved too."
Pearl said: "I am finally going to be a mum and not forced to give up my child. Phil's going to be a great dad.
"I never in a million years thought at 72 I'd be 'pregnant' and in love with my grandson.
"I make no apologies and I believe God's given me a second chance."
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OMG...A grandmother has shocked her friends and family after revealing she is having a baby with her own grandson.
Why daughters aged 14 are the most difficult children to handle.
Parents who think the 'terrible twos' are bad are in for a nasty shock a few years later.
According to mothers and fathers of older children, their offspring's early teenage years are a far more difficult age to cope with.
In fact, the most difficult to handle of all are daughters of 14, a survey revealed yesterday.
Their desperate desire to grow up fast - entailing demands for greater freedom, peer pressure to be thin and the dangers of experimenting with alcohol - has put millions of teenage girls on a collision course with their mothers and fathers.
In boys, parents pinpointed the age of 15 as the toughest time, as their sons battled bad skin during puberty while refusing to speak to anyone or get on with their studies.
More than two thirds of parents with both sons and daughters described teenage girls as the hardest to raise, according to a survey of 2,000 mothers and fathers to children aged over 18.
'New parents live in dread of the "terrible twos",' said Kathryn Crawford of TheBabyWebsite.com, which carried out the survey.
'But parents of teenagers will tell them that the worst is yet to come.
Many toddler traits surface again when children become teenagers, but often become even more difficult to deal with.
But daughters are the biggest problem because they tended to 'turn into a woman overnight' after their 14th birthday, parents said. After that date, they would succumb to peer pressure, often dabbling with drink, worrying about their weight and fiercely defending their privacy, it was said. More than half would throw tantrums.
Girls were more preoccupied with getting a boyfriend, buying make-up and going out with friends than working hard at school, parents claimed. They were also more likely to complain about pocket money.
Nine out of ten parents believed girls mature more quickly than boys.
Seven out of ten said 15-year- old sons would become frustrated when not understood and 67 per would lock themselves in their room to avoid talking to their parents.
While parents lamented such behaviour, two thirds acknowledged much of it was down to hormones.
Mrs Crawford added: 'We have to remember that as well as being the worst age for the parents, the teenage years are also the most difficult for the children themselves.
'Teenagers genuinely can't help being surly and moody. They are often confused and scared by their hormone- driven mood swings.
'Add peer pressure to the raging hormones and it's hardly surprising that teenagers throw the odd "strop". As a parent, all you can do is count to ten as often as it takes and just be there for them.'
While girls were voted the hardest to bring up during adolescence, boys were most difficult to handle during the early years, the survey concluded.
According to mothers and fathers of older children, their offspring's early teenage years are a far more difficult age to cope with.
In fact, the most difficult to handle of all are daughters of 14, a survey revealed yesterday.
Their desperate desire to grow up fast - entailing demands for greater freedom, peer pressure to be thin and the dangers of experimenting with alcohol - has put millions of teenage girls on a collision course with their mothers and fathers.
In boys, parents pinpointed the age of 15 as the toughest time, as their sons battled bad skin during puberty while refusing to speak to anyone or get on with their studies.
More than two thirds of parents with both sons and daughters described teenage girls as the hardest to raise, according to a survey of 2,000 mothers and fathers to children aged over 18.
'New parents live in dread of the "terrible twos",' said Kathryn Crawford of TheBabyWebsite.com, which carried out the survey.
'But parents of teenagers will tell them that the worst is yet to come.
Many toddler traits surface again when children become teenagers, but often become even more difficult to deal with.
But daughters are the biggest problem because they tended to 'turn into a woman overnight' after their 14th birthday, parents said. After that date, they would succumb to peer pressure, often dabbling with drink, worrying about their weight and fiercely defending their privacy, it was said. More than half would throw tantrums.
Girls were more preoccupied with getting a boyfriend, buying make-up and going out with friends than working hard at school, parents claimed. They were also more likely to complain about pocket money.
Nine out of ten parents believed girls mature more quickly than boys.
Seven out of ten said 15-year- old sons would become frustrated when not understood and 67 per would lock themselves in their room to avoid talking to their parents.
While parents lamented such behaviour, two thirds acknowledged much of it was down to hormones.
Mrs Crawford added: 'We have to remember that as well as being the worst age for the parents, the teenage years are also the most difficult for the children themselves.
'Teenagers genuinely can't help being surly and moody. They are often confused and scared by their hormone- driven mood swings.
'Add peer pressure to the raging hormones and it's hardly surprising that teenagers throw the odd "strop". As a parent, all you can do is count to ten as often as it takes and just be there for them.'
While girls were voted the hardest to bring up during adolescence, boys were most difficult to handle during the early years, the survey concluded.
Teenager breaks his neck in car crash.. then claims he was saved by his new 'guardian angel' tattoo
Luke Fisher, 18, lies in a hospital bed after breaking his neck in three places.
A teenager who broke his neck in a horrific car crash believes his life was saved by the 'guardian angel' tattoo he got just two days earlier.
Luke Fisher, 18, had the image tattooed on to his torso just 48 hours before his car slammed head-on into a tree, shattering his neck in three places.
Doctors feared he may never walk again and told the teenager he was lucky to be alive.
But Luke, whose tattoo includes the fitting words 'Only the strong survive', defied the odds and looks set to make a full recovery.
The teenager, from Droitwich in Worcestershire, was driving his car late on March 25, when it swerved and crashed head-first into a tree, flattening the front of the vehicle.
Despite his injuries, he was able to leave Coventry's University Hospital just four days.
'Only the strong survive': Luke credits the tattoo, which sweeps across his chest and back, with saving his life .
Now Luke, who ironically fixes written-off cars for a living, now has to wear a halo neck brace for at least three months and will need about 18 months of physiotherapy.
After that he plans to join the Army.
The tattoo, which took a total of 16 hours to complete, was created by Gods of Ink in Barbourne, Worcestershire.
It starts on Luke's right hip and goes up his body with one of the angel's wings covering his chest, and the other going across his back as if it is embracing him.
Luke said: 'I was meant to be joining the Army, so I had it done before I went. I also do a lot of dangerous sports, so it just seemed like a good thing to have.
'I think it definitely helped me in this case - it is quite a coincidence.
'I juts hope it will continue to look over me. I'm having another tattoo on my leg next.'
Nick Fletcher, who completed the tattoo, said he had no idea about the accident until about a week later, when Luke went back to his studio.
He said: 'I was amazed when Luke came in and told me about the accident.
'I had no idea anything had happened.
'It was quite spooky really. His friends have now said they want the same thing done because it obviously works, but I've said I'll make the design slightly different.
'It was definitely a lucky charm - it would have killed most men.
After that he plans to join the Army.
The tattoo, which took a total of 16 hours to complete, was created by Gods of Ink in Barbourne, Worcestershire.
It starts on Luke's right hip and goes up his body with one of the angel's wings covering his chest, and the other going across his back as if it is embracing him.
Luke said: 'I was meant to be joining the Army, so I had it done before I went. I also do a lot of dangerous sports, so it just seemed like a good thing to have.
'I think it definitely helped me in this case - it is quite a coincidence.
'I juts hope it will continue to look over me. I'm having another tattoo on my leg next.'
Nick Fletcher, who completed the tattoo, said he had no idea about the accident until about a week later, when Luke went back to his studio.
He said: 'I was amazed when Luke came in and told me about the accident.
'I had no idea anything had happened.
'It was quite spooky really. His friends have now said they want the same thing done because it obviously works, but I've said I'll make the design slightly different.
'It was definitely a lucky charm - it would have killed most men.
Girl, 14, accused of murdering 'sex attacker' days after charges against him were dropped
A girl of 14 has been charged over the suspected 'vigilante' murder of a man she had accused of a sex assault.
Robert Daley, 45, was stabbed to death just days after the Crown Prosecution Service ruled there was insufficient evidence to charge him over an alleged attack on the teenager.
Neighbours found him sprawled in a pool of blood in the doorway of his flat in south London on Friday evening.
He was able to give his first name to police and paramedics, but died minutes later.
Police arrested an 18-year-old man over the murder on Saturday before detaining the 14-year-old girl late on Sunday. She was still being held last night.
Sources confirmed that the female suspect is the same girl who had previously accused Daley of raping her.
Her allegations prompted an investigation by a Metropolitan Police child protection team but the CPS, which examined an evidence file, concluded there was insufficient evidence to charge him over the alleged attack.
The decision is said to have infuriated the girl, who insisted she was telling the truth and wanted him to face court.
Last night a neighbour of the victim described the horrifying moment when he saw Daley close to death.
Barry Boreland, who lived next door in the block of flats in Brixton, South London, said: 'The door was open and I saw lying on his back in the landing, his head furthest from the door.
'His legs were flopped out and there was blood everywhere. He was still conscious and managed to tell the police his first name.
'His girlfriend was there and gave his surname. It was a shocking sight and very upsetting.
'He was a decent neighbour who had never caused us any problems.'
Other friends were astonished to discover that he had been accused of rape.
Mr Daley, who is believed to have a daughter from a previous relationship, had worked as builder and plasterer, but had not been employed for several years because he suffered from epilepsy.
Nicholas Walker, who had known him for ten years from the popular Duke of Edinburgh pub near his home, described him as a 'gentle giant.'
He said: 'Robert was a quiet, polite man. He is the last person I would ever thought that something like this would happen to.
'He never caused trouble. I saw him riding his mountain bike near his home a couple of hours before his death and he didn't look like he had a care in the world. It is all a terrible shock.'
Another friend, David Eden, 55, said: 'He was a bit of a ladies man. He and a friend would go to nightclubs together and fancied themselves a bit with women.
'But there was nothing malicious or nasty about him. He was very genuine and good natured. I can't believe there was anything in the allegations. It wasn't like him at all.'
The CPS confirmed that Mr Daley was investigated over rape allegations but a decision not to prosecute him because of insufficient evidence was made on April 13.
A post-mortem examination held on Saturday (24 April) gave cause of death as resulting from stab wounds to the chest.
Scotland Yard confirmed a teenage girl had been arrested in connection with the attack.
An 18-year-old man who was initially arrested in connection with the death has bailed to return in May.
Robert Daley, 45, was stabbed to death just days after the Crown Prosecution Service ruled there was insufficient evidence to charge him over an alleged attack on the teenager.
Neighbours found him sprawled in a pool of blood in the doorway of his flat in south London on Friday evening.
He was able to give his first name to police and paramedics, but died minutes later.
Police arrested an 18-year-old man over the murder on Saturday before detaining the 14-year-old girl late on Sunday. She was still being held last night.
Sources confirmed that the female suspect is the same girl who had previously accused Daley of raping her.
Her allegations prompted an investigation by a Metropolitan Police child protection team but the CPS, which examined an evidence file, concluded there was insufficient evidence to charge him over the alleged attack.
The decision is said to have infuriated the girl, who insisted she was telling the truth and wanted him to face court.
Last night a neighbour of the victim described the horrifying moment when he saw Daley close to death.
Barry Boreland, who lived next door in the block of flats in Brixton, South London, said: 'The door was open and I saw lying on his back in the landing, his head furthest from the door.
'His legs were flopped out and there was blood everywhere. He was still conscious and managed to tell the police his first name.
'His girlfriend was there and gave his surname. It was a shocking sight and very upsetting.
'He was a decent neighbour who had never caused us any problems.'
Other friends were astonished to discover that he had been accused of rape.
Mr Daley, who is believed to have a daughter from a previous relationship, had worked as builder and plasterer, but had not been employed for several years because he suffered from epilepsy.
Nicholas Walker, who had known him for ten years from the popular Duke of Edinburgh pub near his home, described him as a 'gentle giant.'
He said: 'Robert was a quiet, polite man. He is the last person I would ever thought that something like this would happen to.
'He never caused trouble. I saw him riding his mountain bike near his home a couple of hours before his death and he didn't look like he had a care in the world. It is all a terrible shock.'
Another friend, David Eden, 55, said: 'He was a bit of a ladies man. He and a friend would go to nightclubs together and fancied themselves a bit with women.
'But there was nothing malicious or nasty about him. He was very genuine and good natured. I can't believe there was anything in the allegations. It wasn't like him at all.'
The CPS confirmed that Mr Daley was investigated over rape allegations but a decision not to prosecute him because of insufficient evidence was made on April 13.
A post-mortem examination held on Saturday (24 April) gave cause of death as resulting from stab wounds to the chest.
Scotland Yard confirmed a teenage girl had been arrested in connection with the attack.
An 18-year-old man who was initially arrested in connection with the death has bailed to return in May.
Swedish royal wedding called off after Bournemouth student says 'I had a one-night stand with groom'
Princess Madeleine and former fiancé Jonas Bergstrom. The Swedish royal palace has announced the end of their engagement.
A Swedish royal wedding has been called off after a Bournemouth student claimed she had a fling with a princess's fiance.
Jonas Bergstrom had been engaged to Princess Madeleine of Sweden, 27, after a romance spanning eight years.
But the 31-year-old prince-to-be is alleged to have cheated on her with Tora Uppstrom Berg, a 21-year-old photography student at Arts University College, during a ski trip with friends.
Bournemouth student Tora Uppstrom Berg claims she had a one-night stand with Jonas Bergstrom while he was engaged to Princess Madeleine of Sweden
After Ms Uppstrom Berg, who was a Norwegian handball star before coming to the UK, told of the alleged fling to a magazine, the royal palace in Stockholm announced the engagement was over.
She claims the encounter took place at an exclusive Swedish ski resort where they met in a nightclub.
'I had an affair with Madeleine’s fiancĂ©,' Miss Uppstrom Berg told Norwegian gossip magazine Se Og Hor.
'We were intimate. He followed me home in a taxi at four o’clock in the morning.'
She claims not to have known who her lover was.
'Had I known, I would never do anything like this. I feel sorry for Madeleine for having an unfaithful man,' she says.
The dramatic end to one of Europe's most glamorous royal romances is the latest scandal to shake the Swedish monarchy.
Madeleine’s brother Prince Carl Philip is dating a topless reality TV show model.
The country is preparing for the wedding of Madeleine’s older sister Crown Princess Victoria to the owner of a gym in June.
Princess Madeleine is said to have fled to New York for 'peace and quiet' to recover from the shock of her fiance’s apparent betrayal.
The royal, who is third in line to the throne after her sister and brother, shared an apartment in Stockholm with Bergstrom.
He proposed to her on the island of Capri last August. Due to the Swedish constitution the government would have had to refer to Mr Bergstrom as a prince after the wedding.
No date had been set for the service but it was widely expected to be announced in the summer.
For three days after the scandal broke the palace refused to acknowledge the couple had any problems. But on Saturday Madeleine took off her engagement ring, boarded a flight for the U.S. and a statement confirmed they had split.
Princess Madeleine (far right) with the Swedish Royal Family, (left to right) Prince Carl Philip, Crown Princess Victoria, Queen Silvia and King Carl XVI Gustaf
'They have decided that the best for them is to go their separate ways,' the Swedish royal palace said.
The princess – whose full title is Madeleine Therese Amelie Josephine, Princess of Sweden, Duchess of Halsingland and Gastrikland – will spend a few weeks in New York.
Insiders said she would try to overcome her misery by throwing herself into her work for the World Childhood Foundation.
After completing an undergraduate degree in art, history and ethnology in 2006, she has combined studies in social affairs with work for the charity founded by her mother Queen Silvia.
Mr Bergstrom has a master's degree in law and has worked as an associate lawyer at a firm in Stockholm since 2006.
Miss Berg said yesterday she regretted going public about the fling.
The dramatic end to one of Europe's most glamorous royal romances is the latest scandal to shake the Swedish monarchy.
Madeleine’s brother Prince Carl Philip is dating a topless reality TV show model.
The country is preparing for the wedding of Madeleine’s older sister Crown Princess Victoria to the owner of a gym in June.
Princess Madeleine is said to have fled to New York for 'peace and quiet' to recover from the shock of her fiance’s apparent betrayal.
The royal, who is third in line to the throne after her sister and brother, shared an apartment in Stockholm with Bergstrom.
He proposed to her on the island of Capri last August. Due to the Swedish constitution the government would have had to refer to Mr Bergstrom as a prince after the wedding.
No date had been set for the service but it was widely expected to be announced in the summer.
For three days after the scandal broke the palace refused to acknowledge the couple had any problems. But on Saturday Madeleine took off her engagement ring, boarded a flight for the U.S. and a statement confirmed they had split.
Princess Madeleine (far right) with the Swedish Royal Family, (left to right) Prince Carl Philip, Crown Princess Victoria, Queen Silvia and King Carl XVI Gustaf
'They have decided that the best for them is to go their separate ways,' the Swedish royal palace said.
The princess – whose full title is Madeleine Therese Amelie Josephine, Princess of Sweden, Duchess of Halsingland and Gastrikland – will spend a few weeks in New York.
Insiders said she would try to overcome her misery by throwing herself into her work for the World Childhood Foundation.
After completing an undergraduate degree in art, history and ethnology in 2006, she has combined studies in social affairs with work for the charity founded by her mother Queen Silvia.
Mr Bergstrom has a master's degree in law and has worked as an associate lawyer at a firm in Stockholm since 2006.
Miss Berg said yesterday she regretted going public about the fling.
Naomi Campbell Snaps Over Charles Taylor 'Blood Diamond' Question
Naomi Cambell may have recently orchestrated a massive relief fundraiser for earthquake-striken Haiti, but she can't seem to escape negative press. The supermodel's famous temper is making headlines yet again this week, as the model apparently slapped an ABC News camera when asked about her connections to former Liberian president Charles Taylor.In the ABC News video (which can be viewed here), a reporter asks Naomi whether Taylor ever gifted her with a large, uncut diamond, as is alleged by actress Mia Farrow. Farrow claims that she and Campbell were both visiting the South Africa home of Nelson Mandela when Campbell told her Taylor's people had given her "a huge diamond."Taylor is accused of orchestrating large-scale massacres and amputations in Liberia, as well as assisting Sierra Leone rebels by trading weapons for diamonds.Campbell refused to discuss the issue, primly thanking the reporter and then knocking over the camera as she walked away.