Despite their 21 year age difference, the pair immediately hit it off due to their shared interest in cosplay, black widow costumes sci-fi and comic the joker costume books. We met at the sci-fi convention Galaxy Fest in February 2019 and fell in love after we went out on our first date,’ said Kat. A 33-year-old woman who fell in love with a man 21 years her senior after they bonded over their shared love of cosplay has spoken out to defend their age-gap romance – despite voicing frustration that his role as a father gets in the way of their time together.