A tattoo artist fell in love with a man while he was under her needle - with the pair hitting it off even though he's almost twice her age.
Alexandra Cornish, 24, met Andrew Chan, 46, while he was travelling as he decided to get a tattoo to celebrate his journey.
The pair had "strong chemistry" right from the outset, even though Andrew squirmed as Alexandra inked the intricate design into his skin.
They began chatting and then went on a date in Sydney, Australia, and now they're locked in an "intense" relationship - and Alexandra insists she doesn't care about the 22-year age gap.
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Alexandra said: "We had incredibly strong chemistry, to the point where I actually tattooed him for longer than I needed so we could continue talking.
"He even asked for more to be added to the tattoo for the same reason.
"It was very serendipitous that one meeting by chance could lead to all this.
"I knew his age from a form he completed when he got the tattoo but because of how drawn I was to him, it didn't deter me."
The couple insist they have never been happier and together they film TikTok videos which have attracted thousands of views.
One video, titled "he definitely doesn't look it", gained 427,700 views and 41,600 likes - but with it came a slew of comments from trolls.
One wrote: "My daughter is 22 years younger than me. Very uncomfortable age gap."
And another said: "His body had stopped producing collagen when she was being born. So romantic."
Then a third commented: "That's some Leo DiCaprio stuff."
"Yo hate to break it to you, he definitely looks it," a fourth user cruelly posted.
In another clip, Andrew is seen asking if he is too old to be in a nightclub, and in another, the pair compare their relationship to famous celebrities in age gap relationships - including George Clooney and Sarah Paulson.
Alexandra continued: "If we hear a comment, it's from people that already know our age as Andrew looks fairly young for his age, so people wouldn't assume the gap is as big as 22 years.
"If anything, we get more comments about our race than age.
"No one close to us would say anything because they see how happy we make each other.
"Me and Andrew's mum got along quite well, his parents also had a large age gap, so it wasn't too unusual.
"My parents knew about Andrew and his age from the beginning and they were both completely fine with the relationship.
"They were honestly just very happy I'd met someone that made me so happy.
"When they met, they got along well.
"We're having fun and seeing where this journey leads us.
"We're in a healthy and fun relationship.
"Aside from the age, a big difference is that we've both never dated anyone outside our careers before, so it's interesting learning new things and being able to have different experiences we wouldn't necessarily have without the other.
"We do have different perspectives on things, but we understand one another really well and have a lot of similar interests."
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