I used to get takeaway kebabs every night then fell in love with the delivery man – he’s 42 years older but it’s love
AN 18-year-old woman has revealed the unlikely way she met her boyfriend, who is 42 years older than her.
It all started with a love of takeaway kebabs, as Nikeisha Lightfoot met partner, Dimitrios Fotis, 60, when he delivered her grub back in 2022.
The couple, from Great Yarmouth, “connected instantly” and their relationship has gone from strength to strength ever since.
Despite facing criticism due to the age gap, the pair haven’t let trolls get them down and insist their love is real.
“I wish people knew that love has no age limit,” Nikeisha, an entrepreneur, told What’s The Jam.
“We fell in love with each other – there is no catch to it.
“We instantly connected when we first met and spoke for a while.
“We went away together to get to know each other more.
“Older men are more experienced.”
For the happy couple, it all started when personal trainer, Dimitrios, was working as a delivery driver, and delivered Nikeisha a takeaway dinner.
Sharing the story in a video on TikTok with her 60,000 followers, she explained that she was ordering food most nights due to working two jobs, one as a cleaner, and one in a Chinese restaurant.
Nikeisha said: “I used to go home and get a takeaway because it would be so late by the time I’d get back, and I’d just get it from the local one around the corner.
“He [Dimitrios] used to deliver it every night.
“I used to say to him on the delivery note can you call me when you’re outside because it was late and I had younger siblings, and I was on the top floor.
“So he would call me when he was outside, I’d go out and get the kebab, and then from there – I never used to see him before – we just kept bumping into each other in the street.”
The two would say hello when they passed each other in public, but one evening when going to the local shop, Nikeisha spotted Dimitrios waiting nearby for a delivery.
We fell in love with each other – there is no catch to it.
Nikeisha Lightfoot
She hadn’t been feeling well and said she was in her pyjamas and looking “rough” when Dimitrios asked her how she was feeling, and recommended she make a lemon tea to feel better.
Having forgotten how to make the tea the way Dimitrios advised, she decided to text him.
She said: “He reminded me, and we literally just spoke from there.
“We spoke for a while, we changed to WhatsApp, and then we went away to get to know each other a little bit – and that’s two years gone.
“Now we’re best mates and loving life.
“What a story!”
A-list age gap relationships that have stood the test of time
- Kris Jenner & Corey Gamble – 25 years
The Kardashian matriarch met her younger man at a mutual friend’s 40th birthday party in Ibiza. They’ve been together since August 2014. - Sam & Aaron Taylor-Johnson – 23 years
The director and actor reportedly met at a film audition in 2009, and were married by 2012. The pair share two daughters and Sam has two children from a previous marriage. - Rosie-Huntington-Whiteley & Jason Statham – 20 years
The model started dating actor Jason in 2010. They were wed in 2016 and have since welcomed a son and a daughter together. - Catherine Zeta-Jones & Michael Douglas – 25 years
The pair was introduced at a film festival in 1996 and engaged three years later. Shortly after their engagement, the couple welcomed a son and married in 2000.