@Karzak:

I was thinking more of the role playing aspect of it, how age gap incorporates into it and people's perspectives on it personally

I have been in several relationships with significantly younger men but being a "daddy" or having a "son" is not something that would appeal to me.  I'm not into any other kind of role-playing, either.

None of the younger men were financially dependent on me by any means but in a couple of the relationships, there were occasions when I paid for certain things we did together like eat in an expensive restaurant because I could more easily afford it and then he would pay when we ate in a less-expensive restaurant, because that seemed fair.

One of the younger men was intelligent and a well-paid professional but also emotional and impulsive and he often made very poor decisions outside of a professional context.  His relationships tended to be with people who counterbalanced that, i.e., more mature and experienced and rational, and he had a history of relationships with older, stable men.  I knew one of his exes who was about his same age instead of older and that ex was very mature for his age.

Sometimes that relationship completely exhausted me but I did go places and do things with him that I would not have otherwise experienced.  I provided some good advice and limits for his behavior, so perhaps that was kind of a father-son aspect to our relationship.  However, I never thought of it like that and as far as I know, he didn't either, and it was just chance that the impulsive one who needed limits was the younger of the two of us as far as I was concerned.

So I guess there can be advantages and disadvantages to a difference in age in a relationship on both sides.  There are certainly more important factors but factors related to age can be part of what makes people compatible.

Thanks for sharing! That was really interesting

I was thinking more of the role playing aspect of it, how age gap incorporates into it and people's perspectives on it personally

I have been in several relationships with significantly younger men but being a "daddy" or having a "son" is not something that would appeal to me.  I'm not into any other kind of role-playing, either.

None of the younger men were financially dependent on me by any means but in a couple of the relationships, there were occasions when I paid for certain things we did together like eat in an expensive restaurant because I could more easily afford it and then he would pay when we ate in a less-expensive restaurant, because that seemed fair.

One of the younger men was intelligent and a well-paid professional but also emotional and impulsive and he often made very poor decisions outside of a professional context.  His relationships tended to be with people who counterbalanced that, i.e., more mature and experienced and rational, and he had a history of relationships with older, stable men.  I knew one of his exes who was about his same age instead of older and that ex was very mature for his age.

Sometimes that relationship completely exhausted me but I did go places and do things with him that I would not have otherwise experienced.  I provided some good advice and limits for his behavior, so perhaps that was kind of a father-son aspect to our relationship.  However, I never thought of it like that and as far as I know, he didn't either, and it was just chance that the impulsive one who needed limits was the younger of the two of us as far as I was concerned.

So I guess there can be advantages and disadvantages to a difference in age in a relationship on both sides.  There are certainly more important factors but factors related to age can be part of what makes people compatible.

Sorry I don't relly know what you meant by this. Are you asking like how is it different than a "normal" relationship?

I'm not the person you replied to but I have a similar question:  What aspects of "dad son type relationships" are you thinking about?  Do you just mean a wide age difference in a couple or are you thinking about some kind of role-playing, financial support, mentoring, etc.?

Are typical relationships based simply on age differences, roles or roleplay, financial status, dominance, perceived incest, or something else?

Or can it mean different things to different people?

Did learn not too long ago that a Sugar Daddy refers to money being involved, and not actual pieces of candy, pies, cakes or desert/pudding.

Sorry I don't relly know what you meant by this. Are you asking like how is it different than a "normal" relationship?

Or can it mean different things to different people?

Did learn not too long ago that a Sugar Daddy refers to money being involved, and not actual pieces of candy, pies, cakes or desert/pudding.