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