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I very much enjoy age gap relationships as well.

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Beautiful topic and I love seeing everyone's thoughts on it. it's really the relationship between the people that counts and not the years between them. It's great to see any happy couple together.

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I very much agree, age-gaps older than the parents are even better in my opinion. I had a very big age gap with my neighbor who baby-sat me when I was a lot younger. He let me walk around naked all the time and so did he, so he was more of a father figure to me when we were alone a lot!

That one of the best gifts a much older Male can give you: To motivate you being nude all the time to become a openminded and unashmamed Nudist.

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i'd love to have a bf with a big age gap. I'm 40, hopefully he can be 20+ years younger. I'd love to introduce him to nudism full time. almost like a son.

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i'd love to have a bf with a big age gap. I'm 40, hopefully he can be 20+ years younger. I'd love to introduce him to nudism full time. almost like a son.

Maybe even raise a son of our own together

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I grew up without a father and never knew his paternal love and affection, nor his paternal strictness. I always wished I had a dad who would love me like his son. And I would love and respect him like my own father.
I would be an obedient boy to him and would try not to upset his parental heart. Parents love to have obedient children. The younger ones should love the older ones with respect, esteem, and obedience, while the older ones should love the younger ones gently, carefully, and affectionately. And a father for his children should primarily be like a father, a loyal, devoted, reliable friend, a good advisor, and an understanding cNow.
I am currently 66 years old, 168 cm tall and weigh 75 kg. Even now, I still want to find a pleasant-looking and kind man with a father-son age difference of 18 years or more, to live with him, love him, and take care of him. To live one life, one love, and one destiny with him. To live soul to soul, heart to heart, in love and tenderness, in peace and harmony. To be a soulful and heartfelt support for each other: strong, firm, durable, reliable, and unbreakable. To live for each other, for each other's joy, for each other's good, for each other's happiness, and in each other's name.
To be faithful and devoted to each other in all areas of human life and in personal relationships with each other. To care for each other as best as we can and to be grateful to each other for the years of living together. And most importantly, so that the atmosphere of shared life, for all the time it exists, is calm and peaceful.

(Translated using the online translator DeepL).

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Was I drawn to a grandad figure? ... So an older gay man had a teenage boy who loved him crying at his funeral, and so many years later Im grateful to him and for him and for that unlikely, beautiful friendship.

OpenNudie, your story made me teary eyed, especially at the ending with the dried flower wreath. I grew up in an ethnic evangelical enclave where most people were "othered," including gays (who were only defined in such terms as "men who'll never marry" and Catholics (for worshipping statues, etc.). Long story short: I became an exchange student in Germany to a devout Catholic family and was sporadically mentored by older gay men who made it clear that they had no interest in molesting me. They walked their talk and cared deeply, unlike the hypocrites in my church of origin (some of whom did molest boys).
I was drawn to father and grandad figures because I didn't have any with a strong presence in my life. The details are less important since it was the norm for my generation raised by the "silent generation." It was tough to become a father, even late in my 30's, because I had no clue or role models to follow. So I took the attitude that I needed to raise myself along with my sons as a single father. As they've not both hit their 20s, the three of us remain works in progress. I've also shifted my profession to work with young adult male asylum speaking refugees from all over the world, dancing the balance between affirmations and boundary setting.
I feel strongly that for those who didn't get that bond and those affirmations when we were growing up (did anybody?), it's our calling to give and be what we missed out on to younger generations. That will come straight from the heart. Yes, gentlemen, we are the gift and make a difference.

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Thinking back on my past I always seemed to relate with men my senior. Best friends fathers and my grandfathers were the ones that taught me. My first partner was 12 years older. I chased him. We balanced each other in many ways. Both with baggage from the past made us stronger and rely on each other. We discovered nudism together on a whim. Traveling we booked a clothing optional resort and that changed me. We became comfortable with nudity together. Although I had experienced some in my past, this seemed different. The comfortability gave way to a new side. Even now days I enjoy camping at a clothing optional campground, often I gravitate to guys my senior for conversation.

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Thats awesome! My most recent partner was 22 years older, but he didnt like being a sorta father figure which is what I craved. We were together for 7 years and it was great but things were just missing.

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I agree!
I would have loved a friendship with someone 33 years older when I was young. That's almost exactky the age difference between me and my father, whom I lost when I was 8. I guess I've yearned for such connection since that time.

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