I fell in love with sugar daddy – he is 30 years older and taught me so much
A WOMAN who fell in love with a sugar daddy more than 30 years her senior has revealed the biggest challenges of being in an age gap relationship.
Nova Hawthorne, 29, has been with partner James, 63, for five years after meeting online without any expectations of real love.
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The model from Melbourne, Australia, enjoyed their arrangement as she was showered with gifts and made to feel special.
Their situation quickly evolved as she also developed feelings and decided they were more than just an arrangement.
But that doesn’t mean they don’t have differences because they are at different stages of life.
Nova said: “The best thing about dating an older man is that he is just that: a man, not a boy. He’s calm (or mostly calm, at least when he’s not complaining about the traffic) and wise, and doesn’t play games. .
“He has a lot of life experience and a great knowledge of business, which he shares with me through a kind of mentoring relationship.
“So much information that I never knew I needed, and that I couldn’t have gotten from my family.
“Aside from the money James has given me when we were dating, it is the knowledge base he has shared, the ability to help me grow a business that will prepare me for my future.
“The knowledge is the most powerful thing he has given me, because I now have the confidence and ability to take care of myself, share information with colleagues and fully care for my family.”
She added: “We are very much in love and have a wonderful home life together, but there is no escaping the fact that we are at different stages of our lives – James has built and almost finished his career, while I am in a dynamic phase of building mine, so of course there’s a different energy around those things.
“I don’t think this is exclusive to being in an age gap relationship, but I am a very active and adventurous person, and I like to share that with people.
“When James and I go away, I want to do wild things like canyoning, diving and long hikes in the mountains at sunrise.
“And to be honest, sometimes James doesn’t feel like this is his thing.
“Maybe his body is saying ‘no, I’d rather relax by the pool today’, but he always encourages me to take part in such opportunities.
“He encourages me to go for it, and I don’t mind going on solo adventures, I always make friends wherever I go.
“We are not insecure because we don’t do everything together, we have our own lives and interests outside of each other.
“I think that’s what creates a good, strong relationship, where you’re your own person first.”
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