A supportive father came up with a solution to his gay son's financial woes in a hilarious text thread by suggesting he find a sugar daddy.
In dating parlance, a sugar daddy is a wealthy older man who seeks to date a younger man or woman so he can financially support them and spoil them. Conversely, a sugar baby is someone who looks for an older man to be in a relationship with who will willingly take care of them.
According to the Sugar Daddy website, sugar dating "is not about sex work" and is about "starting a mutually beneficial relationship."
Twitter user Andrew Palmer shared a screenshot of the conversation he had with his father on Twitter, and joked that "coming out to my dad last year was a mistake.”
Palmer reached out to his dad and wrote:
“I think I’m getting a new apartment so I’m gonna be a little broke."
To which his father replied:
“I thought you told me there was this thing called daddys up there that can help with financial stuff.”
coming out to my dad last year was a mistakepic.twitter.com/oa0bdVmEwG— Andrew Palmer (@Andrew Palmer) 1643485020
Aww, dad...
Twitter users giggled in delight over the father's adorable response.
he did notpic.twitter.com/4uBUXVXqN4— Mint :) (Taylor\u2019s Version) (@Mint :) (Taylor\u2019s Version)) 1643535038
Not this but also this exactly— a drew (@a drew) 1643486572
You came too far out.— RHD (@RHD) 1643530786
Daddy up.. I think I\u2019m too ugly for a sugar daddy, I\u2019m glad you stayed in school— Bryan Louis Ru\u00edz 18+ (@Bryan Louis Ru\u00edz 18+) 1643551448
I think he has a grasp on the concept.— Rex \ud83d\udc89 (@Rex \ud83d\udc89) 1643498794
He kinda said gay rights though.— Mike (@Mike) 1643494077
so happy to be part of a community where that makes sense— wyle (@wyle) 1643507846
I can't tell if he's being cute with you or if he's charmingly naive.— Acute Holiday-Cheese-Eating Withdrawal Syndrome (@Acute Holiday-Cheese-Eating Withdrawal Syndrome) 1643549831
He made a point— ty but cold (@ty but cold) 1643486941
While many users appreciated the dad for mentioning a familiar resource available for his gay son, many expressed gratitude for strong family relationships.
I\u2019m thankful every single day that I had loving and accepting parents. I didn\u2019t have to go through the trauma that so many LGBTQIA+ individuals have to go through. I had an entirety different set of battles to fight. It has not been a cakewalk.— RealCoolWorld (@RealCoolWorld) 1643568449
I can only dream of this kind of support from my father.— Akshat Sharma (@Akshat Sharma) 1643503505
Lmao wish my dad was this cool with it..— Bryan (@Bryan) 1643505274
The jury is out on whether or not the dad was being facetious or totally naive.
But at least we can tell with absolute certainty that this daddy is accepting and loving of his cash-strapped sugar baby.
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