So speaking of older men, the casual observer would see many of my girls with sugardaddies they call "friends." My best friend has the Mackdaddy (she calls "Boss") who's the gabillionaire sweeting her pot for a decade. The rest have "friends" on the spectrum - everything from wise men bearing gifts of frankincense and myrrh, to masochistic delusionals, to just plain pathetics. Contrary to myth, they're rarely - if ever - intimate with these men. Not only can the men not "follow thru" with their delusions, they simply can't keep pace when the girls sashay away home to their boyfriends. I'm not condoning the practice, all my friends admit nothing in life is free. They don't set out to use people; sincerely it's more of a caving in to older mens' tenacious delusions - one girl's good Samaritan is another's sugardaddy. Truly, they are friends with these men on some levels - often intellectual. And one can't say the men - albeit delusional - aren't fully aware (and evidently don't have a problem with) the fact that they're buying the friendship (or relationship depending on who's defining)