It’s a “tribe” (category) on Grindr, the world’s most-used gay dating app. And on dating apps, social media and in clubs, there’s one word he gets called more than any other:Ĭhris is far from the only man this is happening to in “gay world”, from dating apps to Gay Twitter and “the group chat”, the use of “daddy” as a descriptor is everywhere. In 2016 and in his late thirties, Chris became single again after almost a decade in a monogamous relationship. And then it hits you: I’m the older guy.” “One of those moments is when you’re chatting to somebody and they say that they’re ‘really into older guys’.
“As a gay man, when you get older, there can be a few shocking moments,” says Chris, 40.
