I’d say so. I never felt condescension or anything like that in our communication. But admittedly I am very much a listener. I love listening to others, I’m not much of a talker myself. A person who can talk a lot and I just listen is very attractive to me. Plus I’ve always liked to surround myself with people more experienced / smarter than me. As my parents have always said: it’s better to be the fool between intellectuals than the intellectual between fools. I like growing and evolving beside someone who has already gone through it. “Experiencing” things with other inexperienced people (colloquially know as growing together) has never been my thing. I like experiencing things with people who have already gone through it. I like stability, I like a rock. I don’t like being with people similar to me, cause I feel like we always clash. I like being given advice and mentored sorta say. I like someone taking the lead. I don’t believe age gaps relationships are for everyone, because as you said some people prefer being more “peers” and at the same level. I’m the opposite. Even in regards to friends.