Post-Divorce Plaything Blues

So here's the thing, I'm this old married man who got his heart trampled and his bank account drained by a woman who didn't care about me past her mid-thirties. Now, I'm forty-two, and I decided to embrace something completely out of left field: daddy kink with a much younger sub named Lily. We've been at it for three months now, since my divorce finalized. It's not like the cliché story where the ex-wife knew all along or anything; she genuinely thought we'd work things out until she found out about this little arrangement. Lily and I meet up in hotel rooms every few weeks to play daddy/daughter scenarios that feel more real each time. The emotional and physical intimacy is there, but it's also roleplay, she calls me Dad or Daddy, and I get to be strict, protective, and indulgent as the situation demands. It's not easy juggling these roles when she's still so young in all this and I'm trying to figure out my place post-marriage, but Lily is a pro at making it feel natural even though we're both just adults choosing to live out an adult fantasy. So yeah, here’s me, forty-two years old, newly single, playing daddy to someone thirty years her junior for kicks. Who knew heartbreak could come with such an unexpected silver lining?