Why would an older man volunteer to be a “mentor” or “coach” for me?

[Anonymous]

Yesterday he sent flowers to my job and they were huge. The note on the lm read “the sky is the limit for what you can accomplish”. We started talking on Facebook and things started off slightly flirty (emphasis on “slightly” because we were both subtle). Ever since our first conversation he will call me to talk or I will call him and each conversation I will discover more and more that this man is probably rich. But I listen very carefully to his success story and try to learn from him. Last night I called to thank him for sending me the flowers and we talked for 2 hours. During the conversation he told me that he just wanted to make my day and that he saw potential in me. I told him that if things didn’t progress over time into something romantic (if that was his intention) could we remain friends because I valued his opinions. And he told me that he genuinely wanted to be like a mentor or a coach to me. Why?
also I’m 24 and he is 32

[Changiis07]

He prob only wants to be a mentor to you then why you would have to ask him if he sees you in a romantic way

[Asker]

He calls me beautiful and has said that if we know each other longer he wants to see if we could progress to a couple. But what I’m curious about is why does he want to be a mentor to me at all?

[Changiis07]

Oh yeah that is a little off to me too. I am not sure maybe to get to know you better but also the age difference is a big gap

[Asker]

What’s more is that even though he is older he is actually handsome and well dressed. Plus he is well off and has beautiful girls seemingly throwing themselves at him because of his status. I am only curious why he would invest even the flowers, the promises or the hours we spend on the phone with a girl like me. I think I’m pretty but I’m a regular girl

[Changiis07]

Well then maybe he wants to give the title mentor but also get to know you as well that's what it sounds like to me otherwise why would he go out of his way to buy flowers for you. I don't see any mentor actually doing that

[lofii]

He wants to dog you out in the most respectful way possible

[Asker]

Curious what do you mean

[lofii]

He wants to fuck you after he makes you a great woman

[spartan55]

He already told you why, apparently you weren't listening.

[Jamie05rhs]

The flowers seem a bit much. I think he's full of shit. I think he likes you.

[MzAsh]

Have you seen Tinder Swindler?

[Asker]

I just looked it up. I’ve been keeping a watchful eye on his behavior and seeing if his stories match up. He knows a few big rappers, he does have a successful business that I had heard of, he has pictures of his celebrities clients holding his products and he seems knowledgeable enough to have actually started his business, plus he has a legitimate story to back it up. The ONLY thing k get from him is that he seems like he doesn’t need to look for love on the internet m. Granted we didn’t use tinder I was on Facebook and I didn’t reply to his initial few messages. I also haven’t asked him for anything and wouldn’t accept anything from him unless I knew him better. The flowers were a surprise and I had no control over the fact that he had sent them without me knowing. I’m trying my best to be careful with this