Haha, I’m the one that posted this in the Desperate Souls tag.
At this point of time, I’m not quite sure if Rumpel is Bae’s biological father, I mean, the original story of Rumpelstilskin has him asking for people’s first borns. Not that that makes Rumpel any less of a father because I think we can all agree that he truly loves Bae.
I actual think that Bae might be a bastard child of an affair that Rumpel’s wife had with another man while he was away. Rumpel never really denies the fact that Bae is a bastard’s child, and I really don’t see Rumpel having any type of romantic relationship before marriage, so I think that excludes him. I also think that Rumpel had an arranged marriage to his wife and never truly loved her, making Belle his true love.