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The occasional trail just to avoid traffic, sure. That's the gateway drug right there and suddenly you're climbing muddy 15% trails after heavy rainfall. Talk about a slippery slope! The disappointment in your dad's face.
You can certainly feel very fast on a gravel. Since my bike came out before Shimano's GRX groups did I have a regular 2x11 Ultegra road group on mine (fine, I swapped to the 11-34 cassette at some point, 36/52 chain rings in front.) 28mm slicks, and I'm pretty sure what I'd have is a road bike. (Hypothesis untested.)