So, this sounds like a fish story, but this has been my night.
I worked a shorter day than usual today, so I decided I could climb a peak a little farther away from the project (between Loveland and Estes Park Colorado). I headed up to Greyrock Mountain, had a nice climb and headed back towards Loveland.
On the way back I wanted to check out the Fort Collins REI and the phone directions take me on the backstreets. While driving, I notice some woman (30 years old) is being thrown out of her house by her boyfriend. All her stuff is on the grass. I think that maybe I should do something and ask her if she needs help. She says someone is coming to pick her up in Loveland on Wednesday, but that she has no where to go until then (she has no credit cards or cash on her), but that some of her stuff is in some place 10 miles east.
So, I say that I'm headed to Loveland (I was) and I could drive her out there to pick up her stuff and then take her to Loveland. Since she had no credit cards or cash, I said I'll take you to dinner and put you up in a hotel until Wednesday. I pull out the phone and pay for a hotel in Loveland. We then drove out to pick up her stuff being stored in some dive and head for Loveland, with me listening intently to her situation she was telling me about, with me trying to be understanding and caring about it. We exchange phone numbers and I tell her to call me if she needs anything.
We get to the hotel, check in and I start carrying her stuff into the hotel room (she has a lot of stuff to carry in). When we are finished, she starts taking off her shirt. I was completely oblivious this whole time (call me naive) that she thought that we were on a date since I was going to take her out to dinner and was putting her up in a hotel room. I told her that I was just being friendly and didn't want any sex, but she said that if I did want that, she would oblige since I was being so generous and putting her up in the room. I said no, I'm married, but that I would use her name and phone number and see if I can see if any of the construction crews are hiring. She said that I must be a really good husband and that she was jealous. She said that I could come over tomorrow if I ever wanted to talk.
I was (or perhaps I should say still am) a little worried that if she doesn't check out after the two days are up, that my credit card could be charged.
Tonight was probably the weirdest night I have ever had, but I do see how I should have been naive about everything. I just gave my phone number, offered dinner, and paid for the hotel room to be nice and not even thinking that she thought I was trying to pick up on her. Looking back I can see that I was indeed being incredibly naive, probably because I have been married so long and live out in the middle of nowhere, so don't think about those things.
Anyway, that was my crazy night (and yes I did call my wife and told her all about it).
