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Date: July 30, 2011 03:24PM
Last night after midnight, I received a phone call from a young twenty year old woman. She apologized for waking me up and asked if I happened to have a vehicle large enough for a bike. Puzzled, I said I had a mid sized SUV. She explained that she had taken her bike to work (she works late nights) and that when she left, both tires were flat. She said she was worried about her safety and asked if I could give her a ride. I told her I would be by in five minutes.
By way of background, this girl knows me because we've been in theatre productions together, so we consider each other friends. I'm married and in my late twenties. My wife is out of town, and I'm sure this girl knew it. I figured she had the common sense to call others for help before calling me. I understood that she lived outside of town and would have a long way to walk her bike home very late at night. Still, the situation seemed a bit strange to me. I tried to reconcile it by saying to myself I was just being a good samaritan.
I found her, put her bike in the back, and drove her home. She said she had called friends to come pick her up, but they didn't answer their phones. That made me feel better.
Then she explained she had moved in with her dad and was now living in town. Wasn't the long distance I had expected it to be. I pulled into the driveway and unloaded her bike. A bit awkward for a married man to be at a younger lady's house at 12:30. There were a few cars in the driveway and a television on in livingroom. Did she not ask her dad for a ride? She thanked me and went inside.
Don't know what to think of this situation. Part of me felt guilty and alarm bells rang. But I don't know if this was just my former mormon zealot "don't be alone with the opposite sex" days coming through or if there what I did was winnable.
Did I do the right thing? What would you have done? Maybe I should have called my wife to tell her, though it was pretty late? Maybe I should have tried to help her think of others to call? Called a neighbor to come with me?
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Maybe I did the right thing and need to shake off the guilt.
What about the girl? Do you think it ever crossed her mind she was asking a married guy to pick her up? What about her actions in calling me? Innocent?
Perhaps I'm analyzing this wrong and she called me because she trusted me not to take advantage of the situation. It is hard to say. Maybe I'm just a friendly, helpful guy. Sometimes I am dumb and cannot tell when a girl is simply trying yo get attention.