My date invited a homeless man back to our hotel on my birthday – I felt like a third wheel, I was forced to leave
A WOMAN was left horrified after her date invited a homeless person back to their hotel – on her birthday.
Posting on social media, the anonymous user explained how her suitor had booked a romantic getaway in Edinburgh for the special occasion.
The day got off to a flying start, as the pair enjoyed a nice lunch, a few drinks and a wander around the Christmas markets.
But things quickly took a turn when the man spotted a rough sleeper on the street.
She thought her beau was being generous by offering him some money, but to her shock, he invited the stranger to spend the night with them.
The user wrote: “The guy I’ve been seeing for around four months booked an overnight away and planned a day and night out.
“We left around 11am on the train and cracked the first bottle, had a nice lunch, a wander round the Christmas markets and whilst walking to our hotel he spots a homeless guy on the side of the street (me thinking he’s being nice offering him a couple of pounds).
“He invites him to the hotel with us whilst we check in to get him a meal, fair enough a nice thing to do, I go to the shop for some drinks for the room whilst getting ready only to discover he’s invited the guy out with us for the night and told him if he doesn’t have anywhere to stay he can stay at our hotel.
“My mind’s thinking ‘are you serious?’
The woman later found herself splashing out cash on clothes and toiletries for the stranger, as he was unprepared for his night out with the pair.
While she supports helping the homeless, she says she was left feeling like a “third wheel” on her own birthday.
She adds: “I find myself sorting through the rails of H&M finding the homeless man something to wear and Sainsbury’s for essentials as obviously he wasn’t prepared for his unexpected night out.
“£117.99 lighter we head back to the hotel and the date offers him use of the shower, and told him to make himself at home and bunk up on the couch, at this point, I am out of there.
“Straight on the train home and back in my own bed for 9pm! And it’s me who is the problem for leaving. Before this is taken the wrong way, I’m all for helping the homeless but feeling like a third wheel on my birthday was not what I had in mind.”
Stunned social media users flocked to the comments to react to the story, with many stunned the woman’s date would put her safety at risk.
One person wrote: “No, the guy could have been dangerous or anything!”
Another said: “Potentially a very dangerous situation for you. I’d be fuming with that guy for putting you into such a situation. Did he not think at any point to ask your consent?”
A third weighed in: “At the very least he is another clueless man who doesn’t understand why inviting a stranger to sleep in the same room might not make his female partner very comfortable.”
A fourth put: “Wow, I’m all for helping someone out but this should have been approached with you before he did any of that – on any day not just your birthday.”
Others disagreed and saw the incident as a nice gesture of goodwill.
One hit back: “I will probably get slandered here, but if my date did it on my birthday I would go all in.
“I would love to make some memories with him that last a lifetime and make a world a better place. It’ s a shame you couldn’t let yourself go and take life a little less serious.”
Agreeing, another person said: “If the date wants to get them another room, then fair play. The difference this could make to someone’s life, especially around this time of year, is a matter of life or death.”
Another commented: “Well I think he went above and beyond. Be kind, but maybe a tad too much.”