Travelling with ds (2) by train today. We had to change trains and when we got off the train I was looking at the board to see what platform I needed. I was not flustered or In the slightest bit stressed. A man stopped and asked if I needed help, and he sort of looked like maybe he was an off duty train staff person - I think he was wearing a jacket with a logo?
Anyway, i said I was just looking for the platform number and told him which station I was going to next. He said, "platform 1, come with me. It's much quicker to go via (name of station different to mine). I said I'd seen that (i had) but I still had to change again and with ds, the less changing the better. I mentioned my ultimate stop.
At which point he told me he also lived there, and offered me a lift. I declined and pointed out I'd need a car seat. He said he had one, two in fact because he had twins. Again I declined and said I'd take my original train.
He said goodbye and started walking away, then stopped to tell me what road he lived on. I just assumed he knew that I wasn't comfortable with the idea of getting in a car with a strange man.
But the more I think about it, the more strange it seems. At first i got the impression he was getting on another train too. Then he was driving. Was it weird? Or was he just a nice guy trying to be helpful to a woman with a small child? The station he told me would be quicker for me originally IS closer to the place we both supposedly live.