I go to a gym in a really dodgy area, a lot of crime and poverty, notorious for it really.
It's predominantly male centred, an old school weights and weights machines gym. There's a small car park but it is awkward to navigate and often full. Sometimes I'll park on the street,just a little away from the gym but you can see my car from the door to the gym.
About 120 yards away I'd say.
I was parked there the other night. Only me and two men in the gym by the time I wanted to leave. I'm friendly with the owner and some of his friends, and I train with a (male) friend sometimes but this time it was just these two men and I don't know them.
They're familiar faces to me, usually in there but I've never spoken to them before.
As I was leaving I asked them if one of them would mind just standing at the doorway as I got to my car.
One said yes of course and came with me as I walked out, I thanked him of course, and then again once I got in my car, whole thing took less than a minute, he seemed quite happy to do that for me. If I've managed to get a parking space in the car park I'd not ask, it is just when I'm that bit further away, I do not feel it's safe.
Do men generally mind doing things like this? Would you (if youre a man!) Or your DH/DP mind? I feel a bit as if I might have behaved a bit weird or he thought I was being OTT even though he did seem quite happy to do it.