As a young elementary school teacher in the 1970's, I was not paid during the summer and I had a mortgage I was responsible for. I taught summer school and worked as the night desk clerk at the Holiday Inn on weekends and on Wednesdays from 4 to 11 PM.
This particular Holiday Inn was where the airline crews stayed on their layovers. During that summer I got to know a number of the officers, some of them quite well. Being an attractive young teacher, you can imagine how many of them hit on me regularly. Tom, a pilot, and I became especially close. He usually stayed over on Wednesdays and Saturdays. Tom was about 40, a little older than my 26 and in great physical shape. He always spent an hour or two in the fitness center when he arrived in the early evening and then showered before going up to the lounge on the top floor.
Tom made it a point of learning my name and addressing me by name when he checked in. After the first time I signed him in he always let the rest of the crew go ahead of him so that we could talk for a few minutes before he went to his room as long as things were quiet at the desk, which they usually were at that time in the evening.
The second week I was on duty when Tom checked in he ask me if I would meet him in the lounge for a drink after I got off work at 11. I put him off the first couple of times but I was attracted to him and I wasn't seeing anyone on a regular basis so I finally agreed to meet him on the next Saturday he stayed over if he was still interested.
I dressed especially nice for my Saturday night date, wearing a dress rather than my usual jeans and blazer. Tom was a perfect gentleman as we enjoyed several drinks and dances before the lounge closed at 2 AM. He held my hand as we walked to the dance floor and held my chair for me when we returned to our table.
We became regulars at the lounge every Wednesday from 11 to midnight (I was teaching summer school) and Saturdays from 11 to closing. The rest of the crew guys stopped asking me out when they saw how it was with Tom and me.