Addendum.

When me and my colleagues were checking in at the hotel, there was this slightly odd (white) early 20s blonde guy with big non-blinking eyes kind of bored-ly lingering around the counter. He asked us what we were doing in town, then he volunteered that he was here to accompany a friend to meet her boyfriend in person.

"They hadn't met before?", I was like.

"Yeah, they've been talking on the phone for 7 months," he was like.

After a pause, my one colleague was like, "Was he like she expected in person?".

"No, a bit different, but still fine," he was like.

After another pause, I was like, "So are you guys friends from college or something?".

"No," he was like, "I'm her caregiver."