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[quote=Anonymous]Op here. To answer questions, I don’t drink much. I was deliberating going to bed after a long week or using a drink coupon for the hotel bar and decided to get one drink. I thought I’d take my glass of wine to the lobby and I had my book with me. I ordered my glass of wine and while I was waiting for it at the hotel bar the man sat down next to me and asked whether I liked my book and what brought me to town. So we chatted while I had my wine. He then asked the bar tender to get me another round and I declined / asked for a glass of water. So it wasn’t really my original intent to hang out in the bar, but I’m very extroverted and the man and I do similar work and - despite very different politics - initially were having an enjoyable / interesting conversation. I dropped my husband / kids into the conversation early and he  then mentioned his wife / kids so I felt (perhaps naively) comfortable. I don’t go to bars much at all (I’ve never been a drinker) and I couldn’t tell you the last time someone hit on me before this. So I just enjoyed the conversation initially and then had trouble figuring out how / when to politely leave and then just made an abrupt exit when things took a turn. He kept asking the bartender to get me “another vodka tonic” and the bar tender would pointedly get the water and refill my glass which I thought was silly, though in retrospect the man maybe thought he’d bought me a bunch of drinks. I was there for over an hour and he had maybe 4 drinks in that time. I assume he’d already been drinking before I arrived.

I don’t want to say too much about my work but basically I don’t want anyone to be able to question any conclusions we reach on our project because I have a preconceived impression of this man. Usually we recuse ourselves from projects if there’s any connection that could appear to bias us or, at the very least, disclose it to ethics at the start so they can tell us whether or not there’s a conflict. Anyway, it sounds like the consensus is not to say anything to work unless it becomes a problem (which was my DH’s position as well) and I had assumed it wouldn’t be a problem, but in the very small chance it becomes one then I’ll be so far into the project that it will be annoying to deal with. 
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