I figured the title would at least get you here.
I had an odd experience that I thought I'd share but in looking for a variety of opinions on what happened.

Yesterday, I went on a 14 mile hike in preparation for climbing a 14000+ foot mountain in 2 weeks. The mountain trip will include my aunt and her ex roommate. My aunt is a 48 year old, dyed-in-the-wool lesbian. Her roommate is a 25 year old 6.5 - 7 with an 8 face. Her roommate is single and straight.

The mountain trip was the roommates idea, my aunt was excited because the mountain is at her home town. I was drafted as the "guide" up the mountain.

This isn't about her roommate.... Or my aunt.

This is about my aunts friend who also went on the hike yesterday. She is a 49 year old lesbian and has been for at least 30 years. We will call her "K." I've met "K" before several times and my other aunt told me once that "K" told her at a get together at her house that, "your nephew is very attractive." "K" knows many of my family on this side but had only met me this second time, then. I just took it as a compliment from a 40-something yo old lesbian... How much weight should that hold for me outside of being a nice thing to say?

As an RP man I know that women make shit friends. So I kept my conversations with the roommate to game-like and minimum; make her laugh, push pull, kino when appropriate, etc. nothing big. I had mixed feelings about her because this was the first time I'd met her and I had been on 2 other hikes with my aunt as preparation for the trip (which was the roommates idea.). So I didn't interact with the roommate on any substantial level.

At one point in the hike at lunch time, "K" out of the blue, says "you have great hair!"

"Yeah I know!" I replied.

My aunt just replied, "cocky much?"

"When my peers are bald or balding I know my hair is on point."

"Well I really like it," "K" said.

Because "K" was a slower hiker, I hung back to make sure she didn't hurt herself; the trip down can be loose under the feet

Let me reiterate: women make shit friends, but rather than walk in silence I asked her questions about her recent trip to Greece, about the business she owns. Just making conversation. However, no matter how much I tried to steer the conversation around her, she always had 2 more ways to bring it back to me: asking me about my kids, wife, hometown (where she used to work), hobbies, interests, etc.

Fine, if we are going to talk about me, I guess I can... I can talk about that subject at great length; I'm very interested in it! I also figured that since I would never talk to the roommate (the 7-8face above) Or any other viable woman at great length or detail about this stuff, but I would a man, and no man is present, a menopausal lesbian has to be the next closest thing... On par with a gay man, I guess.

So I decided to use the opportunity to bounce some RP stuff off of her to see what the 49-year old lesbian reaction is. I discussed my ensuing divorce last year and how I turned that around, what I learned from it, and how I maintain it; abstractions of RP presented for the uninitiated.

I told her how the plan starts by not arguing and keeping all interactions light and fun (passing shot test), making solid decisions with minimal waffling (leading as captain) and honing my body to fit her impression of a strong husband (I gave her the Brad Pitt theory too). Following how I used gym time to both build myself and seek self-gratifying time away from my wife she said, "it's working, you look good."

I described the captain FO model and the "women fill containers" analogy. I told her of the paradoxical nature of what men are conditioned to believe and how women say they want that but in reality find it disgusting and off putting, everything we discuss in here, abstractly, but unfiltered, and framed like I discovered these things myself, though I did say I was "part of a loose, for lack of a better word, support group, where I found other guys who came to the same conclusions I did." Mentioned it once and never again.

She seemed unfazed by it and even spouted some RP Truths without even knowing: "see women already know this stuff... Even lesbians!... And instinctively." So she related parallels to lesbian relationships and I offered questions to find similarities and differences. The whole exchange was a pretty interesting thought experiment on lesbian RP application.

This is not what I need insight on.

Afterwards we all had cathartic beers at the bottom with some conversation and jokes. "K" happened to mention her hips were sore so my aunt and I were offering dynamic and post exercise static stretches to help with mobility. As I was demonstrating a flexor stretch, "K", out of nowhere says: "do you wax?"

I thought my chest or stomach was showing because I do shave, but I haven't in about 4 days. I looked down and then at her and said, "like my body or...."

"No, just your bikini area."

My aunt gave her a look and said something along the lines of. "Where did that come from?"

I answered, "No, but I do sha..."

"K" ignored her and was staring right at me, "I think you should, it's great."

We were talking about stretches and she non-sequiturs a question about my genitals.

I started to put some things from earlier together and kept that on a shelf for now. Conversations carried on, and then it was time to go. "K" was hugging everyone goodbye and I was let and the hug was longer, and as she was pulling back, she squeezed my shoulder, arm, moved her hand to my chest for a pat, and both her hands to my abs for grope.

Now I'm not stupid or naive, these are all clear IOIs and from anyone else I wouldn't think twice about what it meant, but we are talking about a menopausal, 49 year old lesbian.

I'd love some theory and feedback on this because it's simultaneously intriguing from an objective stand point and some kind of validating from a social standpoint.