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Twitter Explodes Over Off-The-Wall Question About Men And Women Eating Together

"Is coffee adultery? Is soup?"
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Believe it or not, two people of the opposite sex eating together doesn’t always end in a night of unbridled passion.

On Tuesday, a Washington Post profile about Karen Pence, wife to Vice President Mike Pence, surfaced an intriguing tidbit first revealed to The Hill in 2002. Pence will not eat alone with any woman who is not his wife, nor will he go to any events serving alcohol without his wife alongside him.

The couple’s strict marriage rules have sparked a lot of controversy and some downright mockery. But what really got Twitter riled up, was when conservative blogger Matt Walsh weighed in on Wednesday, asking if there’s ever an “appropriate reason” for a married person to go out for a meal alone with someone of the opposite sex.

Seriously what's the appropriate reason for a married person to go out for a meal alone with a member of the other sex (outside of family)?

— Matt Walsh (@MattWalshBlog) March 30, 2017

People came up with some pretty solid reasons.

You're both hungry? https://t.co/oufZV5woD5

— Emily McCombs (@msemilymccombs) March 30, 2017

Some responded to Walsh’s question with more questions.

Is coffee adultery? Is soup?

— Barry Petchesky (@barry) March 30, 2017

@MattWalshBlog do you tend to find your encounters with women fraught with irresistible sexual fantasies, or only during meals?

— Magdalene Visaggio (@MagsVisaggs) March 30, 2017

Lots of people mocked the question, offering hilarious takes on the danger that comes from men and women existing in space together.

@MattWalshBlog little known fact: if u even look at a sandwich in the presence of a woman who isn't ur wife u go to hell. it's in the Bible

— Tyler Conway (@jtylerconway) March 30, 2017

@MattWalshBlog once saw a married woman who walked into an Arby's burst into flames. scary stuff

— Tyler Conway (@jtylerconway) March 30, 2017

@MattWalshBlog I'll probably get heat for this, but I don't even watch The Bachelorette with my wife and her friends. What if I temp them?

— Luke Barnett (@LukeBarnett) March 30, 2017

@MattWalshBlog Group of women (some single) watching a bunch of fit guys fight for attention. Then I walk in? Sometimes after a workout? NO

— Luke Barnett (@LukeBarnett) March 30, 2017

And some people pointed out that there were more serious implications to that marriage “rule,” especially in the workplace.

@MattWalshBlog My boss took me out to lunch to discuss my career. Pence is a man in power who has to treat males different from females

— Sarah Cooper (@sarahcpr) March 30, 2017

And of course, the “opposite sex” rule completely discounts queer people and same-sex relationships, but based on Pence’s record with LGBTQ rights, that shouldn’t be that surprising.

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