Posted on 03/31/2017 6:59:46 AM PDT by markomalley
I never called this a “rule”.
I admire the Pence's commitment to their marriage, and also think it's wise in these days of "gotcha" journalism.
Well, the left clearly prefers the inverted Muslim version that demands all women stay indoors so they aren’t tempted to rape them.
I would not do that. But that is just me. And it would be worse if we got along well.
It’s not that I don’t trust me. It’s that, being a man, I know the heart of man and, a bit less so, woman.
I think it is more likely that Mr. & Mrs. Pence are avoiding any opportunity for the conservative-loathing “press” to take pictures of him dining with any other woman and accusing him of infidelity, etc. The “press” would LOVE to slam any conservative if they can. I’m guessing that anyone in the Trump administration would be wise to follow the same guidelines.
Billy Graham always made it a policy to have a man around him so no one could snap a photo of him “alone with a another woman”. Wise as serpent, gentle as doves.
I guess since so many Leftist women have used such "private meetings" in the past as a primary tool in their political career advancement, the thought that someone like Pence would deprive them of the opportunity to do so is intolerable - and worse if it starts to catch on.
Because if Leftist women were not angry about being denied opportunities to sleep their way to the top of the political food chain, they would have no argument whatsoever to make against Pence's practice.
“I find it a little overboard, but if that’s what works for Mike and his marriage, more power to him.”
Considering how the democrats are going crazy wanting to hang anything and everything on members of President’s Trump’s cabinet, I don’t blame VP Pence and his wife....smart.
As a fellow swamp-dweller, I have to say that I am surprised at the level of depravity folks will exhibit in public, creating every appearance of a scandal when there is none. Even worse is when the appearance of a scandal is because the individuals involved don’t care whether there is a scandal or who might be hurt, assuming that it is not themselves.
I do as well, I had a business lunch during the day alone with a woman 25 years ago. When I got home, my wife asked me who it was, since one of her friends saw me eating lunch with a woman!
I think it is something called a ‘near occasion’ in Catholic terminology, and is to be avoided. After that one time, I avoided it even though innocent. She was kinda hot though.
That’s what our pastor does - he says he does not want someone asking his wife why he was seen with another woman.
“Socially liberal or non-religious people may see Pence’s practice as misogynistic or bizarre. For a lot of conservative religious people, though, this set-up probably sounds normal, or even wise.”
Woe unto them that call evil good, and good evil; that put darkness for light, and light for darkness; that put bitter for sweet, and sweet for bitter! - Isaiah 5:20 KJV
Billy Graham did the same thing and insisted on it for all his associates in ministry. He is now almost 99 years old, and there has never been an iota of sexual scandal about him or his many associates.
I have never been a big fan of his politics, but he was a very decent man of the old-style Democrats, before the party became communist. I very much admired how he returned home after retiring and did not interfere with Eisenhower. This is my favorite photo of Bess and Harry, in retirement:
LOL! I once got a tearful wrong number call from a woman who said, "Tell my husband to come home. I know he's with you, but his children need him." I kept trying to tell her she had a wrong number, but she thought I was the other woman, just lying to her. This was decades ago, but it made a big impression. Hope the bastid went home.
Such tidy people, the Trumans.
Whats up with Pence guy? Doesn’t he realize a Christ centered marriage is so 19th century. He’s Vice President and can seduce all the interns he wants?
Maybe.
Some people don't realize how fragile a marriage is until they have broken it by being careless.
I once had a wise minister say to me, "Few people wake up in the morning and say, "What a lovely day! I think I will toss my marriage away." But that is exactly what they end up doing. By setting up a few rules at the start of your marriage you can prevent that from happening."
Since he and his wife were married 68 years before death did them part (for about an hour) I thought that he probably knew what he was talking about.
Very true. It was just the way he said it (and he makes a living as a writer), "... not something I would do."
Not if your wife asked you to, Rod, because she was feeling vulnerable, what with your being away so much promoting your book? Not if things were difficult in your marriage right now, and young women who admire you were looking pretty interesting?
From my husband, I would be looking for a comment like, "I would do that if it seemed like a good idea for some reason."
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