Friendship boundaries in a marriage

[ebia]

That's not a very good comparison, ebia.  Products on a market shelf can't scream back at you and accuse you of impropriety.

   

For the moment.

[Allinall]

I think a key to answering this is:

Therefore to him that knoweth to do good, and doeth it not, to him it is sin.

James 4:17

There are always going to be situations that are difficult to work around.  Personally, I can talk to two women other than my wife, alone, without feeling awkward.  Mind you, I'm talking about being in the church auditorium, not somewhere potentially secluded.  For me to be in such a situation would be wrong.  I don't feel that to be right.  But if I find a woman stranded on the highway in the middle of a blizzard and I can help by picking her up and taking her to a phone, then I don't feel I'd be right.  Just a thought...

[Symphony]

Yep, All, I'd just have to help the woman out, and take it as it comes.

Circumstances would matter.  It'd be a lot more difficult in drastic circumstances to accuse someone.  Good point.  Thank you.

[Allinall]

De nada!  

[airIam2worship]

Hello Hanging on, welcome back to CU, it has been a long time since your last visit, I hope you will continue to visit and fellowship with us.

Hanging on, I don't know if you got the answer to your question, but my opinion is this, while you may be friends with both the husband and the wife, it is always safe for a Christian to keep him or her self above reproach. While your honor and integrity may be very strong, some people ge a great deal of pleasure about spreading lies and rumors, so my advice in a situation where you are found to be alone in the company of a married person with out the spouse being around is to stay away from it all together.

In some countries men do not even speak to the wife of a man instead the speak to the husband and have the husband relay messages, while in the US those practices seem unnatural to us each culture has their own way of handleing this type of situation.
My opinion is to avoid being alone in the company of a married person of the opposite sex altogether that way rumors will not have a foundation to be started.

Your friend and sister in Chris.
Maria