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For the love of all things reheated and leftover, let me emphasize that the following situation is only a fictional account and doesn't represent actual facts <cough>.
Let's say that a husband and wife go to a restaurant, where both are served way more food than they can eat in one sitting. The husband asks for a to-go box, but the wife declares in the company of witnesses who clearly hear her that she isn't taking any of hers home because she doesn't want her leftovers. With the wife's explicit permission and blessing, the husband adds the wife's leftovers to his to-go box.
A couple of days later, the husband finds the to-go box and pops it in the microwave with the intent to consume the entirety of its mingled contents. The wife takes note of what is happening, and also being hungry stakes a claim on a portion of the leftovers that is equal to or exceeding the portion that she declined to bring home.
What's the call?
Let's say that a husband and wife go to a restaurant, where both are served way more food than they can eat in one sitting. The husband asks for a to-go box, but the wife declares in the company of witnesses who clearly hear her that she isn't taking any of hers home because she doesn't want her leftovers. With the wife's explicit permission and blessing, the husband adds the wife's leftovers to his to-go box.
A couple of days later, the husband finds the to-go box and pops it in the microwave with the intent to consume the entirety of its mingled contents. The wife takes note of what is happening, and also being hungry stakes a claim on a portion of the leftovers that is equal to or exceeding the portion that she declined to bring home.
What's the call?
