What's your take on a (married) man who takes out female colleagues for meals or drinks?

I'm a man, and I wouldn't do this. Its risky, dangerous, hurtful to the wife and not worth it. The wife shouldn't enable it either. And no I'm not speaking from the christian perspective, just life experience.

Dancing at the annual party with your female colleagues, with their husbands and your wife present would not cause marital problems. Inviting female colleagues to parties where you drink and dance with each other, without spouses present, will cause marital problems. Some of these married female colleagues are treading on thin ice themselves. Try to avoid them if possible. Good Luck - God Bless

It's not really anyone's business except the wife's. Your question assumes this man and his wife have a very traditional marriage; not everyone does. Perhaps the wife has a lot of male friends. Why assume something fishy would be going on just because he's hanging out with other women? Plus, you said they are colleagues. He shouldn't have to restrict himself to male friends. Sounds to me like there's a trust issue. Unless the man in question has given "solid" suspicion he's cheating, why be insecure?

Maybe he works in an office full of women and they're all just grabbing a drink and a bite to eat after work. No harm, no foul.

Your question is very open-ended and we can make all kinds of assumptions based on it. It's hard to give you an specific answer as I feel you're leaving out important facts.

At the very least it's risky because it creates unclear boundaries and these types of gestures are easy to misinterpret. Coffee, lunch? No problem. But once the sun sets and drinks are involved, it smacks more of a social gathering than a business dinner. It's not totally unheard of, but spouses should be invited to these types of gatherings.

Probably not a good idea - at the very least it gives the wrong impression to others who see them out together and may start nasty rumors that could hurt his wife and even hurt him at his job. At the worst, the female colleague could misinterpret even the most innocent intentions and before he knew it this could escalate out of control.

this is a tricky one. i have some platonic female friends at work, i told my ex wife of them, i told her i went for coffee with them. she accepted and was ok with this as our relationship was secure (at the time. our marriage broke down for other reasons). however, wining and dining is quite different.

my guess is he's something of a player,one that nice girls should avoid.

hmmm maybe lunch, but thats it. if its dinner or drinks i would have a problem with it. my hubby works away from home and he goes out with groups of people from work....they all work away from home so i can see them eating together. but if he worked at home, and took a female co worker out to dinner i would say thats a red flag

If it's just one, I'd consider that a bit inappropriate...if it's a several, not a big deal really...sometimes people who work together go out for a little morale boosting or to unwind and talk "off the record"...

This guy is taking them out to get action of the side w/coworkers.