Welcome to the awesome marriage podcast. I'm your co-host, Christina Dodson. This is an Ask

Dr. Kim segment where people submit their questions for Dr. Kim, Kimberly, and he answers them.

Thanks for listening.

Today on Ask Dr. Kim, the submission is my boyfriend's baggage really bothers me, but it feels

unloving to break up with them for his past

because as a Christian, I believe in redemption and all of that. What do I do? This is such a great

question, and I think one that a lot of Christ followers deal with, especially as you get further

on in your age when you're dating, it sometimes can come with more baggage. And so as a Christian,

do we

have to deal with our significant others baggage before we get married? Or is it okay to end

the relationship? What do you think, Dr. Kim? A couple of thoughts came from my mind first in

answering that. One, is the person your relationship with a Christian or not? I mean, because

there's some pretty strong warnings about marrying an unbeliever. And is this a red flag? God's giving you to this person

that's not a believer. And, you know, you might have problems, the whole, your whole marriage

with this person in that situation. And the other thing I think you look at is that, is your

boyfriend or girlfriend dealing with it? Or are they acting like it's not a problem? And thing I think you look at is that is your boyfriend or girlfriend dealing with it?

Are they acting like it's not a problem?

And so I think those are things you want to consider.

You know, my counsel is somebody that came in.

If that person's not a believer and not open to pursuing that, I would say get out.

If you're in a relationship with someone and it's an issue that's really causing

a problem in the relationship and they're not dealing with it, I would get out or they're not

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