What to Do When in Serious Disagreement as Shack Ups

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🗓️ 31 January 2026

⏱️ 6 minutes

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0:35.4	advice. Viancé and I have been together just over three years, engaged just over five months,
0:44.3	with our wedding planned 10 months away.
0:49.6	We've been shacking up for two years.
0:52.9	We had a very serious disagreement in which I'm upset.
0:57.7	She doesn't accept my sexual advances,
1:00.8	and she's upset that I haven't followed her on her new journey with Christ.
1:08.3	Her new journey with Christ started three months ago.
1:12.8	The sexual issues have been on and off for the past year or so.
1:17.8	At night, we didn't resolve anything and talked about breaking up.
1:23.2	The next day, I got to her saying, I would do Bible-based counseling, attend church with her,
1:32.4	and give religion a real opportunity.
1:37.4	And lastly, wait until marriage to have sex again, as now sex before marriage is weighing on her.
1:51.0	She was thrilled, and her prayers were answered, she said.
1:55.9	Although she thought it might be best to postpone the wedding.
2:03.1	We seemed to get everything worked out,
2:12.7	or so I thought. Fast forward two days later, she let me know. She loves me, wants to continue our engagement and not postpone the wedding, but God spoke to her saying it would be best for her to move out
2:22.2	until we're married as it will strengthen our relationship.
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