Re: Living together before marriage
Hi Everyone
I'm a newbie and just found the site because I was looking for information on being Christian and living with someone before marriage.
There is another reason for living together before marriage and that is because one of the people isn't divorced.
In my case I am widowed and met Alex not long after my husband died nearly five years ago. We immediately clicked but it was too soon for me and his marriage was in severe difficulties. His wife is not a Christian.
We never saw each other for over three years although kept in touch infrequently with phone calls and texts. He has been separated for three years but unable to get divorced yet.
I am 57 and he is 61. Last November we met up again and the magic was still there. I was living with my daughter and family and so Alex moved down from Scotland to be nearer. Now we are planning to move back to Scotland for a while and to be married asap.
Alex, myself, my daughters and son-in-law and grandchildren are Christians and we attend a Baptist church.
I don't feel as if we are doing the wrong thing but are feelings the thing to go on? We are engaged and the paperwork to get married is ready to go once the divorce is finalised.
My questions are - are we wrong to cohabit before marriage and what if a spouse refuses to divorce someone even when the marriage has broken down?
Regards
Crystal
PS I was not the cause of the breakdown of Alex's marriage and in fact he did a lot to keep it going after he met me.
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