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Confusing to say the least, seeing as she had already accepted, but now she's having second thoughts about whether we should be together or not. She comes from a very heavy Christian background, like super fundamentalist. How fundamentalist? Like having feelings of attraction to someone is a sin kind of bad. The problem is she loves being intimate with me, but on the other hand she feels horribly guilty and ashamed of being too intimate with me, like she legitimately feels like God will punish her and send her to hell over it (her words).

I can understand the God fearing angle, but this goes straight against the concepts of the NT, which don' t mention any of this. She also believes salvation can be lost, or rather that one can never truly be saved unless they live a blameless and sinless life. Seeing as the Bible literally mentions this is absolutely impossible to do, hence the coming of Jesus, I have absolutely no idea how she plans on accomplishing this feat either. That was the entire point of Jesus being crucified, for the forgiveness of the sins of man.

This wouldn't be a big deal, but she's already been super intimiate with me, and she thinks were simply moving too fast. This is super confusing as well, because she made no mention or even hinted at a notice that this would be or is a problem. Plus if we're engaged, I would think there would be more leeway than casually dating, but apparently not. Now im just horribly confused what's going on

Confusing to say the least, seeing as she had already accepted, but now she's having second thoughts about whether we should be together or not. She comes from a very heavy Christian background, like super fundamentalist. How fundamentalist? Like having feelings of attraction to someone is a sin kind of bad. The problem is she loves being intimate with me, but on the other hand she feels horribly guilty and ashamed of being too intimate with me, like she legitimately feels like God will punish her and send her to hell over it (her words). I can understand the God fearing angle, but this goes straight against the concepts of the NT, which don' t mention any of this. She also believes salvation can be lost, or rather that one can never truly be saved unless they live a blameless and sinless life. Seeing as the Bible literally mentions this is absolutely impossible to do, hence the coming of Jesus, I have absolutely no idea how she plans on accomplishing this feat either. That was the entire point of Jesus being crucified, for the forgiveness of the sins of man. This wouldn't be a big deal, but she's already been super intimiate with me, and she thinks were simply moving too fast. This is super confusing as well, because she made no mention or even hinted at a notice that this would be or is a problem. Plus if we're engaged, I would think there would be more leeway than casually dating, but apparently not. Now im just horribly confused what's going on

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[–] 6 pts

Find someone normal

[–] 4 pts

Reading that makes me feel like a normal person, and that speaks volumes.

[–] 4 pts

ha no way you be a normie that moniker....

[–] 4 pts

Did you propose to this girl before having a very serious talk about wanting to get married? Did she know you were going to propose?

Supposing you didn't just spring this on her, I suggest you give her some space. No sexual stuff. Give her a couple weeks to pick a wedding date or at least a time frame, if she won't, get your ring back and find another girl.

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Great advice. Listen to this OP. Your courting time is precious.

Her bio clock is ticking much quicker than yours. It's ok to just relax and go about building a life for yourself to grow spiritually and mature as a man. Women are usually happier with a husband similar in personality to her father. Have you thought about how you fit with her family? Do they welcome you into their home?

Her parents love me, they get along great with me. The problem is she thinks things are moving too fast and she's having sort of a mental breakdown over how well things are going. I think this is because im her only real serious relationship, so she's not really sure how to process everything

[–] 3 pts (edited )

When you find the right woman the fit will be perfect with no worries, hesitations and drama such as you described. She may end up being frigid just due to her strict religious beliefs. These aren't "ideas". She committed to them. My Catholic raised Mother was the same as this young lady. No sex unless you are making a baby. It's for nothing else and she readily admitted she hated sex.

You might want to take time away from the relationship to pray and meditate on this OP. Marrying someone that has ingrained guilt around sex may be not for you. She will teach her children esp girls the same. She won't be able to help herself.

A time apart to consider IMO is prudent. Take a month or more. Marriage is for a lifetime.

That's what im thinking of doing, im gonna take a small vacation trip to my friend's place and settle down for a week or so. This isn't the first time it happened, and she mentioned it coincides heavily with her period (she's super emotional on her period), so im giving her the benefit of female emotions at play

[–] 1 pt

Put spyware on her phone and computer, trust me

[–] 1 pt

Have you been fucking?

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Nope, she wants to wait until she's actually married

[–] 3 pts (edited )

That's good. I was confused by "loves being intimate". If she thinks being physically attracted to you is in itself a sin then she needs to read her Bible more. But given the part about living perfectly and sinless etc, you already know that.

Honestly that's what I'd encourage her to do.

I think the problem im reaching into is that she thinks overt kissing and hugging are sins when not married, so it becomes a very rough balancing act to find what is and is not allowed pre marriage. In terms of her outlook, its a great outlook to have

[–] 0 pt

she's blown me and says I love you I can't see how this will blow up in my face

Ah, me until March 22, 2015