{"id":291319,"date":"2020-04-22T17:37:17","date_gmt":"2020-04-22T23:37:17","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/b1143895"},"modified":"2020-04-22T17:37:17","modified_gmt":"2020-04-22T23:37:17","slug":"ben-higgins-explains-why-he-and-fiancee-jessica-clarke-are-sleeping-in-separate-beds-until-marriage","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/alwaysmountaintime.com\/kidn\/music-news\/ben-higgins-explains-why-he-and-fiancee-jessica-clarke-are-sleeping-in-separate-beds-until-marriage\/","title":{"rendered":"Ben Higgins Explains Why He and Fianc\u00e9e Jessica Clarke Are Sleeping in Separate Beds Until Marriage"},"content":{"rendered":"<div id=\"video-int-txt-0\" data-hook=\"scrollable-block\" readability=\"40.825100806452\">\n<section data-textblock-tracking=\"text-block-video-text\" data-swiftype-index=\"false\" readability=\"25.339717741935\">\n<p><strong><a href=\"https:\/\/www.eonline.com\/news\/ben_higgins\">Ben Higgins<\/a><\/strong> is opening up about an important milestone in his relationship with fianc\u00e9e&nbsp;<strong>Jessica Clarke<\/strong>.<\/p>\n<p>Though the pair have hit many benchmarks in their relationship, like <a href=\"https:\/\/www.eonline.com\/news\/1135506\/the-bachelor-s-ben-higgins-is-engaged-to-jessica-clarke\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">getting engaged<\/a> and meeting the parents, they have yet to&nbsp;cross one major item off the metaphorical to-do list: Doing the deed, for lack of better words.<\/p>\n<p>As Ben revealed in an interview with&nbsp;<strong><a href=\"https:\/\/www.eonline.com\/news\/nick_viall\">Nick Viall<\/a><\/strong> for&nbsp;<em>Viall Files<\/em>, the former&nbsp;<em>Bachelor&nbsp;<\/em>shared that he and his <a href=\"https:\/\/www.eonline.com\/news\/1007037\/ben-higgins-says-he-s-not-hiding-his-new-girlfriend-but-isn-t-ready-to-go-public\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">girlfriend of over a year <\/a>are waiting to have sex until after they&#8217;ve walked down the aisle and said &#8216;I Do.&#8217;<\/p>\n<p>The topic of his sex life came up when he and Nick&nbsp;were discussing his current living situation, since Ben is staying with her family during the quarantine. One thing led to another and Nick&nbsp; and his producer asked if he and Jess were &#8220;fornicating&#8221; at all or if they were waiting till after their wedding.<\/p>\n<p>To which he responded, &#8220;Yeah, we are.&#8221;<\/p>\n<p>He also added that he has &#8220;definitely&#8221; not had sex this &#8220;week and not in the last year and a half.&#8221;<\/p>\n<\/section>\n<\/div>\n<div id=\"text-2\" data-hook=\"scrollable-block\" readability=\"58.5\">\n<section data-textblock-tracking=\"text-block-text-only\" data-swiftype-index=\"false\" readability=\"7\">\n<p>Ben and Jess have been able to avoid the temptation because they&#8217;ve been doing long-distance for a majority of their relationship. And since they&#8217;re staying at her parent&#8217;s house in separate rooms, the idea of having sex right now isn&#8217;t even a thought in Ben&#8217;s mind. He said, &#8220;It&#8217;s just a respect level and also what the logistics of it is.&#8221;<\/p>\n<\/section>\n<\/div>\n<div id=\"photo-txt-3\" data-hook=\"scrollable-block\" readability=\"44.5\">\n<div class=\"column post-content__image--left post-content__image\" data-swiftype-index=\"false\"> <img decoding=\"async\" class=\"image--full\" src=\"https:\/\/akns-images.eonline.com\/eol_images\/Entire_Site\/2020310\/rs_832x1024-200410171708-1024.ben-higgins-jess-clarke.ct.041020.jpg?fit=inside|900:auto&amp;output-quality=90\" title=\"Ben Higgins, Jessica Clarke\" alt=\"Ben Higgins, Jessica Clarke\"><\/p>\n<p class=\"image__credits\">Ben Higgins\/Instagram<\/p>\n<\/p><\/div>\n<section data-textblock-tracking=\"text-block-photo-text\" readability=\"29\">\n<p>That being said, he and Jessica are not sure when they will be able to exchange&nbsp;vows given the current world events. He revealed they were even considering eloping but changed their minds when they realized what they&#8217;d be missing out on. &#8220;We both were like, \u2018Yeah, we could definitely see it.&#8217; But what are we giving up to do that?&#8221; The 31-year-old shared, &#8220;At the end of all of this, this is Jess&#8217; day. This is our day as a couple, but I want to make sure she has the wedding she&#8217;s always dreamed of and that she feels celebrated.&#8221;<\/p>\n<p>Unfortunately, he shared his concern that the coronavirus of it all could be detracting from the idyllic engagement they hoped to have. Ben revealed he&#8217;s worried she may not &#8220;feel as celebrated as I know people feel for her,&#8221; since they got engaged in the midst of the pandemic.&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p>The one silver lining in this situation is that they&#8217;re closer than ever. From the moment they started dating, they did things &#8220;from a distance,&#8221; as Ben put it, but now that they&#8217;ve been together consistently for the last few weeks, he said, &#8220;I can confidently look her in the eyes and say, \u2018Hey, we&#8217;ve been stuck in the house together for two weeks and I&#8217;m having a blast.'&#8221;<\/p>\n<\/section>\n<\/div>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/www.eonline.com\/news\/1143895\/ben-higgins-explains-why-he-and-fiancee-jessica-clarke-are-sleeping-in-separate-beds-until-marriage?cmpid=rss-000000-rssfeed-365-topstories&#038;utm_source=eonline&#038;utm_medium=rssfeeds&#038;utm_campaign=rss_topstories\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">via:: E! Online<\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Ben Higgins is opening up about an important milestone in his relationship with fianc\u00e9e&nbsp;Jessica Clarke. Though the pair have hit many benchmarks in their relationship, like getting engaged and meeting the parents, they have yet to&nbsp;cross one major item off the metaphorical to-do list: Doing the deed, for lack of better words. 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