Feeling good! Ben Higgins continues to be blissful together with his and fiancée Jess Clarke’s selection to attend till marriage to sleep collectively.
“We’re enthusiastic about this choice,” Higgins, 31, informed Ashley Iaconetti in the course of the Monday, April 27, episode of their “Virtually Well-known” podcast, following his authentic feedback on the subject per week prior. “It’s been the healthiest choice for us.”
The Bachelor alum beforehand informed Nick Viall on Wednesday, April 22, throughout his “Viall Recordsdata” podcast, that he and Clarke, 24, have been staying in separate beds whereas quarantining along with her household, saying it’s “only a respect degree.” He additionally admitted that they’ve “positively” not had intercourse but and are ready till they tie the knot to take action.
Jessica Clarke and Ben Higgins attend iHeartRadio Music Competition Day 1 on September 20, 2019 in Las Vegas, Nevada. AFF-USA/Shutterstock
The Denver resident admitted on Monday that it was “bizarre” to have the subject as part of “a dinner dialog” for the 2 households after his feedback aired final week, but it surely was a “wholesome dialog” nonetheless.
Higgins revealed that some individuals may be “confused” by the duo’s no-sex till marriage pact, however “it’s the choice we made that we thought was finest for us as a pair to permit us the healthiest relationship.”
The Bachelor: Winter Video games alum, who popped the query to the College of Mississippi alum on March 28, famous that their selection wasn’t taken evenly.
“We needed to do this as a result of we knew that we had one thing particular, and we needed to do some issues personally to guarantee that we have been setting ourselves up for probably the most success,” he defined to his listeners. “This is likely one of the selections that we’ve made, and it’s been actually good for us.”
The Indiana native is aware of that “it may not be for everyone,” but it surely’s working for him and his bride-to-be, who’ve spent most of their relationship in a long-distance state of affairs.
“We’re actually excited for what the long run holds. I imply it’s labored to date,” the Bachelor Stay On Stagecohost stated. “We’re fortunately engaged and having a good time being engaged.”
Ben Higgins and Jess Clarke Courtesy of Ben Higgins/Instagram
As for when the couple will stroll down the aisle, it’s up within the air amid the coronavirus pandemic, however Higgins revealed there are solely a “choose few months” that they’ll get hitched.
“All people I’ve talked to within the Clarke household has made certain that I do know that we’ve got to this in the course of the [baseball] offseason,” Higgins stated on his podcast on March 30.
Because the Tennessee native’s brother is an expert baseball participant, the duo plan to work round his day off so the entire household might be in attendance.
Us broke the information that the couple have been engaged in March, after courting for greater than a yr. Higgins and Clarke began their relationship in 2018 after the TV persona messaged her by way of Instagram.
Higgins was beforehand engaged to Lauren Bushnell, whom he proposed to in the course of the season 20 finale of The Bachelor. The 2 known as it quits in Might 2017, and Bushnell obtained married in October 2019 to nation singer Chris Lane.
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