If my fiancé stays overnight in a spare room a few nights a week, is that cohabitation?
The short answer
Not in the usual sense, which means living together as husband and wife without being married. Hosting him in a spare room is not sinful in itself, but it can be a near occasion of sin and a possible cause of scandal.
Cohabitation generally means a man and a woman living together as husband and wife without being married. Letting your fiancé sleep in a spare room means hosting an overnight guest of the opposite sex whom you expect to marry.
That is not sinful in itself. But it can be a near occasion of sin and a possible cause of scandal.
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