Are Catie and Josh Still Getting Married After the Open Marriage Fight?

Catie and Josh have not officially canceled their wedding as of 90 Day Fiancé Season 12 Episode 17, but their marriage plans are no longer secure. The real problem is not simply that Catie mentioned an open relationship. Josh wants a monogamous marriage, while Catie has repeatedly questioned whether she can promise that she will always want monogamy. Josh has already made clear that an open marriage is not what he agreed to, and Episode 17 keeps their future unresolved rather than showing them reach a clean compromise. Current evidence points to the couple still being together around this point in the season, but viewers have not yet been shown a confirmed wedding.

Why did Catie ask Josh for an open marriage?

Catie’s request grows out of a conflict that has followed the couple for much of Season 12. Josh has repeatedly been uncomfortable with her flirting, drunken kissing and continued closeness with people from her romantic past. Catie, meanwhile, doesn’t seem convinced that getting married should mean permanently closing herself off from every other romantic or sexual experience. She has said that she loves Josh while also worrying about whether she could eventually become bored with a strictly monogamous life.

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That makes her open-marriage proposal more serious than a hypothetical joke. Catie isn’t telling Josh that she currently wants another partner more than him. She is questioning whether she can honestly promise the kind of marriage Josh expects for the rest of her life. From Josh’s perspective, that uncertainty arrives at the worst possible time because he has already moved countries on a K-1 visa and is preparing to marry her.

Does Josh agree to an open relationship?

No. Josh has been very clear that he does not want an open marriage. When Catie previously raised the possibility, he said that it was not what he signed up for and rejected the idea rather than trying to negotiate rules around it. His reaction makes sense because many of their earlier conflicts already involved behavior he considered too flirtatious. Giving Catie permission to pursue other people would therefore mean accepting a relationship structure that directly conflicts with what he has wanted from the beginning.

The bigger issue is that neither person is necessarily wrong for wanting a different relationship structure. The problem is that they are discussing a fundamental compatibility question immediately before marriage. If Catie genuinely needs the possibility of non-monogamy and Josh genuinely requires monogamy, getting married does not automatically solve that disagreement. Episode 17 treats that incompatibility as unresolved.

Are Catie and Josh still planning the wedding in Episode 17?

They are still engaged and have not formally called the wedding off, but both are questioning whether continuing makes sense. That is an important difference from saying everything has been repaired. Their families are involved in the wedding preparations, the K-1 deadline remains part of the pressure, and neither one simply walks away. At the same time, the show is deliberately avoiding giving viewers the reassurance that the ceremony will definitely happen.

The official description for Episode 17 even frames their storyline around Catie and Josh questioning their future. That language fits what has been building for several weeks rather than introducing a completely new problem. Their arguments about Ryan, Catie’s flirting and the open-marriage proposal all come back to one question: Does Catie want the kind of marriage Josh believes they are about to enter?

Are Catie and Josh still together outside the episode?

Recent reporting before the finale has continued to list Catie and Josh as together, but that does not by itself confirm that they ultimately marry. Josh has also publicly responded to viewers telling him to leave Catie, showing that he remains engaged with discussion surrounding their relationship. Neither clue should be treated as definitive proof of a wedding because reality stars are often limited in what they can reveal before an episode airs.

There are therefore two different answers depending on the question. Are they still a couple around Episode 17? Evidence points to yes. Are they definitely getting married? That remains unresolved on screen. The distinction is especially important with this couple because staying together does not solve the specific disagreement that threatens the marriage.

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What has to happen before Josh can marry Catie?

They need a real answer about monogamy rather than another temporary truce. Josh cannot reasonably enter the marriage assuming Catie will eventually abandon the idea if she still believes an open relationship may be important to her. Catie also should not promise permanent monogamy solely because the K-1 deadline gives them little time to decide. Their conflict is about the rules of the marriage itself, not a wedding decoration or family disagreement that disappears after the ceremony.

Episode 17 therefore keeps their wedding alive while making it less convincing than it once was. Catie still loves Josh and Josh has not ended the engagement, but love is not the unresolved part of their story. The unanswered question is whether the future Catie wants can fit inside the marriage Josh is willing to have. Until that is settled, their wedding remains possible rather than guaranteed.