You need to do what you are comfortable with. Mine go out and are allowed to free roam during the day but I get them in at night as statistically that is when most road traffic accidents are likely, foxes are around etc.
I'm in the uk so one of our deciding factors was the fact we don't have window screens or doors and in the summer we wouldn't have been able to open them without the boys escaping so would have melted indoors!
I would like to cat proof the garden, but my other half also doesn't want it looking like a prison, plus we have lots of trees around the perimeter and could end up with other cats being able to get in but not out, same with foxes. There are also loads of fox holes and runs going under our fences I'm forever trying to fill in but get dug out again, so I'm convinced we wouldn't be able to fully secure the garden against escape or other animals getting in.
You could look at a cat enclosure but your boyfriend sounds like mine and that would also be a resounding no!
I do worry about my two all the time, they have trackers now after an unfortunate incident earlier this year where Hendrix got in a work van while I was at work and ended up 10 miles away. We were lucky to get him back! There is also the worry of them getting shut in sheds/ garages, or your bengals may be very territorial so cat fights etc. Jagger is territorial but not really been in a fight, his posturing is enough to see another cat off, and Hendrix is more a victim than a fighter, he runs and has been beaten up as a result. Your location and the roads are another factor, we live at the end of a cul de sac and in general my two avoid the busy road we live off, but they have been along it I've since discovered after putting trackers on them and also talking to people when I was searching for Hendrix.
Oh and let's not forget dealing with their little gifts they may bring back! My two have been pretty pitiful hunters up to now. But last weekend I had a rat presented to me (dead fortunately) and the same day Hendrix brought in a live bird which was flying around the kitchen until caught again and I had blood splattered everywhere and had to do a thorough clean up! I also rescued a slow worm from them during the week which didn't go down well...
There are a lot of things to consider and to be honest, my two didn't show much interest in going out until we started to walk them around the garden on harnesses, and Hendrix for one was just petrified initially! Then they were only allowed out first thing and in the evening on work days so I could keep an eye on them. After a year of that we got a cat flap as it was too stressful trying to get them back in before work! They've kind of kept to that routine on the whole although aren't always home before I leave.
Bear in mind that if you do show them the big outdoors, they will be on at you all the time to go out! Currently I'm being harassed from 5am every day to let them out! Personally whilst I worry about them constantly, it is lovely to watch them outside as they do enjoy all the scents and chasing insects etc, climbing trees, chasing each other around the lawn... They do have have lots of natural stimulation to run off that Bengal energy they have oodles of!
There you go, I've been no help at all, have I??
_________________ Clare Hendrix and Jagger, Brown Marble Boys (born 18 August 2013) Hampshire, UK
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