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Brooklyn Beckham is engaged

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Bouledeneige · 11/07/2020 20:16

They've been dating 7 months and he's had a series of girlfriends.
Would you be happy if your 21 year old said they were engaged? Irrespective of who he is if he was my kid I would feel that he was too young and they'd not been together long enough. But what would I know?

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Literallynoidea · 11/07/2020 21:20

21 is far, far too young, especially for someone who moves in the worlds he does.

It will 100pc end in divorce. If they get married at all.

Pomegranatemolasses · 11/07/2020 21:20

In fact I'm really puzzled as to why he wants to do this at his age. What about focusing on a career, travel etc?

Scion286 · 11/07/2020 21:21

I think she’s pregnant. He said something about being a daddy one day in the twitter post.

I’d worry if it was my DS. Too much too soon. I’d want him to have a focus other than the person he’s dating. I think BB hasn’t really found out who he is yet-what he wants from life, a career? A passion? He’s gone from one girlfriend to the next, very full on with each one declaring undying love etc.

There’s far far worse things in life though and if they’re genuinely in love and ready to make that commitment then good luck to them.

ShellieEllie · 11/07/2020 21:22

I was engaged at 19, after 2 weeks of being together! We're still together and about to celebrate our 30th Wedding Anniversary. Maybe he's lucky enough to have found his soul mate as I did very early on in life. I appreciate that some never find theirs and for that I'm eternally grateful and know how lucky I am. Weirdly though I'm not sure I would be happy if he were mine.

cultkid · 11/07/2020 21:22

I got married and engaged at 21

Still with husband.. 7 years later

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Bouledeneige · 11/07/2020 21:23

Love this tweet about this wedding photos!

twitter.com/lsbuboy/status/1281964444227178502

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DobbyTheHouseElk · 11/07/2020 21:23

I’m really old, I remember his parents getting married on those thrones! Was it OK magazine that had the rights?

Seriously isn’t Brooklyn 12?

LizzieMacQueen · 11/07/2020 21:24

I think pregnant too.

7 months isn't long to be together, especially as almost 1/2 that will have been under lockdown - hardly normal circumstances.

LynetteScavo · 11/07/2020 21:25

My DS is 21 and he's still at uni. If he go engaged I wouldn't expect him to get married until he'd graduated, got a job and they had somewhere to live, so in a couple of years. But this couple don't have to worry about getting a job to have a home of their own, but I imagine the wedding might take a while to plan. I actually don't think it's that young to get engaged, it's just a proposal, not a baby. Then again....

RyanBergarasTeeth · 11/07/2020 21:25

My parents were married with two kids and living in a foreign country at 21, still together almost 40 years later. 21 is an adult.

wildcherries · 11/07/2020 21:26

So many celebs get engaged and then break up before there's a wedding. I'd be surprised if they get married. But it's whatever.

Tappering · 11/07/2020 21:26

I was engaged at 22 and married at 26. Still together now in our 40s.

FrippEnos · 11/07/2020 21:27

laidbacklife
Her father is worth $1.7 billion. Of course the Beckhams are happy. This is all their Christmases come at once!!!

Not sure why you would think that.

He doesn't have a career and she has a 'reasonable' IMBD list as an actress.

okiedokieme · 11/07/2020 21:27

Wouldn't be happy if it were my DD's but then my friends 21 year old is a dad - everyone is different

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Bouledeneige · 11/07/2020 21:29

Scion286 I agree entirely. I don't think he has found his path or a career yet. I think its very hard as a child of super rich celebrities to find your identity in your own right and feel that you have a sense of purpose outside of being a rich kid's child.

She could well be pregnant.

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OnlyFoolsnMothers · 11/07/2020 21:31

I thinks it’s a “20s” engagement - like many of the celebs in the 90s did, they won’t make it down the aisle eg Billie piper and Ritchie from 5, Natasha Hamilton and any of her baby fathers, etc

LittleMissEngineer · 11/07/2020 21:35

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BlueBrian · 11/07/2020 21:35

Isn't she going to get a bored with him rather quickly, he's done nothing except being the son of David Beckham

eaglejulesk · 11/07/2020 21:37

Some people are ready at 21, others not ready at 40. He's done a lot more in his life than the average 21 year old so it's not as though he's lead a sheltered life with no experiences. I know people who were married by 21 and have been together for decades, others who married later in life but it didn't last. A long time married couple I know got married after 3 months together, others knew each other for years beforehand but the marriages didn't last.

What I'm trying to say is everyone is different and what works for one doesn't for another. He's old enough to make the decision for himself, and yes, it's only an engagement at this stage.

Samcro · 11/07/2020 21:39

@KurriKawari

Hope the media leave them both alone.

Please tell me thats a joke He only has the media. No job, no career to skills.

frumpety · 11/07/2020 21:41

His Dad was 24 when he got married, how long was he with Victoria before that ?

RustyBear · 11/07/2020 21:43

I got engaged to DH when I was 21 and we've just celebrated our 40th anniversary, so I don't think the age in itself is a problem.

JamesArthursEyelashes · 11/07/2020 21:43

I find it funny how people are predicting divorce when it’s about half of all marriages end in divorce so hardly some ‘out there’ statement.
And I also love how people talk as if they know him, about his upbringing, his girlfriends, not finding his passion. 🤣.
Most 21 year olds have have lots going on that others don’t know about. A few photos in the daily mail with a crap headline every couple of weeks doesn’t really mean you know him or anyone they feature.
There were people being horrible about him on another post a while ago as they felt he had a lot of girlfriends. Now he’s engaged and people say he’s too young. People are weird. I’m quite sure he won’t give a toss what anyone who he doesn’t know thinks anyway.

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Bouledeneige · 11/07/2020 21:45

eaglejules Has he really been through a lot in his life compared with non celeb people? He went to school. He lived a hugely luxury life by virtue of his parents. He took some laughably bad photos that were published. He went to a New York film school famous as what rich kids do when they haven't got any plans for their life. He's not worked, not got a career. He just take photos of himself a lot. With pretty girlfriends. Thats it!

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GreyGardens88 · 11/07/2020 21:45

@HoneysuckIejasmine

I imagine he's grown up a lot faster than other kids. I can't get excited about it. Engagement isn't legally binding and divorce is possible in future if they do get married and it doesn't go well.

How has he grown up faster? I'd argue he hasn't grown up at all, always provided with every whim he desires never known any hardship or problems. I don't get your way of thinking at all #i'm afraid

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