Brooklyn Beckham is engaged

[Bouledeneige]

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?

It would depend on the length of the relationship and who the fiancee was.

[quote eaglejulesk]@Bouledeneige - does he actually need a career! Careers aren't the be all and end all you know. He's 21 for crying out loud, not a child, let him do what he wants. Nothing to do with any of us and tbh all we know about him is what we read in the gossip columns.[/quote]
Careers aren't the be all and end all, true. But neither is money. Sure, he could live in luxury off his parents' money for the rest of his life, but everyone needs some sort of purpose. That doesn't have to be a career - though it's an obvious option - but everyone needs some reason to get out of bed in the morning.

The lack of a purpose in life is why so many children of the rich and famous go off the rails, with mulitple divorces and drug habits. When you've already got all the money you'll ever need just by being born, and when everything is given to you on a plate, then life might seem a bit pointless.

I think Paul and Linda McCartney are examples of people who did really well with their children: keeping them out of the public eye and making sure they got a profession. Of course Stella McCartney's name will have helped her very much in getting established as a designer, but there's no doubt she worked hard for her career. Not so Brooklyn, who's parents tried and failed to buy him a career as a photographer. For all their privilege, I don't really envy those kids.

There are loads of things he could be doing to give him purpose that aren't necessarily about the need for income. Education for a start. Doesn't have to be academic if he's not able or interested. They clearly thought he had artistic talents so could theoretically be in art school. He could be volunteering/helping out charities, coaching football, ask for his job in the coffee shop back.... He obviously is able to what he likes and isn't obliged to do anything but it's not a lifestyle I'd be encouraging a young adult to have to be honest. Just as well it's not an issue I'll have to deal with!

The amount of people on this thread who care so deeply about something that is absolutely nothing to do with them and who fail to understand that their way isn't always the right way is shocking.

He could do a plumbing apprenticeship like his grandand and start his own company.

@2155User

The amount of people on this thread who care so deeply about something that is absolutely nothing to do with them and who fail to understand that their way isn't always the right way is shocking.

Well, I don't really care, but it's, you know, chat. You aren't obliged to read it or join in.

@WaxOnFeckOff

No way, didn't know I could choose to join in order not, thanks for letting me know.

[quote 2155User]@WaxOnFeckOff

No way, didn't know I could choose to join in order not, thanks for letting me know. [/quote]
You're welcome, glad to be of service.

@katy1213

She might come to earth with a bump when she realises it's all his parents' money, not his. I was looking at the body language on the DMail video - he was hiding his face from the press and she was revelling in every minute. Silly boy but I guess wealthy people have always known how to protect their sons from gold-digging blondes.

After a cursory google, Her father is worth $1.7 billion. She's an actress worth $50 million in her own right. I don't think she's after him for his cash

Yep, her family is loaded. Hence why the Beckhams are delighted!

The Beckham family chose to sell their kids’ lives for profit. Do you think that people are daft enough to perpetually lap up the propaganda and never laugh at them? They have invited laughter and derision.

The propaganda? It’s similar to what everyone does. They put the good bits of their lives out there on social media, not the bad. Most of it is bullshit, either completely fake or exaggerated massively....for everyone. The difference is these are people we don’t know.

Personally I don’t put my life on Instagram and Facebook and certainly not my kids although they have these things now they are teens. I like my privacy but most of the world do not seem to whether famous or not. The Beckham are no different, they’re just richer and there lies the issue I think. It’s much better to just get on with your own life.

@JamesArthursEyelashes

The Beckham family chose to sell their kids’ lives for profit. Do you think that people are daft enough to perpetually lap up the propaganda and never laugh at them? They have invited laughter and derision.

The propaganda? It’s similar to what everyone does. They put the good bits of their lives out there on social media, not the bad. Most of it is bullshit, either completely fake or exaggerated massively....for everyone. The difference is these are people we don’t know.

Personally I don’t put my life on Instagram and Facebook and certainly not my kids although they have these things now they are teens. I like my privacy but most of the world do not seem to whether famous or not. The Beckham are no different, they’re just richer and there lies the issue I think. It’s much better to just get on with your own life.

"Everyone" doesn't do it though. Many celebrities have no social media presence and are extremely protective of their children's privacy. Fo example, Daniel Craig is one of the most famous people in the world - and his wife is very well-known too - but nobody even knows their daughter's name. Hugh Grant is pretty famous, but nobody knows the name or even the sex of his 5th child. It can be done. The Beckhams, however, actively exploit their family for PR purposes. That's not inevitable. It's a choice they made.

The Beckham's have been shoving Brooklyn in our faces practically from the day he was born, they've been placing stories about him for years in the press, it's no wonder he gets laughed at now, all his dismal failures have been documented in full detail by the Beckhams themselves.

"Everyone" doesn't do it though. Many celebrities have no social media presence and are extremely protective of their children's privacy.

Yes. Some famous people and some non famous people choose to put their lives out there for everyone to see. It’s the same thing that drives both the famous and non famous. A need for validation and likes. I don’t get it, I don’t do it myself, I’m just saying why would famous people be any different. I just feel sorry for anyone who feels the need to do it regardless of their situation. Much easier you actually just live your life.

But, I know lots of people who post photos of nights out with friends all looking happy, family meals, all smiling.... but then the reality is all the friends and family are bitching about each other. It’s all fake. No one says anything though, even when we know these people. Most people are aware of things in friends and families lives that aren’t great but we don’t feel it’s our place to comment because it’s usually not. So why do people care or feel the need to tear Brooklyn Beckham apart. Just because you can and you feel someone has put themselves out there, people don’t have to be so nasty. I wouldn’t do things how they have but I just don’t feel the need to comment negatively on it. There’s so many truly bad people out there that are so much more worthy of negative comments, both famous and non famous.

The Beckham's have been shoving Brooklyn in our faces practically from the day he was born, they've been placing stories about him for years in the press, it's no wonder he gets laughed at now, all his dismal failures have been documented in full detail by the Beckhams themselves.

But why would you laugh at someone’s failures? 🤷🏻‍♀️ How depressing that people do that.

@TheNewLook

What’s his job?

I believe he is an eminent photographer. Or something.

So why do people care or feel the need to tear Brooklyn Beckham apart. Just because you can and you feel someone has put themselves out there, people don’t have to be so nasty. I wouldn’t do things how they have but I just don’t feel the need to comment negatively on it

I don't see anyone 'tearing Brooklyn Beckham apart'. I feel a tad sorry for him myself. His parents never gave him the chance to have anything approaching a normal life and gave him little choice about being in the public eye from a very early age, preferring to commoditise him and his siblings.

And since you're intent on telling us all to 'just live our lives', shouldn't you apply the same advice to yourself? There are hundreds of threads you could comment on. Why comment on this particular one just to say how uninterested and above it all you are?

And since you're intent on telling us all to 'just live our lives', shouldn't you apply the same advice to yourself? There are hundreds of threads you could comment on. Why comment on this particular one just to say how uninterested and above it all you are?

I can comment on the thread if I want to. It’s not just for people who want to slag him off after all. I have a different view to you, if that doesn’t suit you, then tough. I haven’t said I’m uninterested, I’ve said I don’t understand why people are so nasty about people they don’t know. I’m not overly interested in the Beckham but I do have an interest in how social media affects people and in people’s attitudes in general towards others. Being famous doesn’t make you immune to the upset and mental health problems that can be caused by reading nasty comments about yourself.

I can comment on the thread if I want to. It’s not just for people who want to slag him off after all.

Of course you can. But you seem to be telling people off for taking an interest in someone who has chosen to put himself in the public eye, even though you're clearly interested yourself.

I’m not overly interested in the Beckhams

Interested enough to click on a thread about them and comment multiple times though.

Being famous doesn’t make you immune to the upset and mental health problems that can be caused by reading nasty comments about yourself.

Again, I'm not really seeing those 'nasty' comments you keep mentioning. But the Beckhams aren't simply famous - they actively choose to put their personal lives out there to court publicity. When you make the choice to make your 'private' life public, then people are going to comment - that's the whole point after all - and not all those comments are going to be positive.

If you're likely to suffer from metal health problems 'by reading nasty comments about yourself' then maybeit's best not to make your and your children's lives into a circus, and if you do, nobody is forcing you to read the 'nasty' comments.

I owned a house by 21

I wouldn’t judge

It’s within the law for people to marry younger than that so it’s not exactly pushing boundaries

But you seem to be telling people off for taking an interest in someone who has chosen to put himself in the public eye, even though you're clearly interested yourself.

Telling them off? I just said I don’t like the nastiness and I don’t understand why people seem to dislike him so much. You don’t see some of the comments as nasty, but I do. Making fun of him and his ‘failures’, laughing at him. sarcastic comments etc. I think that’s nasty. I’ve seen what these types of comments can do, the mental health issues they cause.

If you're likely to suffer from metal health problems 'by reading nasty comments about yourself' then maybeit's best not to make your and your children's lives into a circus, and if you do, nobody is forcing you to read the 'nasty' comments.

I agree, Social media causes more bad than good. But for many people it’s part of life and if you’re famous then an arguably necessary way to promote yourself apparently. 🤢 Young people today, famous or not have grown up with it and know no different. It’s very hard to not be on social media now it seems for many people. I don’t get it but even my own kids who haven’t learnt it from us, are caught up in it. Imagine if you’ve been brought up in that like the Beckham kids and then being the kid who doesn't go along with it. Their kids probably don’t even think it’s possible as it’s so ingrained in them. It’s very weird. But I still think we all have the choice to not make fun of him and others like him. He may realise one day that he’s better off without it, I hope the whole world realises that’s personally.
And to say not to read the comments, easier said than done. Like I say I’ve seen how this affects someone, even out of thousands of nice comments, they remember the one nasty one. But they still keep reading.

I clicked on the thread as I wondered who he was engaged to. I’ve commented because having seen the nasty, sarcastic posts and knowing the damage that can cause, it’s something that interests me and that I feel quite strongly about. Not the Beckhams in particular, just as a general issue.

And to say not to read the comments, easier said than done. Like I say I’ve seen how this affects someone, even out of thousands of nice comments, they remember the one nasty one. But they still keep reading.

Sorry, but spending the many hours it must take to read 'thousands of nice comments' about yourself, then getting upset if there is one 'nasty' comment, and then diving back in to read yet more indicates an extremely unhealthy level of self-absorption.

If someone is so obsessed about what complete strangers think of them, then maybe it's best for them to step away from the computer. If you choose to put yourself out there, then the response isn't always going to be what you want it to be. What you consider 'nasty' others might perceive as fair. You can't police other people's opinions. You can keep your life private however. The Beckhams actively choose not to do this.

His fiancée is an abusive racist, a child of such extreme wealth and privilege she makes the Beckhams look poor, and infamous as the biggest bully and hellraiser in Hollywood. Brooklyn doesn’t have a great picker.

But why would you laugh at someone’s failures? 🤷🏻‍♀️ How depressing that people do that.
Human nature, particularly when it's related to a pretentious twat like V Beckham

I agree IcedPurple. It is unhealthy but sometimes the need for validation is huge. I can just think, who cares but it’s not so easy for some. It’s a story that many ‘celebs’ have told publicly and we know has probably contributed to some suicides. I really don’t like others laughing at people’s failures, it’s not in my nature. You don’t know the struggles that people have, I prefer not to possibly add to them even if others feel they bring it on themselves. What I do know though is that what you see isn’t always the truth and comments like the ones in this thread can be very damaging.