Well, this is interesting. Last week, Us Weekly ran a story about how Taylor Swift’s friends are “all” talking about how Tay wants to marry Joe Alwyn. I mentioned that, off the top of my head, I remembered similar stories about Taylor’s relationships with Jake Gyllenhaal and Tom Hiddleston too. It’s a thing with Taylor in particular, the romantic dream of each new guy being The One and maybe this One will propose. I figured that Taylor probably does think about getting engaged, and after two and a half years with Joe, she likely does think it’s time he make a bigger commitment too. So what do you make of this – People Magazine is running the same kind of “NOTE TO JOE: PROPOSE ALREADY” article?
It’s a love story! Taylor Swift has found the one in Joe Alwyn — and few would be surprised if she got engaged.
“Taylor really got lucky to meet Joe, and she is the first one to say it,” a source close to Swift says in the new issue of PEOPLE. “Joe really is one of a kind.”
The low-key couple — whose relationship went public in the spring of 2017 after several months of dating — are going stronger than ever. “Keeping it private from the beginning really helped their relationship,” says the source. “They were able to get to know each other in peace.” And friends say Swift feels supported in a way she’s never experienced before.
“Their personalities are very compatible, and they’re respectful of each other’s careers,” says the source of the pair.
“Joe and Taylor are so sweet together,” says another insider, adding the actor “is such a gentleman and is very attentive.” Often jetting between Alwyn’s native U.K. and Swift’s L.A. and N.Y.C. homes, “they’ve found a lifestyle that makes their relationship easy and strong,” says the source.
“They have a very special relationship. Joe adores Taylor,” the source adds.
I wonder…about the timeline of Taylor’s stuff this year. The Snake Fam assumes (as I do) that she’ll drop a new album at some point, maybe in the next few months, but it’s more likely to be over the summer or into the fall. So I’m really wondering if there is an engagement and it will be packaged into whatever version of Taylor Swift makes her snakey debut for the new album. Maybe the new album will have a bridal theme? If I was a Snake Mastermind, I would announce the engagement about a month before the album drop, so everyone will already be gossiping when the music comes out, not to mention the music video of Taylor as The Snake Bride.
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She looks lovely in that pale blue ensemble.
agree! are there more pictures of that outfit??
I honestly see nothing wrong with this, girl wants to get married. I’m the same way and I held out for 5 years with my ex hoping we’d get engaged. Maybe there’s something wrong with me I agree with Taylor 🤷🏻♀️
I dated a guy for 5 years too and would have married him in a heartbeat. Sometimes I thought about proposing to HIM (although I don’t think now that he would have accepted), but I had a romantic dream of being the one to be proposed to, and so I didn’t. It was for the best. I’m guessing Taylor is the same way. She could have popped the question to any number of guys, but she wants to be the asked, not the asker. Anyway, the next guy I seriously dated after that dude was my husband, and we were married nearly 20 years.
Does your husband have friends that are single for me? 🤣 Yeah now that I look back he was an emotionally abusive a$$hole and it’s better off over. Still, I don’t blame the whole wedding industry, I blame Disney.
I already called it.
Swift will absolutely want to be bride by 30!
I remember former frenemy, Carrie Underwood considering herself an ‘old maid’ cause she was unmarried at 26!😮😮😶😶
(Oh add Emma Stone to the sweeps too – she’s already dropping hints and has been relatively public with Dave McCary all year :- B-Ball games, SAG, Oscars, PFW)
She’s big enough of a name and has a HUGE fan base already. She doesn’t need to do those Kardashian style pr stunts. I think her mom is battling cancer for the second time. Maybe Taylor has other things on her mind. Not all women are desperate to get married.
I don’t think the whole imagining each guy is The One isn’t just about Taylor- many romantics, hopeless and otherwise, feel that way about relationships. I think it’s seems 1000x more intense for her because of the publicity surrounding celebrities.
I’m approaching 30 and more and more of my friends are talking about “not wasting any more time” on guys who might not be husband material. It’s not that unusual.
I am 38 and thought this way in my late 20’s, but I watched friend after friend settle for lesser than men. Some are now divorced, some are miserable. I need to find someone who suits my personality, not someone who drags me down! Never settle!
High five to Andrea !!! I’m the same age. Exactly, I’m still fascinated by my high school peers getting married at 25, I’m like what that’s too young! But also I get the whole be married thing too. I’m anti kids, I work with them and don’t want to come home to my own. Just dogs. And a husband who cooks and cleans the kitchen.
Andrea, thank you for this. I am the same way. Hitting 41 and I am unable to settle down. I want to, but I am yet to find someone that I can truly think will not get on my nerves after a couple of years, because up until now, everyone did. Even the greatest guys. I am feeling a bit sad about this sometimes, like something is wrong with me. And then you come along and remind me that the people who buy into this lovely disney fantasy of everlasting bliss are much unhappier than me. Come to think of it, I dont know a single happy married couple.
Boy, those romantic movies really did a number on us, didn’t they?
@Victoria: yes to your no to kids 😀
For me it’s rather cats than dogs, but.. I am open to dogs aswell, theoretically. If the job were to allow it.
Agreed. Everyone pretends that they just so happen to meet their soulmate between 20 and 30, and I find that so strange. I mean, I know some very happy couples who married young and good for them, but I think a lot of people get married because they’ve found someone who is convenient and they need to maintain their personal timeline for life goals.
The idea of waiting to get married doesn’t bother me at all, nor does being single longer than the rest of my friends. I like myself enough that I can be alone and be happy. I’m 26 and have so many friends who are married or engaged, and I just can’t relate. I own a home and have a good job, but I feel too young for marriage! And as @Sojaschnitzel said, I haven’t found anyone yet that I wouldn’t get annoyed with after a couple of years. That person will hopefully come one day, but not yet, and that’s fine by me.
If/when she does get married, people will no longer be able to say “All she writes is breakup songs about her exes.” lol I live for that day.
Am I the only one who hates the sequin romper? She’s a gorgeous, long woman and it just cuts her weird.
Otherwise, she’s just Becky to me.
Once you see the white woman tears/victim, poor me false narrative, it’s tough to unsee.
I hope she does get engaged and everything around it is full of classic Tay Tay shenanigans. She doesn’t seem to have any foes these days though, so doing stuff like making a big announcement to steal someone’s spotlight probably won’t happen. She’s growing up! Good for her as a person but I’ll miss the petty drama.
I don’t know about this. If she becomes engaged or gets married, there would have to be a level of change in her music and the burned by my ex and I writing that I hate him in my Lisa Frank journal is her bread and butter.
Those kind of progressions in relationships come with maturity and I don’t think Swifty is down for that. Why change something that is still working for her.
Taylor is a good writer about all things personal, though. There’s an emphasis on breakups, but I have a feeling she could shift to writing about getting married and having kids without an issue, and that her fanbase that is aging with her would enjoy it, too.
If you watch her recent concerts, her fan base is still a lot of 12 year olds.
All I could think when I read this was “I hope my son never gets involved with a woman like that”.
Hard to imagine Taylor Swift being married. Imagine if she has kids? Will she start singing about adult stuff?
I think Red and 1989 were Taylor’s peak. She’s going to be 30 and it’s hard to maintain a career as a teeny bopper artist forever. A marriage and kids will keep her relevant for awhile longer. Her kids will look just like her because her husband looks just like her, ala Gwyneth and Chris Martin.
SHE could always propose to HIM. This is 2019, not 1819.
I like her shimmery scales outfit.
She looks amazing. She’s ready to get married. Joe…I don’t think so.