Taylor Swift and Travis Kelce's two-year courtship is sparking a social media debate about engagement timing. When should a proposal happen in a relationship?
The singer and NFL player announced their engagement in a joint Instagram post on Aug. 26. The couple began dating in 2023, after both Swift and Kelce previously ended each of their own past long-term relationships.
On social media, many Swifties celebrated the singer finding love after years of singing about relationships. Others, though, emphasized the length of the couple's relationship.
"Taylor Swift being with someone else for over 5 years and then meeting the right person at 33 years old, dating for just 2 years, and getting engaged, shows it's not about the length of time but about the right person, and that there is no timeline for finding the one, and that your person may come when you least expect it," one TikTok user wrote.
However, the appropriate timing for getting engaged is different in each relationship, Nari Jeter, a licensed marriage and family therapist and associate teaching professor at Florida State University, told USA TODAY.
