21y old Brooklyn Beckham announces his engagement to his ‘soulmate’ of 9 months.

I had married and had my first child around the time I was BB’s age, more than 45+ years ago. As dh says, you get less for murder.

It is a different world today but I’d always wish a young couple good luck as they start out on life together.

we married a month after my OH's 20th birthday ,I was 21.We're still married 45 years later ,despite the fact we also worked together for all those years and the year before we married .I cant imagine life without him ,he IS my life .I hope these young people have a good life ,though being cynical I dont know if the vast wealth will help or hinder.

Some of the posts on here show that it is possible to find a ‘soul mate’ in our late teens or early 20s and for the marriage to last.

Statistically though these are in the minority, as a lot of those who marry very young end up divorced after a few years.

It’s not really surprising is it, as the chap who we were so smitten with when we are very young loses appeal as we mature.

It would have been a complete disaster if I had married either of my boyfriends from my late teens and early 20s.

Having said that of course there are no guarantees whatever age we get married, but the younger we are the more the odds are stacked against us.

Congratulations joanna

Marrying young worked for us too.

I thought Brooklyn was about 7. I must keep up

Gaga just what I was thinking. Why did you start this thread Urm knocking people you don’t know and who don’t impact your life in the slightest?

Thanks to all the contributions from people who don't instantly start making unpleasant comments abut this young couple. He's been lucky to have celeb parents who stayed together and clearly love their children. They seem to have managed to bring up four children well, in spite of living life in the public eye

Thank you, Phoenix. To celebrate we met our son and three of our DGC at the local park. It was lovely!

I too met Himself when I was 17y and got married at 19y. We are coming up to our 46th wedding anniversary.

I just think this day & age it seems very young. Times were different in 1974.

And actually, it IS news. Today anyway!
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Good luck to them. They won’t have any of the worries that any of us had so that’ll be a nice start for them. No, it’s true that they don’t live in the real world, but they’ll never have to so it doesn’t matter. I just hope they find something worthwhile to do so that their lives have some real meaning.

joannapiano Congratulations!

And the problem is? I started going out with my soulmate the week after my 16th birthday, got engaged on my 18th birthday, married him at 21 and we're still going strong 36 years later. Good luck to the pair of them.

I married at 20, he’s sitting next to me on the sofa.
We didn’t have it as easy financially as Brooklyn and we are still here. Hopefully they will be happy but I don’t really care.

Millionaires marrying into billionaires ? It's got to work !
Some wedding that'll be---minus the masks we hope ;)

The older I get the more I realise it is like a big lottery. Some people are lucky and hit the jackpot first time, some fall at the first hurdle and others put a lot of effort into keeping their marriage going.

Very different for them as going through difficult times financially either makes or breaks you. You have to depend on each other and work together.

I hope it all works out for them and they don’t take too much notice of social media.

DH and I met at school and got married when we were 21. It’s our Golden Wedding today. Getting married at a fairly young age can work sometimes!

Hear hear Bluebelle.

They could be the replacements to Meghan and Harry on GN

No chance!

Good luck to them, I hope they are happy.

They could be the replacements to Meghan and Harry on GN. It’d make a nice change.

We've all got to learn from our mistakes!

Well said Bluebelle.

I do actually know someone who does know them, (through weekend football with the youngsters.) All normal enough kids.

Bit bitchy none of us know them and surely it’s up to them
Is everyone waiting for it to fail so they can say told you so
It’s hardly news is it

Yes he has had an easy life, yes he wasn't cut for school, yes he's young and doesn't have a job, but he's in love and happy. The siblings are all very close, maybe he just wants to swap one happy home for another of his own.

"the bride and gorm" OUCH! I shouldn't laugh - but I did

His parents are still together. They could make it a longish engagement.