"The big news this week is a good example of just such an opportunity for me - are they/aren’t they engaged?
Zendaya wearing a ring and Tom nowhere to be seen adding to the intrigue.
The engagement has now been confirmed and why I am writing about it here but without adding anything new and juicy like a date, venue, guest list…
Down the years, I have been showered with parenthood praise even though much of it has been fluke and happenstance more than any finely honed plan. And this I can demonstrate now by contrasting the different approaches of father and son to proposing marriage.
Tom, as you know by now was very incredibly well prepared.
He had spoken with her father and gained permission to propose to his daughter.
Tom had everything planned out…
When, where, how, what to say, what to wear…
I on the other hand was woefully ill-prepared, almost as though I wasn’t taking it seriously.
(...) For most blokes, the stress of purchasing an engagement ring is being able to afford it. I suspect that this was the least of Tom’s worries, more concerned with the stone, it's size and clarity, its housing, which jeweller
(...) which brings me to the newly engaged couple.
I do fret that their combined stardom will amplify their spotlight and the commensurate demands on them and yet they continually confound me by handling everything with aplomb.
And even though show-business is a messy place for relationships and particularly so for famous couples as they crash and burn in public and are too numerous to mention, with us an example, with Nikki helming this family and my ‘wisdom’ on tap and a study in getting things mostly wrong and yet somehow right at the same time, I am completely confident they will make a successful union."
Dom's blog about Tomdaya's engagement. 🥺
