I know I’ve developed a reputation as Celebitchy’s resident romantic/Pollyanna, but I can still call ’em like I see ’em, and when I saw the news that singer Ed Sheeran proposed to his longtime girlfriend, risk advisory consultant Cherry Seaborn, I was like “Congratulations…?”
The singer posted a Polaroid pic of a somewhat awkward looking smooch with his bride-to-be on Saturday, captioning the shot “Got myself a fiancé just before new year. We are very happy and in love, and our cats are chuffed as well xx.” By the way, it’s the only photo I could find of Cherry on his Insta. Curious.
The couple has known each other since they were kids. They both attended Thomas Mills High School in Framlingham, Suffolk, England where Ed had a crush on Cherry, but apparently Ed had no game. Cherry then went off to Duke University and eventually ended up working on Wall Street. The two started dating on July of 2015, after they both randomly ended up at parties in Rhode Island over fourth of July weekend, and have been an item ever since. The couple spent most of 2016 traveling the world together. In December, Cherry moved to London to be with Ed. It sounds like they have a mutual love of cats. Ed reportedly wrote the song “Perfect” about his current relationship.
The couple have yet to set a date, but Ed has alluded that you may be hearing a lot less of him on the radio once he’s officially a family man, telling the UK’s Daily Star, “My ambition is going to go to zero as soon as I have kids. I am going to be like, ‘I do not really care anymore as I have another life to take care of’. It is totally understandable because you have children and your ambition shifts to be like, ‘I want to be a good father’.”
So, this all sounds okay on paper, but let’s not forget that Ed told told Rolling Stone last year that “One of the main points of being in a relationship with me, you have to be really f–king sociable and good at talking to people, because I will be dragged away loads at parties and events. And Cherry’s perfect at it. She makes friends with everyone.” If he really does want to focus on being a husband and father, good for him. I just don’t know, if at 26, he’s ready to kiss all of those “parties and events” goodbye just yet. I’m going to wait and see what happens with these two.
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I LOVE when people who knew each other as kids grow up and get married. You really know the person…you have so many memories together. It just seems so romantic.
Also, he didn’t say he wanted to have kids right a way. They may not have kids for another 10 years. He just said WHEN they do, he’s planning on making fatherhood his main focus.
Or she is pregnant now.
I’ve always been wondering if these kinds of relationships are romantic or kind of icky? Once, when I was in my early 20’s I fell for a guy that I knew since childhood, but than I started to overthink it and I got myself disgusted at the idea to become intimate with someone I knew when they were 10, because I could remember how he looked as a child and that was over for us. I was probably being super silly and possibly had ruined something good for myself (which I tend to do anyway), but the topic still fascinates me.
my parents grew up across the street from each other. they went to separate schools though. they didn’t get together until years later when they ran into each other in the US. They both immigrated separately.
My husband and I knew each other since we were babies. He was even my first kiss. Of course we grew up and apart. He joined the marines, I went to college. He got married, I dated around. But after nearly 11 years later, we got back together. 7 years married and two kids later, still going strong. 🙂
That’s romantic! Best wishes!
Everyone is getting engaged!!
I dunno. Congrats?
She seems sweet, and they look happy. So fine.
I don’t really care for him, and his tattoos are extremely unfortunate, but I’m not the one marrying him so whatever.
“you may be hearing a lot less of him on the radio once he’s officially a family man”
Im in full support of that union! I hope it lasts. For all of our sakes.
Hahahaha!
LOL!
THANK YOU!
I thought I was the only who thought that Shape of You was really TLC’s No Scrubs. Then Walk Off the Earth did a mash-up of Shape of You, No Scrubs, and No Diggity and I was like, HUZZAH! I’m not the only one!
+100. Congratulations are in order, but his music is so vanilla and uninspired imo that I usually leave the room or drift into a deep sleep when he performs at awards and such.
Good for them, congratulations.
Nope. Everything about her shows she is better and can do better. But she accepted the proposal, so they are alike.
Wtf? They are happy together. What is wrong with them being together?
As pure snark because this is the place for it
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I bet She can. Superficially, she is really pretty. Very intelligent. He is a bit of a dorky guy that without the musical fame and fortune. Connections… who would look at him twice? Really.
Maybe they bond super well. Opposites do attract. But let’s not act like what he brings to the table as a world known musician doesn’t factor in here.
Time might prove me wrong.
Well they had a teenage fling when he was a dorky teenager and have the same friends. Seems to me a classic case of 2 friends reconnecting after college. Ed dated the pop star and the models and obviously figured out that it’s not really the way you should go if you want a long term marriage. He always said he wanted a long marriage like his parents.
He found his lobster. There is somebody for everybody. Yay for them. Will Taylor be the Maid of Honor….lol
I kinda love that we know next to nothing about their relationship honestly. To me, it seems like he doesn’t necessarily like fame but he appreciates what it’s done for him. I saw an interview with him on CBS and it was actually kind of endearing (I’m not usually a fan, his songs on the radio are fine and I don’t care about him much as a person honestly) and it seems like he really just wants to settle back down in his home town and live a quiet life.
Why get married so young? She is 24, whuly do you want kids already? I don’t know it just seems a little fast for such young people…
She is actually 26 in May. Hardly too young to get married. They have been dating for 3 years and known each other since they were kids. Seems a pretty sensible timeline to me.
Some people want to have their kids young. My husband and I are around their ages and have one, will have another in the next year and want to do it this way so we can travel while the kids are in college but we’re still young. Idk why people think it’s weird that people want to have babies this young, just like I don’t get why people think it’s weird that people want to wait until their in their 30’s or beyond lol
41 Years old here. Had my first kid at 23, second at 25, third at 31 and fourth at 34. Met my husband when I was 19 and he was 22 and we started a relationship right away. Still together despite travelling a lot for work, having changed countries 3 times and going through some sad moments (not in the marriage but you know, problems).
Well, we only got married three years ago bc we wanted our kids to attend our wedding.
There are many life designs and all of them are good as long as you are up for it.
I’m with @HelloSunshine, when I see my friends pregnant or with small babies now I am happy I don’t have to do it now that I have less energy and far more work 🙂
I don’t know why either, it often backfires. Family members of mine had kids very young because they believed they’d have the kids out of the house and doing their own thing while they were still young enough to enjoy it. All that happened is they got saddled with the grandkids within a few years because surprise surprise, their kids felt the same way. It’s on to the third generation doing it, the loop may never end.
Ummm..one isn’t usually “saddled” with grandkids; they are a barrel of fun!! My husband and I got married very young and had 3 kids before most of our friends got married. Now we are fancy free and enjoying our granddaughter, while our friends are navigating the turmoil of parenting teens and paying college tuitions! There’s good and bad about being early or late.
I love his music and I’m happy for him.
I don’t know… I’m getting a weird vibe about this. Like he’s more into her then she is him….
You get that from the one photo of them on instagram? Amazing !
LOL
Awww! I’m happy for Ginger Hobbit and his new fiancé!
I have read a bit about this couple because i love when pop stars marry non industry people. It just makes me respect them more.
They were good friends on high school and even messed around together as teens tend to do. He left school at 16 and moved to London and his career went crazy as we know. She went to university in America and got a job on Wall St. They actually reconnected backstage at one of his gigs in May 2015 and went on a few dates and both happened to be in Rhode island for July 1st where they made it official.
She has a good job in London and also plays in a hockey league and doesn’t follow him around on tour.
Did he get Tay-Tay’s approval first though?
Hopefully they do start a family soon and we all get to hear less of him period! His music is saccharine crap and the constant overplay of it is not helping. Good luck to her, she’s gonna need it with this douche. His rolling stone interview gave a perfect idea of what kind of guy he is
Think she knows him a bit better than you based on one interview. Ed is actually a really nice guy. Its so weird when i see people being nasty about him. Even if his music is not to your taste – so what? – a lot of people clearly like it as he is the number 1 selling artist of last year.
Yes, I don’t get the hate, even if you don’t care for his music.
Children are wonderful!! I love my children more than life itself. But every young person I see (wow that makes me sound old) I tell them, WAIT to have kids. There is no rush. You only get to be young once and you can never get it back. You are a parent forever. It is a HUGE responsibility and should be treated as such. Wait.
That’s just my opinion. Not yours. 🙂