In some ways, I’m still recovering from the Tiddlebanging. I know I bring it up all the time and I know it’s MY issue, not theirs. But it really was a glorious time to be alive, and to be a professional gossip. Taylor Swift and Tom Hiddleston were SO extra and it was amazing. Just think, we might never see anything like that ever again – one of the biggest pop stars in the world going on a worldwide Love Tour with an internet-famous and popular actor. Still, there was “backlash” and Taylor “learned” from the Tiddlebanging experience. She learned that the public won’t buy it if she oversells it. So everything with Joe Alwyn has been very different. Sure, there were a few photo-ops and strolls. But the only thing that JoeTay has in common with Tiddles is the rumormongering about engagements. The “engagement” rumor is happening again:

Are you ready for it? Taylor Swift has had her fair share of heartache, but it seems like she has finally found The One: her boyfriend of almost two years, Joe Alwyn.

Although the Grammy winner, 28, has kept her romance with the British actor, 27, under wraps, she’s more serious about him than she’s ever been with anyone else — and he feels the same!

“Joe is very keen on proposing soon,” a source exclusively tells Us Weekly in the new issue. “But he wants to make it unforgettable and extremely special.”

Whenever the epic moment comes, the “End Game” songstress will be ready. “He’s her dream guy,” the insider added to Us. “Taylor’s going to be over the moon.”

[From Us Weekly]

If it feels “too soon,” that’s because A) we didn’t know about their relationship for months when they first started, and B) they really can go weeks/months without making news. But they really have been together for two years. I’ve said before that I can see a lot of positives for JoeTay if they do get engaged – she’s clearly found someone who is happy to let her control the narrative around their relationship, and he’s been quietly benefiting from their relationship too, but he just hasn’t been in-your-face about it. Anyway, what do you think? A Christmas proposal? Or will he wait until Valentine’s Day 2019?

Also: an engagement would be a great way to change the subject after Taylor got snubbed so hard when the Grammy nominations came out.

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