The world knows the stories of Taylor Swift’s heartbreaks all too well. She has been singing about relationships since releasing her first album when she was 16 in 2006. Swift sometimes sounded like she’d given up hope on fairy tales. Maybe that’s why her Tuesday announcement that she said yes to Travis Kelce’s marriage proposal has caused such a joyous sensation at the end of a cruel summer.
Most celebrity relationships seem destined to crash and burn. Theirs defies the gravity of spectacle. As America’s sweethearts, they are the closest thing to royalty in a republic. Neither is a nepo baby. They’re self-made and exceptionally self-disciplined. She’s clearly smarter than him, and he’s secure about that. Take note, single men. Their union is a merger of two great American pastimes: footb