AFL star Jayden Short has obtained engaged to his childhood sweetheart, sharing the thrilling news in a candy publish.
The Richmond midfielder, 27, popped the query to his long-term girlfriend, Maddy Bekiaris, this week. The couple have been a number of stops right into a picturesque European vacation once they broke the news from Cinque Terre in northern Italy.
They shared a joint Instagram publish through which they posed at one of many area’s gorgeous seashores. Maddy’s arm was draped round her beau’s shoulders as she confirmed off her attractive, six-diamond wraparound ring.
A separate video confirmed a close-up of the engagement ring glistening within the solar above the crystal-clear water.
“CIAO FIANCEE!!” they captioned the candy snaps.
The couple has identified one another for greater than a decade, with their first public picture collectively relationship to means again in March 2012. They started showing on every others’ social media accounts in earnest in 2015.
“Happy birthday to this chicky babe, bit of a throwback to your 14th bday,” Jayden captured a photograph of himself and Maddy in August 2015, when he was simply 19.
It was the identical 12 months he made the AFL rookie draft and a 12 months earlier than his skilled debut at Richmond v Collingwood.
Maddy, for her half, shared a photograph of herself and Jayden smiling and playing around in March, 2012, captioning it: “Big bully”.
Jayden broke down throughout a heart-wrenching speech in 2020, making a quick and touching tribute to Maddy as he accepted Richmond’s Best and Fairest award.
“Obviously 2020 started pretty s**t for me. I lost my old man,” he stated.
“I didn’t know what was going to happen this year.
“To win this, it’s an amazing feeling and it’s a little bit of recognition for a little bit of hard work that I’ve had to put in along the way …
“I just want to say thanks to my mum, my sister, my girlfriend. They’re doing it tough in Melbourne. Left my mum and my sister at home, lost my old man so that’s pretty challenging in itself.
“But I’m proud of you guys and I love you to bits.
“Thanks to my girlfriend for all the support, all my mates back home, all you players, coaches and the staff for making this such an enjoyable place.”
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