![Pinterest](https://pinterest.com/pin/create/button/?url=https://uknews.evprotec.com/boyfriend-bought-a-ring-but-still-hasnt-proposed-says-shirley-ballas/&media=https://uknews.evprotec.com/wp-content/uploads/2022/10/Offplat-Shirley.jpg&description=WITH two marriages behind her, Strictly's Shirley Ballas is hoping it is third time lucky with boyfriend Danny Taylor – she just can't get him to pop the question. The BBC1 dance show's head judge has been dating her toyboy since 2019 and is ready to move their relationship to the next level. Strictly judge Shirley Ballas is waiting for boyfriend Danny to pop the questionCredit: Camera Press The pair have been dating since 2019Credit: Alpha Press Shirley Ballas says her boyfriend says he will propose when he is readyCredit: PA But Shirley, 62, says 50-year-old Danny seems reluctant to get down on one knee — despite buying a rather opulent engagement sparkler almost a year ago. She said: 'We do have a ring in the safe. It was a real palaver, and not a small thing to get that ring together. 'When we decide to do it I will tell you how the ring came about and where the stones were sourced. 'I like everything prepared and organised . . . he says, 'I'll do it when I am ready'. 'I'm always giving him a nudge. But the more you nudge him, the more he takes ten steps back. "So let's see when he's ready. 'He has never been married and I have been married twice.' Shirley freely admits, 'I'm not easy to live with' but that's exactly what she and Danny have done for most of their relationship. KIND AND COURTEOUS The romance started after they both appeared in pantomime Jack And The Beanstalk in their native Liverpool at the end of 2018. Shirley was Mother Nature and Danny played the villainous Fleshcreep. It came just as Shirley was finishing her second series of Strictly, which continues tonight night with the show's Halloween special. The decision to live together was largely due to the practicalities of being in a bubble during the pandemic after they both caught Covid and suffered after-effects. Shirley explained at the Good Housekeeping Live Festival in central London: 'We decided to do lockdown together and that was like 150 years in two years. We got to know each other i){kind=link}
WITH two marriages behind her, Strictly’s Shirley Ballas is hoping it is third time lucky with boyfriend Danny Taylor – she just can’t get him to pop the question.
The BBC1 dance show’s head judge has been dating her toyboy since 2019 and is ready to move their relationship to the next level.
But Shirley, 62, says 50-year-old Danny seems reluctant to get down on one knee – despite buying a rather opulent engagement sparkler almost a year ago.
She said: “We do have a ring in the safe. It was a real palaver, and not a small thing to get that ring together.
“When we decide to do it I will tell you how the ring came about and where the stones were sourced.