Irish comedian Oliver Callan has announce his engagement to long term boyfriend, John Lannin.
The pair, who have been together nearly seven years, with the star of Callan’s Kicks coming out as gay to RTE’s Brendan O’Connor back in 2011.
Now, the happy couple have revealed their wedding plans!
“We decided in the summer, went to London and ordered gold signet rings in Hatton Gardens,” Oliver told The Vow.ie.
“Gay men used to wear them in Oscar Wilde’s time to signal to each other. It took months to have them made so when they finally came we told both sets of parents and that made it official. Christmas made it handy to tell most others face to face.”
“We’re anxious to avoid all the unequal old traditions of girl-boy marriage where the boy gets down on one knee and the girl is handed over at the altar between two men like they’re selling a van! We both believe same sex marriage is a chance to set new, more equal customs,”
“We plan on marrying in the Summer of 2020 and definitely in Ireland. In just a few weeks we’re 7 years together,”
“Getting engaged is not a big step, just the next step. We’ve been living together since 2014 so this is just an increase in the adventure, not a new one.”
Huge congratulations to the happy couple!