The next step? Nina Dobrev and Shaun White have been going strong for nearly three years – and it feels like “this is the year they’re taking their relationship to the next level,” an exclusive source told Us Weekly.
“Nina and Shaun have been dating for a few years now, so they’re definitely discussing making it official,” the insider said. us. “They’ve been talking about getting married, having kids, the whole nine yards.”
us broke the news in April 2020 that the Olympian, 36, and The Vampire Diaries alum, 34, are dating. A month later, the two made their relationship official on Instagram – and fell in love, with Us reporting the same month that they were “living together” amid the COVID-19 pandemic.
“They’re super compatible and they’re both free-spirited people,” the insider added twice at the time. “They are very comfortable and they both support each other on the pitch.”
Now, Dobrev and White “are so in love and can’t imagine not spending the rest of their lives together. What they have is real,” the source said. usnoting that “Nina doesn’t know what Shaun is planning,” she thinks there will be an engagement in 2023.
Ahead of competing in her final Olympics in February 2022 – the same year the three-time gold medalist founded her snowboard products company, Whitespace – White told us he knows romance with Degrassi alum is “serious” when he travels to South Africa to visit her, an impulse trip that changes the course of his life.
“That’s actually how we started our relationship,” the snowboarding icon said us from a spur-of-the-moment decision to visit Dobrev, who was filming Redeeming Love in South Africa and invited White to visit her. “I was like, ‘Okay. yeah. okay.’ And he is [thought], ‘Oh, this guy, he came to play. He’s serious.’ So that’s something we share. We both love to travel.”
A year after the fateful trip of White and Dobrev, an exclusive source told us just how close the two were getting.
“Nina has been in a lot of relationships that didn’t work out in the past, but since meeting Shaun, you can tell she’s thrilled with how long this relationship has lasted,” the insider said. us in April 2021. “They are gradually taking steps to start a future together.”
Athletes, for their part, told us in January 2022, “I hope I can conclude [why our relationship works] so one or two things. It’s like a mix of everything. Like our dogs get along, you know?” he gushed. “We have a common interest. The way we met really strengthened our relationship. And the problems we face, they disappear through communication. It’s been really good.”
In the same month, White also announced his desire to become a father. “I love being a father,” he said us. “It’s just something that looks fun, you know? I like people, and I like having other people to take care of.