Penelope Cruz and Javier Bardem are not allowed to whisper thweet nothings into one another’s ears and date happily as they jump from country to country. Unacceptable! Everyone must get married, NOW:

Penelope Cruz and recent Oscar winning actor Javier Bardem may be getting married this year! The maybe part is that the news comes from the National Enquirer.

They report that Bardem proposed during a recent romantic vacation in France, and the couple are already busy planning a wedding. The twosome began dating last year while shooting the Woody Allen film, “Vicky Cristina Barcelona” in their native Spain together. Friends claim Bardem’s mother Pilar encouraged her son to make the relationship legal:

“Pilar took her son aside and told him, ‘What’s the matter with you? She’s perfect! You love her, she loves you. Get married.’

Why can’t people just be together without rushing off into marriage, Pilar-As-Quoted-In-The-National-Enquirer? Sigh. We know what this is about. They figure if they can’t have us, they might as well have each other. But fret not, our little idealized Iberian icons. We’ll give you a call next time we’re in Spain.

Penelope Cruz And Javier Bardem planning marriage? [TeamSugar]