Being as independent and successful as Brown is at nineteen is no common feat. Especially in Indian households where most young adults are still governed by strict norms set by the patriarch or matriarch of the family.
Brown’s engagement at such a young age fueled the collective desi existentialism and made for some hilarious memes! Netizens even made ‘She is 19’ trend on Twitter.
One Twitter user joked, “She is 19 and engaged. I am 26 and enraged.” Another Twitter user tweeted- “She is 19 but people still remember her as 11. Millie Bobby brown is engaged that’s really shocking.” (Her character name in the series ‘Stranger Things’ is 11”