Shakira, Colombian pop beauty is not in a hurry to marry her beau Antonio De La Rua, the son of an ex-president of Argentina.

Former President Fernando de la Rua told Dominican newspaper Listin Diario that the 29-year-old hip-shaking singer and his son, Antonio, have talked about marriage and a family but have no immediate plans to tie the knot. “They prefer to wait,” de la Rua said, according to the Associated Press.

“Kids today would rather live as a couple; they don’t believe that marriage is necessary to be happy.”

Fernando de la Rua, in the Caribbean country for a conference, called Shakira “a lover of peace” who is concerned about those less fortunate than herself.