Bobbi Kristina Brown , daughter of Whitney Houston and Bobby Brown , is engaged . The groom-to-be is Nick Gordon , who was taken under Houston 's wing at age 12 and raised alongside Bobbi . The two grew especially close after Houston 's death in 2012 and are soon to be married . Bobbi took to Facebook to respond to the haters who think their relationship is a little ... Cullen-esque . ( `` They live together , it 's weird . '' ) EW : Whitney Houston - Remembering a music legend . Her post was very clear — she 's in love , and she 's not listening to the opinions of others . She said her mother approved of and encouraged their relationship , and she is very happy with Gordon . See the full post below : . `` YES , we me nick are engaged . I 'm tired of hearing people say `` eww your engaged to your brother or if Whitney was still alive would we be together or would she approve of this . '' Let me clear up something , we are n't even real brother and sister nor is he my adoptive brother . My mom never adopted him . In fact , mommy was the one who even said that she knew that we were going to start dating . My mom knows me better than any of you . A lot of yall are saying that yall are only saying this all out of love . Which is bull because if that was so , all you would want is for me to be happy . People need to seriously stop judging my relationship . Pretty sure it 's my own decision who I want to be with . Yes , my relationship may not be perfect . We will have rough patches , just like every other relationship . And we have had our rough patches . You may or may not agree with my relationship . You may or may not respect it . Judge me , go ahead . Your opinions are yours and mine are mine . It is my life and not yours . The decisions I make have nothing to do with you . Goodnight '' See the original story at EW.com .
Brown went on Facebook to respond to critics of her relationship . She said her mother would have approved of her and Gordon . `` It is my life and not yours , '' she said .