On 9th December 2013, Siva declared his engagement to his girlfriend of six years, Nareesha McCaffrey after asking her to marry him in a romantic proposal. The singer exclusively tells Hello (magazine) how after discovering shoe designer Nareesha was about to spring a surprise family birthday party for him, he stunned her by secretly turning the event into a surprise engagement party for her instead. After enlisting the help of her close family, Siva got down on bended knee with a three carat diamond solitaire ring he'd had specially designed, and asked her to be his wife. "I said to her I wanted a present I would always remember this year by... for you to be my wife," smitten Siva told HELLO!. "It was like a military operation to plan the proposal. I couldn’t even tell the other boys in the band in case they blew the surprise. "I'm still in shock," says a beaming Nareesha, who almost made Siva faint when she initially said no to his proposal, accepting it later "I don't like surprises and he really surprised me, but I was so happy. I can't wait to start planning the wedding."