Former Teen Mom star Maci Bookout may be in a happy -- albeit long-distance -- relationship with Taylor McKinney, but that doesn't seem to bother her ex and Bentley's daddy, Ryan Edwards. Having broken up with longtime girlfriend Dallis Connell and proposed to Maci on Twitter back in December, he appears to still be single ... and still be possibly pining for the mother of his son.

While it appears to have been edited or taken down, Ryan reportedly posted a photo taken on a beach, along with the caption, "If I just had the love of my life with me @MaciBookoutMTV." And before that, he tweeted, "@MaciBookoutMTV happy Mother's Day we love you!" Awww. No wonder fans of the former couple are rooting for the pair to get back together.

Still, Maci seems resistant to the idea, and it's probably in her best interest.

When Angelina Jolie confessed in her New York Times op-ed that she's had a prophylactic mastectomy, she felt it necessary to give a shout-out to partner Brad Pitt. And it might be the most romantic revelation we've heard from the intensely private but clearly passionate couple. 

She writes ...

I’m coming up on the seven-year anniversary of my second marriage.

And I’m really, really happy in my relationship with my husband.

But I can’t help thinking back to this same time in my first marriage, when I was unhappy and contemplating divorce. Which I followed through with just a year later.

What a difference the second time around has been. I have no doubt that this marriage will last for an eternity.

And I’m not alone. A study by the Marriage Foundation found that second marriages are less likely to end in divorce. While 45 percent of first marriages break up, only 31 percent of second marriages follow suit.

I like those statistics. And I agree with the reasons that go along with them: age and experience.

Everyone has a type: People we are just more naturally attracted to than other people. Stand in any group of people and you'll find yourself quickly gravitating toward one of them and, if you're single, probably thinking something along the lines of, "He's cute ... I really like what he's saying ... I could picture myself with him." And yet, you've just met this person and have no idea if he's a serial killer. But you truly feel you know him. There's a reason for this. Experts theorize that "chemistry" serves a purpose -- your body may be sniffing out whose DNA would best align with yours to make the healthiest offspring. So your intuition about who you mesh with means that is the person you should probably breed with. The problem? Often the best breeder isn't going to make the best partner. Here are 5 reasons to break away from your type.

Sigh. Is romance officially dead? Demi Barnes, 15-year-old art student in the U.K., shared a photo of her final project with a cousin via Facebook and it's become one of those "viral" hits. It's gorgeous, has gotten more than 40,000 "likes," and is a wedding dress made out of divorce papers. 

Guess this kid hasn't swallowed the "happily ever after" princess myth! Guess how many pieces of paper she used to create the dress?

It's important to set goals in life. Go to school, land your dream job, find The One, or have a kid or two. Though why stop there? One major to-do we often neglect to add -- the Kissing Bucket List. Never heard of it? Well, let us initiate you. There are certain uber-romantic locales where every couple should attempt to get it on. Take a look at the 25 most amazing places to make out with your man and each year aim to check one off your list.

What places would you add to this list?

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Can a guy make a great husband but a lousy father? After all, there's not much of a way to tell if a man will make a great dad, unless he already has kids when you meet. Otherwise, you go by how he acts with you. What kind of a boyfriend he is. What kind of a husband. Maybe you get a feeling based on how he acts with his nephews, or random kids in the park. Maybe he's a great furdad, or he always waters his plants. So from there you make the leap -- he'll make a great dad too! So you go ahead and have kids. And then you suddenly realize, wait a second, he actually kind of sucks at this. That's the dilemma this mom of three has.

When you're a bride-to-be, fun, fluttery, bubbly pre-wedding talk seems to fall into one of two categories: "OMG, tell me about the wedding!" or "Ooh, what a fairy tale!" (Things like the proposal, the dress, the future spouse in general can all fall into the latter.) No wonder that after tying the knot, some couples experience a total freakout/reality check. Like it or not, there's a lot more to marriage than happily ever after. Like paying the bills.

Then again, lots of couples live together and pay the bills together for a long time before getting married. My now-fiance and I lived together for five years before getting engaged. So what could really be all that different once we say "I do"? As I'm learning, nothing necessarily, but there are a bevy of financial possibilities and responsibilities -- both positive and negative -- associated with becoming Mr. and Mrs.