Celebrities are ruining your love life. It’s true.

I just read this article on Yahoo! Health that evaluates the affect of celebrity relationships on us commoners.It says that their love-fast, break-up/make-up nonchalance send us warped messages.

1.The Brangelina situation, for example, communicates that even if you’re dating Jennifer-freaking-Aniston, it’s still tough to stay faithful. Boyfriends and girlfriends and husbands and wives “Better Protect the Goods.” Which is totally what the diaper-donning, weapon-weilding astronaut was doing. So remember the line between invested and PSYCHO is a fine one.

2. Reese & Ryan— that was a tough separation stomach, wasn’t it? They were THE golden couple. And then the bastard cheated. Y! says the interpretation of this was “no matter how good your relationship looks on the outside, it’s still vulnerable at any time.” And I’m not going to battle with that one. I believe it.

3. No one wants to be married to Tom Cruise, so I’m not going to even touch that. Even if, say, Joseph Gordon-Levitt were in love with me, I still would NOT want him to jump on couches and sh*t to demonstrate it.

4. “Really, the biggest message we get from celebrity hook-ups is that marriage is the commitment equivalent of dating. Find someone you like, get married. Don’t like that person any more, get divorced. A wedding is more than a party with cake.” Yes, except celebrities have

money

. I could get married four times, sure. But little girls’ marriage fantasies don’t usually have anything to do with some sh*tty drive-thru chapel in Vegas or a municipal courthouse. If I could have a chocolate fountain, a Vera Wang gown, gourmet cupcakes, a spread in InStyle magazine and impressive gift bags for my guests at every one of my four weddings (and uh, someone else would be funding this) I’d be down.

I can’t say I buy everything I see in mags/blogs/etc. I mean, no one believes Spencer Pratt really loves Heidi Montag when he says it a [reality-tv] month after meeting her. But I’m not gonna lie to kick it– my beliefs about relationships have changed a bit in the last few years. I don’t know if I believe in ‘Til Death Do You Part… but hey, we still have Gwen & Gavin (*crosses fingers*)

Do you think celebrity relationships change the way you perceive YOUR love life? Or your expectations? Spill them beans, kids.