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Golf legend Tiger Woods and Olympic skier Lindsey Vonn officially announced their relationship. by Lilit Marcus for HowAboutWe

Today, golf legend Tiger Woods and Olympic skier Lindsey Vonn officially announced their relationship. While the two of them do have the whole "world class athlete" thing in common, they both bring plenty of troubled past relationships to the table. Lindsey recently divorced her husband and longtime coach, Thomas Vonn, who reportedly caused friction between her and her relatives. Tiger's divorce from Elin Nordegren and repeated affairs with other women are not news to anyone who has had an internet connection in the last five years. So, how can these two make sure that their past mistakes won't haunt them in a new relationship? Let's take a bit of guidance (and some of these, they're already doing - always a good sign).

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1. Don't trash your exes

Although some new relationships make you question what the hell you were doing before, both Tiger and Lindsey

Clio Goodman, owner of Puddin' by ClioBy Susannah Edelbaum for HowAboutWe

By the time Clio Goodman opened her first pastry shop, Puddin' by Clio, last year in Manhattan's East Village, she'd already built up quite a resume: studying at the Culinary Institute of America, working as a pastry cook for several years at New York's fine-dining zenith, Union Square Cafe, plus a stint as a private chef for a wealthy patron. Not bad for a 24-year-old. That patron eventually became her business partner - the deal was cinched after a taste of what's now become Puddin's "Classic" pudding dish - a parfait of chocolate and butterscotch topped with not-too-sweet whipped cream.

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Clio might be young, but she's blazing a pretty sweet trail (heard of any other sweet shops making a successful go of it, entirely based on pudding? Didn't think so). Here's why it's great to date pastry chefs like her, beyond just the amazing desserts:

1. Pastry cooks can take a joke.

This really applies

Mindy Kaling as Mindy Lahiri in The Mindy ProjectBy Alison Vingiano for HowAboutWe

In Mindy Kaling's 2011 book Is Everybody Hanging Out Without Me? (And Other Concerns) she confesses her anxiety regarding the changing landscape of relationships: "Fewer and fewer people are believing it's cool to want what I want, which is to be married and have kids and love each other in a monogamous, long-lasting relationship."

Mindy Lahiri, the character Kaling portrays on The Mindy Project, feels similarly about love. Her perspective can be summarized as: "I've been fed fairy tales about romance my whole life, and I expect them to come true, thank you very much." Lahiri, like Kaling, tackles a unique feat: she is a feminist, but wants nothing more than to get swept off her feet by her dream man. She is a girly-girl, but not a caricature. She has a figure hardly seen on television, but her body is an extension of herself, not its own subject.

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From shows like Girls to the New York

The Bachelor FinaleBy Carly McElroy for HowAboutWe

Last night, millions of viewers tuned in to the 17th season finale of "The Bachelor." Spoiler alert! The season ended like every other one before it: Sean Lowe, an impossibly buff castoff from a previous season of "The Bachelorette," broke one girl's heart and made another's day by sending 24-year-old Lindsay packing and proposing marriage to 26-year-old Catherine. There were the requisite shots of Sean agonizing while leaning over several balconies, and frustrated women weeping. But don't let the cookie-cutter sameness fool you - after several seasons of declining viewership, Sean Lowe and his crew of ladyloves won massive ratings, restoring "The Bachelor" to its rightful place as king of reality TV. Let's take a look at why this season was so un-missable.

Plus: The 9 Most Annoying Things Said to Single People

1. Sean's Ridiculous Body

Showing some skin is almost certainly written into the contract of any aspiring Bachelor; after 17 seasons, watching

By Lili Marcus for HowAboutWe

When it comes to turning personal stories into tabloid paychecks, celebrities do it better than anyone else. But some stars are better at answering reporter questions than others. Here are a few celebrities whose dealing-with-nosy-questions strategy can be your inspiration the next time your mom corners you to demand grandkids, or your uncle won't stop asking when you're going to find a nice guy and settle down.

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Let's face it, most of us would like to get a better handle on the where's, when's, why's and how's of love. By Kayt Sukel for HowAboutWe

Let's face it, most of us would like to get a better handle on the where's, when's, why's and how's of love. And now that neuroscience is starting to tackle questions that were previously left to poets and philosophers, there's a glut of love and sex advice out there-supposedly guaranteed by the objectivity of cold, hard science. You've seen the headlines: His Genes Make Him Cheat! Love Doesn't Last! Bareback Sex Cures Depression! But before you go believing the headlines (and changing up your behaviors), it's best that you take a closer look at what these studies can really tell us about those two old friends, love and sex.

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The Line: His genes make him cheat.

The Study: Researchers at Sweden's Karolinska Institute found that men who had a certain variation of a vasopressin receptor gene were more likely to suffer marital discord.
The Bottom Line: The researchers did find a significant correlation

Try to avoid saying these things to a heart-broken friend.By Chiara Atik for HowAboutWe

Julie Klausner gave some advice on her most recent podcast of what not to say to a friend going through a break-up: "Don't say now's the time to learn a new language." If, while going through a break-up, someone told me that while I may have just lost the love of my life, at least it affords me an opportunity to brush up on my Portuguese, I would kill them, and then myself.

When comforting friends after a break-up, people reach for platitudes because it's so hard to figure out what to say - trying to look on the bright side, or consoling them that it was no great loss, often seem like the best way to comfort. But often these well-meaning truisms only hurt or annoy the grieving friend, who, remember, is hearing these things from everybody.

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Below is a list of things to try to avoid saying to a heart-broken friend.

1. "I never liked him anyway."

It doesn't matter what you thought of their ex. It

Props to this fearless young journalist for seizing what very likely will be a once-in-a-lifetime opportunity!

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