I was totally confounded when Lance Armstrong and Sheryl Crow broke up. I was trying to figure out what went wrong and when I heard that Sheryl Crow still loved Lance after they ended their relationship, I was confused even more. Then, Sheryl Crow adopted Wyatt Steven Crow and I suspected that we would never find out what went wrong in such a beautiful relationship.

Now we have answer. The main reason for the breakup was Sheryl's desire to become a mom, as she was already 44 around their engagement. At that age, it is nearly impossible for a woman to get pregnant naturally and have a healthy baby. Yes, some women do become moms but in almost all cases they resort to IVF that may use their frozen eggs, of if that was not done, they use donor eggs.

"She wanted marriage, she wanted children; and not that I didn't want that, but I didn't want that at that time because I had just gotten out of a marriage, I'd just had kids [Luke, Grace and Bella]. Yet we're up against her biological clock -- that pressure is what cracked it." Armstrong says in a book.

They tried counseling but it seems that he was not ready to father another child at the time and Sheryl wanted to get pregnant right away since at that age every day matters. In the end, the couple could not come to a compromise and decided to cancel the engagement.

The message here is that parenthood and its timing can be a big bone of contention in a couple and it is better to deal with it very early on in the relationship rather than realize that it is a problem after the engagement.

Oh my heart is crying but I am happy to report that yet another Bachelor contestant (Andrew Firestone) who proposed to Jen Schefft but then broke up with her, has yet again found love to a model-actress Ivana Bozilovic. The Bachelor program has not resulted in everlasting romances. Charlie O'Connel-Sarah Brice, Travis Stork-Sarah Stone, and Andy Baldwin-Tessa Horst have all broken up.

Rather than being a bitch, Jen has send a cheerful message to the couple, though sadly enough, she is still single. Maybe it wasn't his fault after all. She has used her single days to write a book called "Better Single Than Sorry" and is still looking for love. I invite her to join our free dating website. Or she can try budget dating.

If you watch The Bachelor, there is so much drama that you start to imagine that their relationship will last forever. The fights, the competition, the romance, the emotions are incredible.

The reality, it turns out, is somewhat different. Like most of us, they too face the same challenges in relationships. Remember how Travis Stork and Sarah Stone broke up? Well, another Bachelor couple, the very charming officer and a gentleman Lt. Andy Baldwin and social worker Tessa Horst, have broken their engagement.

I think just for the sake of the media they are saying things like "We are very much in love and committed to our relationship." I don't buy this crap. If you are so much in love and committed to the relationship, why can't Tessa move to Hawaii? And I am glad that they broke up, because if a partner cannot relocate, the marriage wouldn't have lasted too long. Marriages require far too many and bigger sacrifices; this was something really small.

Let us also see how things work out for Brad Womack.

Howard Stern, Beth Ostrosky engaged

Howard Stern, like Bill Maher, Scarlett Johansson, Hal Sparks, Kurt Russell, Goldie Hawn, Jenny McCarthy, Jim Carrey, Oprah, Stedman Graham, Brad Pitt, Angelina Jolie, and Geri Halliwell, is one of those guys who no longer believes in things like engagement and marriages any more and he has said so repeatedly in recent years.

Surprise, suprise! Never say never again. He is now engaged to Beth Ostrosky. And how did he propose? With a 5.2 carat diamond ring, similar to what Tony Parker gave Eva Longoria.

And in case you were wondering, this relationship is a classic example of older man dating younger woman - Beth is 18 years younger than Howard Stern, the guy who seems to rock on satellite radio and as expected the announcement came on his satellite radio program.