Ariana Grande posted a picture on Instagram earlier this week that shows her without her beautiful, pear-shaped engagement ring from ex-fiancé Pete Davidson. Instead, she is wearing a different gold band. This is apparently a friendship ring she shares with best friends Alexa Luria and Njomza, according to Teen Vogue.

If all this sounds like you lost the plot, maybe you missed all of the drama that unfolded this past year in Ariana Grande’s love life. You might want to get out from under that rock and catch up on all the dirty details!

In short, Ariana Grande started off this year dating rap star Mac Miller. Several months in, however, the two broke up. Soon after, she started dating Saturday Night Live star, Pete Davidson. They got engaged shortly after they began dating, despite Grande having dated Mac Miller for two years with no sign a wedding was over the horizon.

She publicly stated her enduring love and friendship for Mac Miller, even though their relationship had changed. Even though Mac Miller publicly appeared to give his blessings to the pair, some unconfirmed reports said that he was heartbroken and shattered by this breakup with Grande. Later, in September, Mac Miller died of a drug overdose.

Some fans of Mac Miller and internet trolls accused Grande of bringing Mac Miller to such a vulnerable state by getting engaged so fast. Although this is a terrible thing to tell someone grieving over the loss of a loved one, that is, unfortunately, part of the internet.

Grande and Davidson called off their engagement soon after that, apparently because he wasn’t supportive enough after Grande’s ex-boyfriend overdosed and tragically died.

After all of this drama, Ariana Grande needed some release, finding it with music. She released an inspired song after Davidson said some inappropriate things on SNL, titled “Thank You, Next.” This talks about the relationships she has had. Although she is appreciative and finds meaning in them, she won’t waste her time worrying and will move on to the next one.

The picture’s caption even quotes a line from the song: “…. n I’m so good with that.”

One day, our grandchildren will ask us, “Grandpa, how did you and Grandma meet?” We’ll blow the dust off our old phones, open up our 70-year-old Tinder profiles, and show them the crazy conversations we shared with our partner all those years ago.

Being able to balance two opposing personality traits is usually impressive. Still, this can also go a bit too far and when it does, the results are disastrous. This guy here had something going before he revealed his lifetime plan to his rather unimpressed partner.

Bad pickup lines can be both hilarious, and cripplingly awful. That doesn’t mean people don’t want to hear them, though! Especially not Kel who — as it turned out — had a couple of “bad” pickup lines of her own waiting in the comfort of her back pocket. The best part about this whole interaction isn’t her pickup line in and of itself. In reality, it’s the fact that after this guy made a finance-related joke, she served him right back with a line from the same category.

There are some for whom certain red flags just can’t be ignored. Take Irene, for instance. She’s probably a smart and gifted woman that knows exactly who she is and doesn’t take any flack from anybody. But, the guy who matched with her couldn’t help but feel like he had walked into a bit of trouble when Irene revealed that she doesn’t like Taylor Swift’s music. It was just too much for him to handle. Frankly, we’re also curious to know why Irene isn’t a fan of one of the most popular stars today.

Alright, hold on a second. Are you telling us that there are people in this world who don’t appreciate it when someone starts a conversation with them using the grammatical structure of Yoda from Star Wars? This is news to us! After all, doesn’t everyone find Yoda’s voice and his unique way of stringing sentences together incredibly charming? Wait…no? Well, this is surprising — back to the drawing board, boys!

There’s no doubt that when talking to a woman on Tinder, it’s important to be original. That being said, it’s also important to try and lead with your best foot forward and — if you are going to be original — at least try and be cute, funny, or interesting. It seems like this guy had more than met his match when he tried this opening line. Still, it’s fair to say that he somewhat saved it at the end.

You don’t have to be a Reddit user to understand this joke, although it probably helps. We’re guessing that this woman had some Reddit-related thing in her profile or conversation — who knows? What we can surmise is that this guy leaned a little too heavily into it and the joke didn’t come out the way he had hoped. Of course, for us, this was nothing less than pure comedic gold between a couple who will likely never meet up.

Ever heard the expression — ‘walk away while you’re still ahead?’ Well this guy hadn’t and he paid the price for it by losing out on a date (or at least a “Netflix and chill” night) with a lovely lady. While he tried to separate himself from the pack, the guy ended up shooting himself in the foot when he tried to capitalize on the fact that not all men are bad. Next time you should just quit while you’re ahead, Mr. Comedian.

We’re guessing Randi had written in her bio that she’s a photographer. That or this guy made an extremely lucky guess by bringing it up. The guess might’ve been lucky, but that seems to be where his luck ran out in this conversation since Randi wasn’t impressed with his “smooth” opening line. That being said — even when you get knocked down — it’s important to get right back up and try again. And although his rebuttal was pretty witty, we don’t think this fella ended up getting a date.

Some people don’t like small talk. For some, it’s an important aspect of getting to know another person. For others, however, it’s just a tedious game that gets in the way of really getting to know another individual. This aspiring Lothario apparently felt that way in regards to engaging in useless chit-chat and wanted to get down to the real question — was she real? A strange first question. Real or not, he definitely got an authentic feeling by the end.

Here’s something that we’ve never heard before — men are like fine wine. Now gentlemen, before you start feeling too good about yourselves, you should probably read until the end of this conversation because the reason is a lot less flattering than it sounds. For this woman, men are similar to fine wine due to the process it takes to mature the male species into something that’s “acceptable to enjoy a meal with.” We wish we could be outraged but, sadly, she’s probably right.

This guy has a great way of handling criticism. Rather than letting it get him down or worse — resort to insults — he just let it slide right off him. Clearly he wasn’t taking Tinder that seriously when he made an account and started matching but it might be obvious from the woman’s reaction that a lot of guys probably do. As a result, we were all likely a little surprised by his admittedly humorous reaction to her overly direct remark.

They say if you can make her laugh, you can make her breakfast. But, for this guy, he had already lost before he even tried. While his pickup line wasn’t exactly the smoothest, it was certainly something that we hadn’t heard before. There’s a lot of responses that Kirsten could have come up with, but the last one any of us were expecting was, “that’s a lie.” Oh really Kirsten, you think? Next time, just swipe left unless you’ve miraculously found a sense of humor by then.

While the “it” that Ryan was referring to here isn’t specified in this photo, we’re pretty sure we have an idea of what he’s referring to. So we can’t say we’re too blown away that the woman who posted this decided to mess with him. The best part about this whole interaction isn’t so much about what the woman was saying, but rather that Ryan seemed to have no idea that she was messing with him until the very end.

This poor guy here. Not only did he swipe right on Jordan’s profile, but he super-liked her profile as well. So, there’s no doubt that this guy was jumping for joy after he matched with the girl of his Tinder dreams. It looks like this guy isn’t used to getting so many matches. With that being said, we can assume that he was pretty stunned and simply wanted to make sure this match was the real deal. Sadly for him, his dream girl had just made a little mistake when swiping right.

Some guys have a tendency to come off a little too strong when they’re hitting on a lovely young lady. Take Zach here. Now Zach had probably seen one too many old films and thought, “Well, if it works for them then it’ll work for me.” We hate to break it to you, bud, but you’re not Clark Gable. And using “my love” when talking to a girl you’ve never met doesn’t work in 2020 — neither does disrespecting her.

In 2010, France and Ireland squared off during the qualifying round of the FIFA World Cup. But during that match, French forward Thierry Henry illegally handled the ball, which allowed him to score against William Gallas. It was a huge controversy, one that Henry even admitted to. As can be clearly seen from the conversation, the Irish still have not forgiven the French for this incident, and what may have been love at first swipe was never able to truly flourish.

This guy seemed to have really dug himself into a hole with this conversation. Not only did he not give this woman the highest score, so as to at least try and flatter her, but he then called himself a one. C’mon man, the ladies love guys with a little confidence — shoulders back, chest out! Naturally, she wasn’t too blown away by this little gimmick. Still, she had a little something of her own that Brandon clearly did not see coming at all…and also really didn’t understand.

Some people love a little dirty talk — it really makes them feel appreciated. When Caleb was talking to this person on Tinder, he was probably thinking that they were looking to turn the heat up on this conversation. So, what does he do? Well, naturally he plays along and tries to move the conversation to Snapchat. Although it did take him a little while to realize, it eventually clicked that this person was just messing around with his poor heart.

It’s strange to start a conversation based around corn mazes but hey — you miss 100% of the shots that you don’t take. After Lauren didn’t respond when this guy gave it his best, we might’ve thought he would just throw in the towel and move on. But no, he decided to double down on his corn maze conversation — not once, not twice, but actually three times hoping that Lauren might respond. Sadly, she left this love story without an ending.

Who knew that the Pillsbury Doughboy could be such an aphrodisiac? Well, it certainly was for Shannon and her beau as they discussed her laugh compared to that of the cute, dough-bellied brand mascot. According to her, it’s a mix of the Pillsbury Doughboy and the Wicked Witch of the West. That seemed to work for him, and after Shannon asked about him, this guy had a whole list of bread puns that undoubtedly impressed her.

If all else fails, making a pun out of your match’s name seems to be the way to go. It seemed like this person went for the “infinity and BRIyond” line, which was just creative enough to charm her. Turns out that Bri was more than happy to give him her actual number but not before she gave him another one. Hopefully, whoever was on the other end of this conversation didn’t jump the gun and call the 1-800 number.

They say a little teamwork makes the dream work. In this case, it was two strangers making an unexpected grocery run for — shall we say — supplies that they both needed. When the person on the other end suggested that their Tinder match make a grocery run for prophylactics, they said to bring whatever size worked best for them. Rather than go full bravado — the way we see on television — this person kept things totally honest, which is something we can definitely respect.

Alright this one is a little harsh. This woman calls him a sick child yet she matched with him. Does that mean that he has one photo of him looking great and the rest are just him looking like a “sick child,” whatever that means? It’s unclear but one thing is certain — this guy has a great sense of humor and an even bigger capacity to laugh at himself. Keep at it, man! The right woman is out there somewhere.

It’s hard to know how to react when someone tells you a tragic story. On the one hand, it’s natural to want to show empathy but it can be difficult to know exactly how to relate. Some people don’t want others to feel bad for them after they’ve overcome something difficult like this because there are those who tend to get awkward and freeze up. That might have been the worst thing someone could do until this guy found something even worse.

It’s important to show what makes you special when meeting someone you want to impress. Luckily this woman was more than happy to push this guy along, asking him to tell her something interesting. It’s a pretty open-ended question, and many guys might have thought she meant something in general. Turns out that these two have a lot of work to do on communication if they end up getting together. Although, overall, we’d have to say that this little fact definitely qualifies as interesting.

It takes two to carry a conversation. So when this guy was trying to get a little back and forward going, he must’ve been getting tired feeling like he was single-handedly carrying the conversation. Luckily this guy has got a good sense of humor and isn’t afraid of a little light teasing. After asking his potential Tinder date about her passions, he commented about how dry her conversational skills were. We’re waiting to hear if they went on a date…

There’s no doubt that by this point we’ve all heard the “hilarious” joke about offering someone tickets to the gun show just before flexing your muscles. It was probably absolutely hysterical the first time somebody said that but as the years have gone on, it has lost its touch. So, what a relief it was to find that this guy happened to have a little twist on the joke by being sentenced for having these “sick pythons.” Well done, sir.

This is one that many of us, or at least the woman talking here, have heard before — the word cucumber being turned into cute-cumber as a cheesy, little pickup line. Although it’s nice, it’s not super original so we’d probably give it a four out of ten. Carley seemed more inclined to give the line a negative 70 out of 10, and didn’t mince words when saying so. Luckily, this guy had another vegetable pun ready for this situation.

We’re with Dayna on this one. This first line seemed like the intro to a pickup line about guitars. Well, turns out it was — just in a more roundabout way than most would expect. For those who don’t know, a pickup on a guitar is also called a magnetic pickup. Its job is to register vibrations of the nickel or steel strings that are only found on electric guitars. So technically, this guy was correct in both cases.

Some pickup lines are so bad that, if their use was ever discovered, they could literally get someone disowned by their parents. Okay. Maybe only in the most extreme cases — as can be seen here — where we apparently have two people who felt that the pickup line user didn’t deserve to be in the family. While the comment from the woman might have been a little mean, at least it helped to give the guy some closure.

We all remember that scene in Star Wars Episode V: The Empire Strikes Back when Han Solo is about to be dipped in frozen carbonate and sold to Jabba the Hut. Just before getting lowered into the vat in front of his friends, Princess Leia runs forward and bursts out, “I love you!” Han, in one of what was arguably the coolest moments in Harrison Ford’s career, just looks right back at her and says only two words — “I know.”

With all the crazy stories of various horrific crimes that we hear on the news, it’s always important to stay on your guard. Of course, it’s also crucial to not get too carried away in worrying that you’re going to be attacked. Otherwise, you’re just paranoid. But, that didn’t seem to bother this guy when — out of the blue — Mari suspiciously invited him over to her house at three in the morning. Maybe she was looking for some fun, or perhaps something a little more sinister.

It’s often been reported that one thing women are very concerned about when meeting a guy online is how tall he is. A lot of people have theorized as to why but most of us just have to shrug our shoulders and accept it for what it is — a ridiculous bias that needs to be broken! And we’re not just speaking for the short guys out there, we can see from this conversation just how hurtful biases can be.

Maybe next time this person should be more specific when asking someone to surprise them with a picture of anything. After all, this is the age of the internet and more people are at least somewhat proficient with photoshop. Photos are no longer relegated to what you can capture right in front of you. Now, it’s a whole wide world of strange. So we applaud whoever sent back this very bizarre photo and hope to see many more like it.

Sometimes to find love, you gotta be willing to put yourself out there. Sure — it might mean getting hurt now and again, but the idea is that if you learn from failures and keep giving it your all, you’ll eventually find someone. However, we wouldn’t necessarily recommend starting off with a rating scale for a woman to judge you with. As can be seen from this conversation right here, rather than her number this lady came back with a number.

For people who aren’t aware of this yet — while it may have been considered cool back in the day to call a woman some sort of pet name before you’ve gotten to know her — times have changed. Most women would probably agree that a guy calling them babe right off the bat isn’t the best way to turn a Tinder match into a Tinder date. For this woman, she’d likely heard this plenty of times and had the perfect response.

Some people will tell guys that they gotta be like James Bond in order to get the girls. But this guy, after meeting Taylor, decided to go another way with the pickup lines — and it worked! Turns out that Harry Potter puns was a sure way into this lady’s heart. While Taylor never did say if she wanted to “Slytherin on a date,” we’re guessing that they did. Looks like Tinder works better than any type of sorting hat ever could.

This one we had to post because…well, look! That same cheesy one out of 10 line — you’re a nine and I’m the only one you are missing — actually charmed a woman! A real live woman from Tinder! Amazing! This just goes to show that there really is no such thing as a line, and beauty truly is in the eye of the beholder. It seems that the guy who wrote this was even more shocked than we are.

This is a pretty cute opener for a Tinder conversation, and apparently Margaret thought so as well. Things then took somewhat of a strange turn when this guy brought up the horse, and seems relieved that she doesn’t own it. When pressed as to why that is the case, he responded with the fact that it’s a beautiful horse and how could he possibly compete with such a majestic animal? Quite frankly, it’s pretty hard to be in competition with a creature like that.

Bears — some people find them cute while others find them scary. And then there are those that believe bears are better for two things: GIFs and puns. It appears based on this conversation that the third group is perfect for making friends on Tinder. We have to say as much as the first person might consider themselves the ultimate ‘bear GIF’ master, the second one actually has the bear waving, which gives them extra points. Of course, nothing beats the final bear pun…