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Love is a many-splendored thing, especially when you\u2019re gawking at it from the outside. In this column<\/a>,<\/a> we examine the celebrity couples who give us hope for our own romantic futures as we try to learn what we can from their well-documented bonds.<\/em><\/p>\n I\u2019ll be honest\u2014when I first heard that Dakota Johnson and Role Model were dating, I felt like I was being given a cognitive function test. (\u201cAnd is this\u2026Role Model<\/em> in the room with us right now?\u201d) But now that I\u2019ve spiritually moved on from Johnson\u2019s previous relationship with Chris Martin\u2014recall that I also wanted what they<\/em> had,<\/a> especially given Johnson\u2019s habit of going out for barefoot, blended-family coffee runs<\/a> with Martin\u2019s daughter, Apple<\/a>\u2014I\u2019ve realized that this is my new favorite celebrity relationship.<\/p>\n Just this past weekend, Johnson and Role Model (a.k.a. Tucker Pillsbury, a.k.a. Emma Chamberlain\u2019s ex-boyfriend<\/a>; oh, what a tangled web we weave!) were seen out and about several times. On Friday, they canoodled in Los Feliz<\/a>\u2014a neighborhood of Los Angeles that almost seems designed for celebrity makeouts\u2014and then, on Sunday, they were spotted together getting coffee. Did they spend the entire weekend together? Did they part ways on Saturday to shower and nap and text their friends about each other, then reunite the next day? I have so many questions, and absolutely none of their answers are remotely my business!<\/p>\n As it happens, no less an authority than Johnson\u2019s mother, Melanie Griffith, has weighed in on her daughter\u2019s budding relationship with Role Model. On Sunday, DeuxMoi posted a (mildly creepy) video<\/a> of Griffith calling Role Model \u201cfabulous,\u201d and if you happen to have a slightly mean mom<\/a> of your own, you know that kind of endorsement is hard to come by unless the younger musician you\u2019re dating actually happens to be a) cool and b) nice to you. I mean, our moms want the best for us, right? They have no interest in cosigning a doomed situationship!<\/p>\n The Materialists<\/em> star and the \u201cSally, When the Wine Runs Out\u201d singer were first spotted hanging out in LA<\/a> in December, but this weekend yielded some rare PDA. I very much hope that this is only the start of Johnson and Role Model\u2019s dalliance going legit, and I also<\/em> hope that I\u2019m seated next to them at Little Dom\u2019s<\/a> soon, because the nonfiction book about the Hollywood blacklist that I\u2019m forcing myself to read at the moment is, in fact, deathly boring, and I could use some overheard celebrity intrigue to liven up my next solo date night.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n