After making her wait 16 years for a rock, Bret Michaels finally proposed to the mother of his two daughters on the Monday night finale of his VH1 reality show, “Bret Michaels: Life As I Know It.”

“They swore I was the guy who would never,” the 47-year-old rocker told People. “And it feels awesome.”

Michaels and Kristi Gibson have been on and off for almost two decades — but Michaels’ health scare this year seems to have sealed the deal.

“I love him for him,” Gibson, 39, told People. “I’ve been through everything with him. A ring and a paper wouldn’t make me love him more. I’m just happy he’s alive.”

Meanwhile, another star is happily tying the knot. Shania Twain is engaged to Frederic Thiebaud — the ex-husband of the woman who allegedly stole her husband!

Thiebaud is the ex of Twain’s former best friend Marie-Anne Thiebaud — the woman Robert “Mutt” Lange, Twain’s husband of 14 years, allegedly left her for in May 2008. (Both Lange and Marie-Anne denied the affair.)

Friends say Thiebaud, a business executive for Nestle, is the “love of her life.” Talk about sweet revenge! And as we wrap up for 2010, we thought we’d leave you with what we consider to be the five biggest celebrity relationship stories of the year. And the winners (and losers) are …

5. Scarlett Johansson and Ryan Reynolds split: They were too good-looking (and apparently too good) to be true. But since ScarJo was only 23 when she suddenly got hitched, we suspect that these two crazy kids mistook lust for love.

4. Courteney Cox and David Arquette separate: It’s one thing to take some time apart to ponder a long relationship — it’s another to go on “Howard Stern” to announce to the world that you’re sleeping with other people. That said, these two are so kooky, we almost think they’ll get back together.

3. Prince William pops the (royal) question: After eight years of dating, Prince William is finally going to make an honest woman of Kate Middleton. They’re set to wed on April 29, 2011 … save the date!

2. Tiger Woods and Elin Nordegren divorce: We’d make this story No. 1, except the real drama happened in 2009, when Tiger’s car accident revealed his texts and trysts to the world. $100 million later, Elin is reportedly dating again.

1. Sandra Bullock and Jesse James divorce: Way to ruin a girl’s Oscar win! Just weeks after Bullock won her first Academy Award, it emerged that her husband, Jesse James, had been cheating on her with tattooed biker babe Michelle “Bombshell” McGee. James went on TV to cry crocodile tears, while Bullock quickly moved on with her life, kicking her ex to the curb and adopting a baby boy on her own. James even referred to himself as “the most hated man in America,” which pretty much summed it up.

We have to say it: We saw this one coming.

Scarlett Johansson and Ryan Reynolds announced this week that they are ending their two-year long marriage — but we were far more surprised to hear that they had married in the first place.

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It’s one of the simple rules of dating: When you’re sharing your Thanksgiving turkey with someone, it’s definitely serious.

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Is Jessica Simpson marching down the aisle a little too quickly?

Simpson’s fiancé, former NFL player turned “life coach” Eric Johnson, popped the question earlier this month with a sparkling ruby ring (suspiciously, around the same time that Simpson’s ex-husband Nick Lachey proposed to his longtime girlfriend Vanessa Minnillo).

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She’s a “Single White Female” for real this time.

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The royal blue dress she wore when she announced her engagement has already sold out. Her wedding day has been declared a national holiday. Best of all, she’s going to be a princess.

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A couple of reality shows and at least 10 plastic surgeries later, Heidi Montag and Spencer Pratt have tied the knot. Again.

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Is Prince William finally going to make an honest princess out of Kate Middleton?

According to Us Weekly, the handsome price will marry the comely commoner next year.

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Countless women have fallen head over heels for James Bond. But is he actually breaking up relationships in real life? On Monday, TMZ reported that Oscar-winning “Constant Gardener” actress Rachel Weisz, 40, and “The Wrestler” director Darren Aronofsky, 41, have separated. Though they’ve never been married, they were together for nine years and have a 4-year-old son.

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Strange couple alert: Billy Ray Cyrus and his wife Tish, proud parents of superstar Miley Cyrus, are reportedly divorcing over Tish’s affair with … Bret Michaels.

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