Things aren’t going well for Jennifer Lopez and Casper Smart. While the pair have been dating for the past couple of years, in recent months reports have surfaced that Casper cheated on her with a transgender model and has been sexting and sending dick picks her way, etc. First of all, dudes, newsflash: virtually no women want your dick pics, like, ever. Second of all, you’ve got J.Lo and you’re even looking anywhere else? SMH.

In any case, while the couple are still barely together, things might change with that REAL quick (and rumour on the street goes that she had his young ass sign an NDA so he can’t open his mouth about a single thing that ever transpired in their relationship).

From People:

A few months ago, Jennifer Lopez and Casper Smart “hit a rough patch,” a friend tells PEOPLE, but the singer has been trying to be supportive of him and work through their issues.

“Now,” notes the friend, “all this stuff comes out about sexting. They’re still together, technically, but no idea for how long.”

Internet reports claim that Smart, 27, a former backup dancer for Lopez and now a choreographer, has sent Instagram photos and steamy messages to somebody else. (Reps for both have not commented.)

“There were issues that pre-date these new reports,” says another source, who adds that Lopez’s mind is currently on things that go beyond rumors over her and Smart’s romance.

“She has a really busy three weeks and doesn’t have time to deal with this,” the source adds. “And she’s on the East Coast and he’s working on the West Coast.”

“She is excited about where her life is right now,” says the friend. “Her new single (“First Love”) is on fire, and her album is about to drop, and she has movies, and hit TV shows (The Fosters) that she’s producing. She couldn’t be in better shape professionally. Personally, it’s a bit more tricky.

How tricky? A second source says, “Put it this way, they were having problems before the sexting. You do the math.”

Just goes to show – never take the hired help to the next level. Also maybe don’t pick such a young buck – he was never going to be able to settle down and probably got too big for his britches real quick.

We already knew that this relationship was serious. I mean, I’m pretty positive that Jennifer Lopez is going to make Casper propose to her relatively soon – at the very least, before the year is through. But I think we can all agree that dog adoption is an especially serious step in any relationship, right?

But guys, look at the dog:

Oh my god. You probably can’t even comprehend right off how cute this little puppy is, so probably come back and look at this picture a few times throughout the evening, let it sink in gradually. This puppy is SO CUTE.

Casper tweeted the photo, and he also let us in on the dog’s name: Bear. Of course.

But hey, did you see how adorable that puppy is?