Melissa Gilbert’s six-year relationship with ex-boyfriend Rob Lowe was full of ups and downs. “I was such a baby when Rob and I were together,” Gilbert, 61, said during a Tuesday, July 29, appearance on Jennie Garth’s “I Choose Me” podcast.

The two young stars dated on and off, starting at 17, before ultimately calling it quits for good in 1987, when they were both 23.

Melissa Gilbert has been with actor and director Timothy Busfield for over a decade. Their relationship began in 2012 when the two met at a bar.