Jennifer Aniston

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Um, maybe ppl think she is unhappy bc she gives off this brittle, unsatisfied vibe, even if not an unhappy one, per se? Anyway, I seriously doubt she is happy right now while she has to announce a separation to the world.

Surprised they lasted this long. No doubt, Justin will eventually reveal what a dull person she was to live with just like John Mayer and Brad did after a while.
 
For whatever reasons, I think long engagements are sometimes a sign that marriage isn't the best idea for that particular couple. Jen and Justin had 5 years to get to know if they could live on both coasts half the time (or whatever arrangement they come to) or if that was going to make one or both of them very unhappy, Personally if a couple loves each other enough I think they compromise in a way so that both people are just thrilled to be together as much as possible, even if it means living in someplace neither one wants to be.

I would be surprised if Jen would ever go back to Brad (though stranger things have happened.). He treated her horribly and embarrassed her (with Angie's help) before the world. I would never trust someone who lied and cheated on me. Plus he said lots of below the belt cracks about not being fulfilled being married to her, what a waste his life was then, etc. all unnecessarily hurtful remarks that made him look like an a#$. He should never have shared any of that with the world. Jen was right, he is missing a major sensitivity chip in his brain and that it a major personality defect.
 
i think it's a bit funny that people think she isn't happy because she doesn't have kids or that her marriages didn't work out....a lot of people value themselves enough to make choices that suite them and that are healthy for them.....
no need to feel bad for her.
i really wish people would first of all, stay out of our uterus and stop equating kids to happiness.
 
I was never impressed with him. She seems like a sweet person. I don't know what the problem was here. Supposedly they're best friends (according to an announcement they released to the press). Is it just too easy for these people to move on? If so, then why get married? Just live together and then move on when the romance wears off.

Just read the item above about the NY vs LA thing. I agree with what someone else said - if you love each other you'll work things out. Really I think when you're as rich and famous as she is you're not as inclined to compromise. The business about her not wanting to stay at his apartment for instance. Was it so gross? Probably not. She just wanted the luxury she was accustomed to.
 
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Maybe the divorce is their way of finding happiness. It's not like marriage is a guarantee of happiness, divorce rates may be up but in the past many people were stuck in miserable situations for the sake of propriety. I think it's important to honor commitments and work at something but who knows what the situation was, if it's clear something doesn't work what's the point?


Apparently this is why they split, it's actually a little sad...

She’s LA, He’s NY
Jennifer Aniston and Justin Theroux called it quits on Thursday, but it seems cracks in their relationship were not formed overnight.

A source tells ET that the split was actually a long time coming, and that one of the major factors that played into their break-up was a fundamental disagreement about where the couple should live.

According to ET's source, Theroux thoroughly considers himself to be a New Yorker, and living in Hollywood was something that he never really wanted.

"He much prefers being [in New York] and that's been a major issue for them for a long time," says the source. Adding, that the actor's roots are deep in the Big Apple, and that his friends and social group, which Theroux holds close to his heart, are all based in the city.

“Justin has a very diverse friend group, and he likes that they're not all 'in the industry,'" says the source. "He's friends with people in the restaurant world, writers, comedians, artists, tattoo artists. It's an eclectic group and he doesn't have that type of network in LA."

The source said that Aniston, however, does not feel the same way about New York -- despite growing up as a kid and developing her early career there.

Additionally, the two stars' experiences with life in New York were vastly different. "Justin can hop on his [motorcycle], walk in the neighborhood, hang at a bar and all that without being bothered, but for Jen, the paparazzi are all over her," the source noted.

“He really wanted her to be comfortable [in New York]," the source says, explaining how Theroux tried hard to make his wife come to love the city. "He even negotiated with the paps to make a deal that they would only shoot her once per day and then leave her alone. He also agreed to move out of his apartment, which he loves."

In an attempt to give New York a shot, the source says the couple moved into an apartment in the West Village. However, there were some drawbacks that became immediately apparent. Aside from the fact that there was no garage, the presence of a small public park across the street provided a prime location for paparazzi to set up shop waiting to snap of pic of the former Friends star coming and going from her home.

The presence of unwanted tabloid attention also drew the ire of the couple's neighbors.

"There was the construction, which is obviously a nuisance, but what really pissed off the neighbors was just the constant commotion outside their door all the time with the photographers," the source says. "It made for an awkward living situation for Jen and Justin because they knew the neighbors weren't happy."

The tension came to a head in what the source refers to as "the bologna incident," in which Theroux came downstairs to discover that someone had covered his motorcycle in slices of bologna, and Aniston believed it was one of their neighbors who did it.

"She just never really could get settled in, she wasn't happy [in New York]," according to the source.

Eventually, Theroux acquiesced and agreed to move across the country to Los Angeles, but constantly came up with reasons to return.

"He was bicoastal, she was not," says the source.

While the couple ended up selling their apartment in the West Village, the source says Theroux never gave up his apartment in Greenwich Village and he would stay there whenever he had to return to the city for work. However, Aniston rarely would stay there with him and often opted to stay at luxury hotels instead.

"She rarely stayed at his place, she preferred hotels," says the source. Adding, "Justin, on the other hand, did not like staying at hotels -- especially uptown. He eventually convinced her to at least stay in hotels with him downtown, like the Bowery hotel."

Despite their differences when it came where they wanted to live and their eventual split, the source stressed that the two really did love each other, and doesn't believe that there was any one incident that tore them apart. Rather, the wedge was slowly driven between them by their very different lifestyles, and it became a bigger problem over the course of their relationship.

"They really were a great couple. And they cared a lot about each other. Justin was always really protective of her," says the source. "They both wanted this to work."

Aniston and Theroux, who tied the knot in a secret ceremony at their home in Bel-Air, California in August 2015, announced their separation in a statement released to ET on Thursday.

"In an effort to reduce any further speculation, we have decided to announce our separation," Aniston and Theroux's statement reads. "This decision was mutual and lovingly made at the end of last year. We are two best friends who have decided to part ways as a couple, but look forward to continuing our cherished friendship."

"Normally we would do this privately, but given that the gossip industry cannot resist an opportunity to speculate and invent, we wanted to convey the truth directly. Whatever else is printed about us that is not directly from us, is someone else’s fictional narrative," the statement continues. "Above all, we are determined to maintain the deep respect and love that we have for one another."

http://www.etonline.com/why-jennifer-aniston-and-justin-theroux-split-shes-la-hes-ny-exclusive-96554
If it was an issue before, bet your bottom dollar it will be an issue during. I dont get what about that folks dont understand.

I came in the thread and was like "huh they're done already??!" ...Sorry to hear ...cue the 'Jen and Brad reunion' tabloids and gossip now...**Eyeroll**
 
There were several articles about other residents of his NY building harassing her or complaining about things, so maybe that's why she refused to stay there. It's all silliness to me, as an average person. All that wealth, private travel capability, multiple homes, work schedules that net them millions for mere weeks of work, and they can't make it work because of location? Seems off to me.

Relationships are very disposable these days, more so in Hollywood, yet thank God for divorce so I'm not judging that angle. The reasons given though, seem really petty.
 
The housing or location problem is a superficial detail, it’s what the details say about the underlying dynamic.

It sounds like both were too set in their ways which probably comes from living independent lives for so long prior to getting together. They both have enough money to be self sufficient, its not like there were external pressures, like children, binding them together in a common purpose.

People have different definitions of marriage - their version was probably very nebulous. Maybe in their social strata self fulfillment and maintaining your individuality come before commitment as a pair.
 
They were together for 5 years before getting married. You'd think they would figure out where to live during that time.

The New York papers had articles about the neighbours being annoyed with Jen's renovations. Can't remember what they were unhappy about. Something about they were being inconsiderate.

Do you think it's true paps were waiting outside her door to photograph her? So many celebrities live in NYC and you'd never know. They aren't photographed that much. Unless they want to be, like Taylor Swift, when she did her daily pap walk. Otherwise, they seem to blend in.
 
They were together for 5 years before getting married. You'd think they would figure out where to live during that time.

The New York papers had articles about the neighbours being annoyed with Jen's renovations. Can't remember what they were unhappy about. Something about they were being inconsiderate.

Do you think it's true paps were waiting outside her door to photograph her? So many celebrities live in NYC and you'd never know. They aren't photographed that much. Unless they want to be, like Taylor Swift, when she did her daily pap walk. Otherwise, they seem to blend in.
I thought of that too....generally you hear that celebs aren't bothered much in NY....we see a lot of pics of people like Sara Jessica Parker. Obviously if we see a pic she's being photographed but apparently she's very comfortable living in NY
 
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