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Jen and Brad

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illandBored · 29/01/2020 14:10

Ok so I’m a bit bored as I have a flu. Otherwise I usually do have a life..

Is anyone like me a bit protective of Jennifer Aniston and thinkng Brad doesn’t really deserve her and that I’m quite struggling to see myself forgiving someone who would do to me what Brad did to Jen??

I come from a home with devastating divorce between parents With ongoing grudges and I’m projecting a lot and wondering whether normal people forgive such things and why and how ?

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EachandEveryone · 30/01/2020 21:10

Mind you if i lived in California Id be tempted to smoke a fat one after work, by the pool with a cold glass of white. It seems idyllic really. I wouldnt touch the stuff here.

IntermittentParps · 31/01/2020 11:50

love the way women are split into likeable and fuckable.

This is the most important comment on this thread, IMO.

measelsmumpsandweasels · 31/01/2020 11:52

People learn and grow. Maybe it's meant to be with them. 15 is a looong time. Maybe he'd appreciate her now having spent some quality time with crazy eyes.

EachandEveryone · 31/01/2020 13:04

Well he has had many babies with Angie he must’ve enjoyed her company

ColumbaPalumbus · 31/01/2020 13:12

Well he enjoyed something but it might not have been her company exactly!

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illandBored · 31/01/2020 20:28

love the way women are split into likeable and fuckable.

Yes I don’t think that comment was acceptable :S. Can I request the poster ask for it to be removed ? I think it is horribly objectifying even though I know the poster didn’t mean to be deep.

But also it doesn’t make sense to me. Because what’s “likeable” and “f***” is relative to each person and if a man-child is making that call then I wouldn’t take his opinion seriously. Women don’t fall into standardised categories and not all men are like Brad, I hope!

I think Angie is mysterious, unpredictable, non-conformist and edgy hence the thrill; plus a new relationship is exciting always.. Jennifer is warm , normal and approachable which seems more stable to me as a personality in a relationship. But ofcourse to him Jennifer was boring.

Looks wise, they’re both beyond gorgeous. I don’t think Angeline is better looking than Jen, but then again I’m biased cos Jen has been so candid and I need a fairytale ending where she wins it all!

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IcedPurple · 31/01/2020 20:54

Yes I don’t think that comment was acceptable :S. Can I request the poster ask for it to be removed ? I think it is horribly objectifying even though I know the poster didn’t mean to be deep.

You want people to delete posts about celebrities because you find them 'objectifying'?

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illandBored · 31/01/2020 21:02

IcedPurple

Errrm, that would be an oversimplified way of putting it.

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RJnomore1 · 31/01/2020 21:06

If you’re having a dig at me, as it’s my post in bold, that was a direct quote from someone else in an earlier post nd completely summed up the discussion on here so no I will not ask for it to be deleted.

ColumbaPalumbus · 31/01/2020 21:43

I've never found JA to be good looking at all whereas AJ is stunning. Who the hell knows why ended up with JA but her looks certainly didn't hurt. Collecting kids who likely had complex needs must have been a complete nightmare. That alone would have broken most marriages. And then they had twins...Tbf if AJ came on here describing her family and asking for help we'd all be screaming TROLL from the rooftops especially with the twins!

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illandBored · 31/01/2020 22:01

That was a polite request for “RitaHayworthHair“ to remove her comment on JA and AJ. (I just realised their initials are a swap of each other !).

No digs intended

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RJnomore1 · 31/01/2020 22:59

Apologies then, the joy of words of a screen. It’s still a fair if crude summary though.

RitaHayworthHair · 01/02/2020 13:34

Are you seriously asking me to remove a post that was reflecting some of the male views expressed about these two actresses on a thread you started to speculate on their marriages? And while others speculate on whether or not people are taking drugs?

Ha ha. Get a grip.

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illandBored · 01/02/2020 14:58

RitaHayworthHair I think we can hi 5 and agree we all need to get a grip. But to me Im An illiterate in celebrity culture , but do see them as social influencers and I like that these two women bring in a distinct non conformist female identities into the spotlight is what drew my interest towards them. And I think many other women. Letting Male opinions define our female perception of them or normalising it is a bit demoralising for sad arse women like me who attach too many meanings to celebrity public image :D.

But yeh I do need to get a grip overall. Maybe soon. When my flu goes away and I can focus on my own life instead of other people! .

In the meanwhile, apparently Meghan Markle (I have a soft spot for her) is striking up a friendship with Jennifer Aniston!! I knew it me and Markle have many things in common :D

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EachandEveryone · 01/02/2020 23:26

Calumba I dont get ypur point about the twins?🤔

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illandBored · 02/02/2020 09:40

I think Calumba forgets the amount of childcare those couple can afford and thinks having twins would’ve given them no sleep Grin.

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EachandEveryone · 02/02/2020 22:48

Shame Brad wasnt at the BAFTAS but I loved his speech read by Margo Robbie.

Horehound · 02/02/2020 22:55

Jen is a stoner too. I remember her talking about smoking weed when she got her Rachel hair do.

And I think last year or year before there were photos of Brad at Jennifer annistons house when she threw a party.

Horehound · 02/02/2020 22:57

Oh and I forgot to say I do like JA but I saw her in Graham Norton recently and she had literally nothing to say. I expect Brad got bored, she seems a bit...thick maybe?
Nice but boring

WellHolyGodMiley · 02/02/2020 23:16

I don't think she's thick at all. She's just chill. Brad always over corrects. Like Gwyneth was a hyper perfectionist and the other extreme is girl next door laid back grounded Jen who goes on holiday to the same places every year and has the same circle of friends for 20 years + (healthy I think) but then he got bored of that and over corrected and went for ........................Angelina.

EachandEveryone · 02/02/2020 23:23

Shes not thick or quiet. Reese Witherspoon completely took over on Graham Norton and also made Jen look stupid when Reese was trying to flog her book club. I really don't like Reese at all. She seems uptight.

Graphista · 02/02/2020 23:48

Brad and Jennifer split around the same time as I split from my ex husband and for the same reasons.

In addition, I couldn’t have more dc after dd and ex got ow pregnant and they now have 5 dc. I’d have loved a big family but medical issues put paid to that.

Jen has said she wanted dc but it didn’t happen for her and she doesn’t discuss in detail, i suspect fertility issues or repeated mc or possibly a mix of both. Courtney cox has also made comments which suggest it was never a case of Jen not wanting children.

So I very much relate to how hurtful it must have been for him to have left her for someone who was already a mother and keen to expand her family.

I think Jen can do much better than pretty boy with no substance Brad.

But I’m incredibly sad for her that she seems to have wanted to be a mother and was unable to be.

Being child free by choice is one thing, but being unable to have children quite another. I’ve found it hard enough coming to terms with only being able to have one.

And yes Jen could have adopted but it’s not for everyone.

Happysummer2020 · 02/02/2020 23:58

If only he'd known what was good for him when he was with her. He went for the exciting drama/chemistry option in Angelina as it was probably intoxicating but a quieter more settled life with Jen would have been better for him. Maybe he's getting to an age where he craves that now.

Still dont think she should take him back!

Russellbrandshair · 03/02/2020 07:29

I expect Brad got bored, she seems a bit...thick maybe

Brad hardly comes across as the sharpest tool in the box himself. I’ve always thought he was nice but dim. He also appears to have no sense of self, he morphs into every person he dates - it’s creepy

dayswithaY · 03/02/2020 07:39

Just saw Jen on The Ellen Show. I was taken aback by her frozen face which barely moved when she talked. She sounded like her mouth was full of cotton wool. I thought she had resisted surgery but looks like she's gone for it now. I understand that she doesn't want to be the only 50 year old who looks like a 50 year old but it's still a shame.