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Brad and Jennifer still share "deep friendship"
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I will admit that when the whole Jen and Brad thing went down in 2005, I didn't hesitate to join Team Aniston. It just seemed to me that Brad was moving on to the next best thing without giving serious consideration to his wedding vows. Sure, Angelina Jolie was the mother of all temptations, but couldn't he have at least tried to resist?
If Aniston was angry and hurt, she likely had every right to be. Which is why it surprises me a little that Pitt claims the two are still good friends, telling Details magazine, "Jen and I still maintain a deep friendship and have a lot of life together that isn't erased in any way."
I am all for remaining on good terms with your ex. When I first met my husband, I was still friendly with my ex boyfriend. We had long since quit dating, but were neighbors and regularly exercised together. Sometimes we would meet for lunch and he even bought me presents on my birthday. The difference between our situation and that of Aniston and Pitt, besides unbelievable good looks, fame and money, was that our reasons for parting had nothing to do with a third party. Nobody was left embarrassed and humiliated, wondering what happened. That certainly makes being friends a lot easier.
What about you? Do you have an ex somewhere who you now consider a friend? How does that sit with your current partner?
If Aniston was angry and hurt, she likely had every right to be. Which is why it surprises me a little that Pitt claims the two are still good friends, telling Details magazine, "Jen and I still maintain a deep friendship and have a lot of life together that isn't erased in any way."
I am all for remaining on good terms with your ex. When I first met my husband, I was still friendly with my ex boyfriend. We had long since quit dating, but were neighbors and regularly exercised together. Sometimes we would meet for lunch and he even bought me presents on my birthday. The difference between our situation and that of Aniston and Pitt, besides unbelievable good looks, fame and money, was that our reasons for parting had nothing to do with a third party. Nobody was left embarrassed and humiliated, wondering what happened. That certainly makes being friends a lot easier.
What about you? Do you have an ex somewhere who you now consider a friend? How does that sit with your current partner?
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9-06-2007 @ 8:02PM
M4Mommy said...I was married to my first husband for nearly 7 years. We were separated for 5 of those years however.He had cheated on me during the 2 years we were together. During the 5 years we were not together I dated and eventually met my forever husband. I filed for divorce and made him(ex) sign the papers after I met my current husband.
several years have past, well 10 to be exact. And over the last two years my x and I have begun talking and I consider him a friend now. it was a long long road for both of us to get here though. He lives half way across the country and has made a life for himself there. while I have remarried and made a life with my husband and daughter here in our home state.
We both did some really harsh things to each other. things that we can now see since we have grown up. My only regret is that we got married so young. I was 21 and he was 20. He just out of boot camp for the Marines. Me just out of college. big mistake. However, everything I learned not to do in a relationship I learned form being married to him. And it is making my marriage to my second husband stronger and better. Maturity helps a GREAT deal
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9-06-2007 @ 9:37PM
Jennifer said...I am actually really good friends with one of my exes... My husband knows him and we get together with him and his girlfriend all the time. In fact he and his girlfriend (who I count as a really good friend) came to our wedding. plus they each attended out respective bachelor/bachelorette parties... The only thing my husbands says is "I can't believe you dated him!!" (He is a really big dork- the ex not my hubby...)
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9-06-2007 @ 9:40PM
Eva said...My high school best friend recently married my high school boyfriend. Now I have to see him ALL THE TIME. It's weird. But fine, I guess.
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9-07-2007 @ 11:35AM
Joy said...If you are able to stay friends, I think that's always better. It's healthier to love than hate I think. When I first married my husband he'd already been divorced for 5 years. He hated his ex so much that it really bothered me. The minute anyone mentioned her name he would go into a rage. She cheated on him and took drugs, hence, he was alone with the kids. BUT...the energy and emotions of that "hate" really, really bothered me. We were married for 2 years before that "hate" went away and we were able to "get along". It was MUCH easier and I almost felt that his "hate" towards her was more like "love". I'm not sure if you know what I mean but once he let that hate go, "WE" were better as a couple. We have been married for 29 years and are as happy as I would have ever hoped.
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9-08-2007 @ 12:28AM
jen's friend said...I had an ex who treated me pretty much the same as Brad treated Jen...6 months later he was back, begging me to forgive him. And then off and on for the next couple of years.
No, we are not friends. I asked my friends not to ever mention him or "her", I never sought out, I avoided any information of any kind ~ it was too painful. I didn't give him my new address or phone number, didn't answer his letters or phone calls. It made it ever so much easier to "move on". I assume Jen is using the very same method to deal with the enormity of the betrayal and disrespect she experienced at his hands. It worked for me.
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