They should have discussed this PRIOR to marriage. :o

Not to have "schadenfreude" (well, maybe a little), but with Jennifer Aniston and Brad Pitt, it wasn't a case of "would they ever separate or divorce?", it was just a matter of WHEN.

Frankly, I gave them 2 years tops...I am shocked that they made it to the 4 1/2 mark.

Dear Brad,

I will gladly have your babies.

Love,
ZTAngel

I totally agree. The issue of children is one that definitely needs to be talked about before those vows are taken. But these days it seems like nobody does that anymore... they just get married and divorced at the drop of a hat :rolleyes:

she said a gazillion times publicly how much she wants to have kids and how she couldn't wait!

she always said that when friends ended, they would start trying for kids. but then friends ended and she signed on for a few movies instead.

Exactly. That's the point that I was trying to get at. I mean, don't people discuss these topics before they get married.

i told my bf i'm going to leave him so i can go out and hunt down brad pitt, console him then fuck like rabbits. lol. i'd be happy to have babies with that man.

"Show me the hottest person, and I'll show you someone somewhere that is tired of fucking them."

But sometimes people change...

Sad to hear.... they were cute, wait, GORGEOUS, together. I remember hearing about Jennifer wanting to start a family after Friends ended too, but I guess when things and hot, they're hot & you have to keep working. But comeon, couldn't she survive without working for a few years and like y'all said IT'S BRAD PITT!! :rolleyes:

yeah but when they got married, Jennifer Aniston had just started acting in movies....i dont think she or Brad Pitt knew she would end up doing well in the box office and keep getting more roles. i just think she became a bigger star than she had anticipated and it caught up with her. it's unfortunate that they are separating but maybe they'll work things out. they seemed like a geniune couple who valued privacy and i commend them for that. but recently they hadn't been spending much time together due to film conflicts and i'm sure that takes a huge toll on a marriage

I don't think she could afford to stop working. She's 35. That's not old in real life, but it's a different story in Hollywood. She has to capitalize on what she has right now. Her movie career has only really started in the past couple of years. Yeah she did stuff before that, but she wasn't successful critically/commercially, until "The Good Girl". I think she needs to build on that (and " Bruce Almighty", "Along Came Polly") and prove that she can have a career beyond "Friends". She's also producing movies. Between that and acting it would be hard to take a break and have a baby.

But anyways that's just me speculating. Only they know why they're separating.

guys, we don't even know if kids were the reason for the breakup :)

Perhaps she can't get pregnant, or he's shooting blanks. That's really not something (especially for girls) you know until you try. There's also the POV that she was too thin to get pregnant, although if Courtney Cox can do it I would think anyone can.

When you're in that first glow of love things are different - this and that sounds good, then years go by and maybe it doesn't anymore. Especially in their business.

AKA2D, when I read this and then your "Every Day is a Day of Thanksgiving" sig line directly following it just seemed way too appropriate and I had to laugh. :)