WEBVTT - MINI: Is Ben Affleck going back to Jennifer Garner? (An Investigation)

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<v Speaker 1>The story that everyone is gripped by is Ben Affleck

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<v Speaker 1>trying to rekindle his love life.

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<v Speaker 2>I thought it was if I'm going to get a

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<v Speaker 2>stripp before my hend No, I mean, we've moved past

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<v Speaker 2>that one. But the new story that everyone's gripped by

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<v Speaker 2>is Ben Affleck trying to rekindle his love with Jennifer Garner.

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<v Speaker 3>We're surely not.

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<v Speaker 1>So. There's been quite a few articles that have come

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<v Speaker 1>out off the back of some relatively cute family photos,

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<v Speaker 1>like it looks like they're co parenting really well, they're

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<v Speaker 1>getting along really well. And then a undisclosed source has

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<v Speaker 1>said that Ben would really like to rekindle his relationship

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<v Speaker 1>with Jennifer Garner. She's not interested at the moment, but

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<v Speaker 1>he holds hope that in the future.

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<v Speaker 4>Was that her public statement more well, I'm currently not interesting,

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<v Speaker 4>you know, come back, circle back after the next gen.

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<v Speaker 1>You know, when it's an undisclosed source and it's just

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<v Speaker 1>totally made up by the journalist that actually no one's

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<v Speaker 1>ever said this.

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<v Speaker 4>She's in a relationship, yes, that's why she's not interested.

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<v Speaker 3>She's very happy. She said.

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<v Speaker 1>Okay, well that's interesting because, like I mean, he does

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<v Speaker 1>have a track record of this, right, Like he has

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<v Speaker 1>a track record of going back to exis very famously,

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<v Speaker 1>he married Jennifer Lopez after a what like twenty year hiatus.

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<v Speaker 3>Yeah, he's married a thirty five times now.

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<v Speaker 1>Yeah, I know, but blessed, maybe they've really ended that now,

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<v Speaker 1>like maybe it's properly dead in the water.

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<v Speaker 3>They're never getting back together the words of Taylor's swash,

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<v Speaker 3>getting that together.

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<v Speaker 4>But I don't actually think, you know, I don't think

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<v Speaker 4>he pinballed between the gens as much as we think

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<v Speaker 4>he did. I think he kept going back to the

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<v Speaker 4>same gen, But I don't think his ex Jennifer Garner

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<v Speaker 4>ever actually took him back.

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<v Speaker 1>No, I agree, But I do think it raises questions

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<v Speaker 1>because a lot of people do seem to gravitate back

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<v Speaker 1>to old relationships, even if those old relationships weren't very

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<v Speaker 1>good in the first place. It seems like sometimes we

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<v Speaker 1>have this like very romanticized memory around old relationships, or

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<v Speaker 1>maybe they're just like an easy springboard when you're lonely

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<v Speaker 1>and like needing someone to fill a hole. Not really wow,

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<v Speaker 1>feel a gap in your heart, like a life whole.

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<v Speaker 3>Yeah, I say this.

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<v Speaker 1>There was a really interesting article that Body and Soul

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<v Speaker 1>published around this, and it was like a lot of

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<v Speaker 1>people talk about it as though it's like divine timing.

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<v Speaker 1>The relationship didn't work out in the past, but maybe

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<v Speaker 1>in the future you come back together and you get

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<v Speaker 1>this second chance of love that I often think it

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<v Speaker 1>just doesn't work out because I don't necessarily agree that

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<v Speaker 1>it's divine timing that one person slipped into the other

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<v Speaker 1>person's DMS. I think it's usually that one person's single

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<v Speaker 1>and you go back to familiarity, and usually you go

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<v Speaker 1>back to something that you have romanticized that it's like

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<v Speaker 1>going to be a better version, or you remember all

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<v Speaker 1>the best bits about the relationship, but you don't remember

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<v Speaker 1>all the crappy bits and all the reasons why you

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<v Speaker 1>broke up in the first place.

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<v Speaker 3>It's the devil. You know.

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<v Speaker 4>It's a comfort, it's easy. You've been there. You know

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<v Speaker 4>you can fall back into it. You don't have to

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<v Speaker 4>go and do the PowerPoint presentation again from like this

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<v Speaker 4>is where I grew up, this is what I like,

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<v Speaker 4>this is my job, this is my history, Like you

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<v Speaker 4>just pass all the bs. I don't know if I

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<v Speaker 4>agree with you so much because talking about divine invention.

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<v Speaker 4>I had a friend who was like the plub version

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<v Speaker 4>of Jen and Ben.

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<v Speaker 3>Is in exactly what you want to be called in life.

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<v Speaker 3>I mean, they're not in the.

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<v Speaker 4>Public eye, just normal people. But they got married at

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<v Speaker 4>like nineteen twenty. They were school sweethearts, and they were

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<v Speaker 4>together for a few years and then realized this is

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<v Speaker 4>not it. We're too young, Like we want different things,

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<v Speaker 4>we're growing in different directions. So they divorced proper divorced,

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<v Speaker 4>didn't stay in contact.

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<v Speaker 1>Like dated other people had other relations, not even.

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<v Speaker 4>Like maintaining They were like, we don't We're not in

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<v Speaker 4>each other's lives, didn't follow each other on Instagram, like.

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<v Speaker 3>They just moved on because they were young. And then probably.

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<v Speaker 4>A decade later, she had had a relationship with someone else,

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<v Speaker 4>had had a baby, like fully moved on, and she

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<v Speaker 4>was in the supermarket in this new town and she

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<v Speaker 4>went down the aisle and she ran into her first

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<v Speaker 4>husband or when she was twenty and they're like, oh

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<v Speaker 4>my god, like, how you being whatever like, and he's like, oh,

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<v Speaker 4>you got a kid, and she's like yeah, but she's like,

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<v Speaker 4>we're not together anymore.

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<v Speaker 3>Whatever. They ended up remarrying and having more kids. Together.

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<v Speaker 3>So that's crazy.

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<v Speaker 4>Genuinely for them, was that right person, wrong time. They

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<v Speaker 4>needed to go and live their lives, and then they

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<v Speaker 4>came back together. They'd be married now for like eight

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<v Speaker 4>nine years.

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<v Speaker 1>Yeah, but I think there's always exceptions to the rules.

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<v Speaker 1>I'm a bit of a cynic about it. And I

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<v Speaker 1>think the reason for that is is because like in

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<v Speaker 1>my twenties, I was like the relationship ping pong. So

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<v Speaker 1>I would be in like a long term relationship, we

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<v Speaker 1>would we would break up because obviously it was not

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<v Speaker 1>a good relationship, it was not going anywhere.

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<v Speaker 3>Then I'd have like five years.

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<v Speaker 1>Of dating other people and one lonely night, I'd be like, Oh,

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<v Speaker 1>what's that guy up to?

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<v Speaker 3>And I'd go back.

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<v Speaker 1>I often would end up redating people that I had

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<v Speaker 1>had long term relationships with.

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<v Speaker 3>Yeah, we have analyzed you over the years, though.

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<v Speaker 4>It is because you were a monkey brancher from relationships

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<v Speaker 4>and if there wasn't a new relationship for you to

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<v Speaker 4>monkey branch to, you monkey branch back.

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<v Speaker 3>I did.

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<v Speaker 1>Unfortunately, we don't need to psychoanalyze me on this show.

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<v Speaker 4>We're already I've spent six years psychoanalyzing you know.

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<v Speaker 1>I was a hot mess in my twenties. Everyone, it

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<v Speaker 1>was not good. Thank God for that Bachelor show. Look,

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<v Speaker 1>that's the end of the show, guys.