Anonymous wrote:Why space the kids out walking into church? Why does she care if the paps get a picture of all of them together?

I bet if a celeb actually released tons of family pics they wouldn’t be as valuable to paps. Ditto if you walked right up to the paps and posed with big smiles. Flood the market with pics. No drama, no story, no reason for paps.

Anonymous wrote:is she still with that tech millionaire?

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Anonymous wrote: Our society keeps having such a high tolerance level for mediocrity so much so that somehow being a 'hands on mom', 'nice mom' or any other attribute that makes a parent a parent are lauded in a way that will have you think the individual is Harriet Tubman and not some woman with bland and forgettable looks that gets paid more than the average human will ever see in their lifetime to pretend to be someone she isn't on tv. God helps us all.

Most of this is one sentence? Yeesh.

Hey Jen when was the last time you had a hit movie ?

Anonymous wrote:Friends who work in the industry say Garner is not friendly to fans and downright rude to people she doesn’t seem in her sphere - from set assistants to caterers. Have heard multiple stories from different people over the years. I feel for her as a parent trying to create stability for her kids despite an alcoholic (and supposedly also a-hole) ex, but she’s got a reputation for not being terribly kind to the un-famous.

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I don't follow her or have any dog in this fight, but I live in her neighborhood (Pacific Palisades) and therefore over the years, have been exposed to non-media-generated/reported situations regarding her. For instance, how the photographers hound her. On the day before Thanksgiving (or maybe Thanksgiving; I can't remember) I was walking with a friend who is all into this stuff. We walked through some paparazzi who were waiting for her to come/go from her church. My friend said she has to space the kids out (kids go in alone) so the paparazzi can't get a family shot.

She is always trying to just be a normal mom. The general consensus of this town seems to be (imo, from someone who gets this sort of from osmosis) is people like her and think she's nice, and tries to give her kids as normal as a life as possible given the situation. This particular town is pretty "Mayberry" (community-oriented) vs Bel Air or other places where she could be holed away in a mansion behind a hedge somewhere. It's a town full of famous industry folks who are unrecognizable (e.g. songwriters); recognizable folks opt to live elsewhere because it's too "open." I think people in this town feel a little protective of her, given that she's always been nice and involved as a mom, and has had it rough--and remember, the kids have had it rough, too, and local kids are friends with her kids, so people around here have a different connection with her.

I can vouch for this.

This is interesting and, honestly, makes me sympathetic to her. I have definitely been anti-Jen due to her Capitol One commercial persona.

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Anonymous wrote: Our society keeps having such a high tolerance level for mediocrity so much so that somehow being a 'hands on mom', 'nice mom' or any other attribute that makes a parent a parent are lauded in a way that will have you think the individual is Harriet Tubman and not some woman with bland and forgettable looks that gets paid more than the average human will ever see in their lifetime to pretend to be someone she isn't on tv. God helps us all.

Most of this is one sentence? Yeesh.

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Anonymous wrote:All alcoholics are not the same. My husband is 6 years sober. He’s a good person and good father. I’ve also met several of the people who attend his meetings, and they are kind people with families. I do realize active alcoholics/addicts can be horrible and destroy lives, but please do not lump all together/write them all off.

I think Ben is just an asshole to begin with, and drinking probably just made that worse.

Thank you for this. My Dad has been in recovery (AA) my entire life and from what my mom said, he was never abusive or a jerk when he drank. In my experience there are assholes and narcissists who happen to be alcoholics. They are awful whether drinking or sober.

Anonymous wrote: Our society keeps having such a high tolerance level for mediocrity so much so that somehow being a 'hands on mom', 'nice mom' or any other attribute that makes a parent a parent are lauded in a way that will have you think the individual is Harriet Tubman and not some woman with bland and forgettable looks that gets paid more than the average human will ever see in their lifetime to pretend to be someone she isn't on tv. God helps us all.

Anonymous wrote:All alcoholics are not the same. My husband is 6 years sober. He’s a good person and good father. I’ve also met several of the people who attend his meetings, and they are kind people with families. I do realize active alcoholics/addicts can be horrible and destroy lives, but please do not lump all together/write them all off.

I think Ben is just an asshole to begin with, and drinking probably just made that worse.

Anonymous wrote:

I don't follow her or have any dog in this fight, but I live in her neighborhood (Pacific Palisades) and therefore over the years, have been exposed to non-media-generated/reported situations regarding her. For instance, how the photographers hound her. On the day before Thanksgiving (or maybe Thanksgiving; I can't remember) I was walking with a friend who is all into this stuff. We walked through some paparazzi who were waiting for her to come/go from her church. My friend said she has to space the kids out (kids go in alone) so the paparazzi can't get a family shot.

She is always trying to just be a normal mom. The general consensus of this town seems to be (imo, from someone who gets this sort of from osmosis) is people like her and think she's nice, and tries to give her kids as normal as a life as possible given the situation. This particular town is pretty "Mayberry" (community-oriented) vs Bel Air or other places where she could be holed away in a mansion behind a hedge somewhere. It's a town full of famous industry folks who are unrecognizable (e.g. songwriters); recognizable folks opt to live elsewhere because it's too "open." I think people in this town feel a little protective of her, given that she's always been nice and involved as a mom, and has had it rough--and remember, the kids have had it rough, too, and local kids are friends with her kids, so people around here have a different connection with her.

I can vouch for this.