Ben Affleck and the mother of his children would like his ex-wife and her relatives to understand that boundaries are necessary for them to co-parent properly.
Jennifer Lopez hoped for her happily ever after with her fourth husband, Ben Affleck. However, the reality was quite different from the fairy tale.
Lopez and the Oscar-winning actor married for two years before she was forced to file the divorce documents without a lawyer in a Los Angeles courtroom.
Lopez and Affleck’s lives are entwined because of the close bond between their children, who unwittingly become the central figures in this drama.
During their courtship and marriage, Lopez’s teen twins, Max and Emme, and Jennifer Garner and Ben Affleck’s children — Violet, Seraphina, now Fin, and Samuel — became inseparable.
However, now that the divorce is official, Lopez and her relatives have taken unexpected actions and made decisions that have left Affleck and Garner fuming.
It was first reported that Affleck is fed up with Lopez’s decision to spoil the children with lavish gifts during their birthdays and holidays.
Lopez will once more play Mrs. Santa Clause with her stepchildren by gifting them with all their heart desires.
This implies they will have a complicated time navigating their first holidays as a divorced couple.
Meanwhile, Garner and Affleck want the trio to understand the difference between earning something and having it handed to them.
Garner and Affleck were unhappy that Jennifer Lopez’s sister, Linda Lopez, visited their daughter’s Ivy League university without giving a heads-up.
A photo of Lynda Lopez with the Yale student, 18, surfaced online. A source close to Affleck and Garner told The Daily Mail that this situation is causing them confusion as they struggle to accept it.
The person in the know told The Mail: “Violet has a strong attachment to JLo and her family. It’s quite confusing to Ben and Jen [Garner] because they do not understand why Violet is so adamant about keeping her close.”
Another insider revealed that Violet initiated the visit: “She looks up to JLo and Lynda and is determined to maintain their bond.”
Garner and Affleck’s decision to put down their feet will complicate her decision to spend time and spoil the children. Observers say that strange dynamic will go on for a while before the different parties really make a clean break and decide to move forward for good.
However, it is unclear if they will be able to maintain the apparence of peace in the meantime.
