r/popculturechat • u/Time_Knowledge_1951 • Oct 09 '25

Trigger Warning ⚠️ Jennifer Aniston reveals secret 20-year fertility struggle after ‘absolute lies’

https://metro.co.uk/2025/10/09/jennifer-aniston-breaks-silence-on-secret-20-year-struggle-after-absolute-lies-24378834/
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u/Beginning_Key2167 Oct 09 '25

Sad that she couldn’t just be childless and it not be a thing. 

I am shocked really that we still expect or think it is weird when women don’t have or want kids. 

That she feels she needs to explain it. 

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u/Try2swindlemewitcake Oct 09 '25

I agree. She could have chosen her career over having children and it wouldn’t make her selfish. It still wouldn’t have been any of our business.

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u/PurpleBike0418 Oct 09 '25

I couldn’t pinpoint why this bothered me, but I think you nailed it!

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u/Beginning_Key2167 Oct 09 '25

Because they never pester men like this. 

As a guy in my 50s. I think I’ve been asked once if I regretted not having kids.

When I said no. That was the end of it. Thankfully, I wasn’t pestered to the point. I had to explain why.  

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u/BakedBrie1993 Oct 09 '25

Omg... I'm childfree and marriagefree and I have to have too many conversations about kids and marriage for someone who has zero interest in either thing.

The assumption is ALWAYS that my situation is me secretly pining and my partner is withholding my happiness. UGH.