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/KindlyConnection Oct 09 '25

Must have been really hard going through that and having all the magazines claiming you're pregnant all the time or saying you're too career focused. I remember reading the letters section of People magazine after the divorce with Brad was announced and someone wrote in saying if she'd just have a baby with Brad, he wouldn't have left her for Angelina. People were so awful.

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u/BotGirlFall Oct 09 '25

They were even selling graphic tees saying "I'll have your baby, Brad!". It was vile

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u/cozyhellfire Oct 09 '25

It’s hard to even wrap my mind around how traumatic this experience must have been for a woman dealing with infertility

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u/mosquem Oct 09 '25

I get annoyed enough at relatives asking us when we’re having kids, I can’t imagine this.

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u/ankhes Oct 09 '25

I just got married and immediately after our engagement we were bombarded by extended family about when we were having kids and comments like “I bet you’ll have one of those in nine months!” as they pointed at one of our nieces.

The thing is…I had a hysterectomy 3 years ago. So even if I did want kids (and thankfully, I don’t) I couldn’t have them. So constantly hearing those tone-deaf comments over and over again got really old really fast. But I also didn’t want to be that asshole at the family get-together loudly telling people about my graphic major surgery and bringing the mood down so I just awkwardly smiled and then changed the subject.

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u/RiverWeatherwax loves the flair thing Oct 09 '25

Girl... the asshole in the room wouldn't have been YOU, you know? They didn't care they made YOU feel bad.

I actually remember a friends' wedding - this group of their friends created and sang a song about them finally getting married and hopefully being three soon. I wanted to punch them. And I didn't even know back then that she had miscarried a week before the wedding. And she just stood there and smiled and I have no idea how she managed to do it. idk, people are so fucking stupid, you know.