How Jennifer Lopez’s twins think their mom is dating Ben Affleck – SheKnows

Everyone from the gossip-loving public to fellow entertainment professionals (like Hoda Kotb in a recent TODAY interview) is desperate to know the status of the rekindled relationship between Jennifer Lopez and Ben Affleck. We’ve all become weirdly invested in whether these two can make it work this time around (fingers crossed!), But no matter what, it really doesn’t have any effect on our real lives. For Lopez and Affleck’s children, however, the fact that this romance turns into marriage will definitely change their lives. Hello, new famous step-parent!

Fortunately, all signs point to Affleck and Lopez’s children on board Bennifer 2.0.

Sources recently told PEOPLE that Lopez’s son Max and daughter Emme were “slowly getting to know” Affleck and “everything seemed to be going smoothly” as she searched for a home in Los Angeles.

“Emme and Max are okay with making a fresh start in LA,” said the Lopez insider, who added that the 13-year-old twins would continue to spend time in Miami with daddy Marc Anthony.

Meanwhile, Affleck’s offspring – daughters Seraphina, 12, and Violet, 15, plus son Samuel, 9, with ex-wife Jennifer Garner – have been seen spending time with their father and Lopez. .

It’s great news that their kids are on board with a Lopez-Affleck couple, as this week’s issue of PEOPLE reports that a Hollywood insider said the couple are “madly in love” and “in love. of the life of the other “.

A source close to Lopez also said: “They want to do whatever they can to make it work.”

Lopez and Affleck started dating in July 2002 and announced their celebrity engagement in November. However, they postponed their September 2003 wedding a few days before the date and eventually called it off entirely in January 2004.

Although the couple were not seen together again until April, they have reportedly kept in touch over the years. They moved fast last time around, and this romance seems to be progressing just as quickly. With their kids in the mix this time around, however, we bet they’re very careful. Lopez and Affleck both appear to be committed parents, so their kids are likely at the forefront of their minds as they navigate this new love connection.

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