Why was Ben Affleck so Unhappy in His Marriage to Jennifer Garner?

Marriage is supposed to be for better, for
worse. Nevertheless, things happen and it might seem uneasy.

Their
relationship today is cordial and loving. This was demonstrated by Jennifer
Garner and Ben Affleck in a recent public appearance. His three children,
Seraphina, Violet and Samuel, have a lot to do with this good vibe between the
two actors.

However,
their union was not always so special. Their separation revealed that the
couple did not understand each other, but it was never clear what exactly
happened. This week, Ben spoke open-heartedly about what, in his case, made him
need to break this relationship.

The
Argo director confessed that he “would probably still be drinking” if
he continued to be married to the mother of his children. “It’s one of the
reasons I started drinking,” he explained on the Howard Stern Show last
Monday. But why? What happened to make him feel that need to stay hooked on the
bottle?

He
also counted it and without filters of any kind. “He was trapped”, he
continued in this interview that he has resolved many doubts about his divorce.

Words
as devastating as they are sincere. Affleck envisioned the importance of
recognizing when one is not okay to avoid taking steps that hurt you and the
other. “We had a marriage that did not work out, this happens, with
someone I love and respect,” he stressed.

But
it was not a love that made them happy. Yet they both “tried and tried and
tried because we had children. We both felt that we did not want this to be the
model that our children see in marriage,” he confirmed.

Ben told Parade Magazine: “It became very
clear to me that I wasn’t living an interesting life. I think my marriage had a
lot to do with it. Trying to pretend the marriage was something that it
wasn’t.”

On Howard Stern’s radio show, Ben said: “Part
of why I started drinking was that I was trapped. I was like, ‘I can’t leave
because of my kids, but, I’m not happy what do I do?’

On one occasion, he said: “I drank a bottle
of Scotch and fell asleep on the couch, which turned out not to be the
solution. We had a marriage that didn’t work. This happens. She’s somebody I
respect, but, to whom I shouldn’t be married any longer.”

He concluded by saying: “I probably still
would’ve been drinking if we’d have stayed together.”

The
couple married in 2005 and separated in 2015, they did everything there was and
to have to make it work, but they could not force what did not exist.

To
this day they are both happy separately and for the sake of their children. Ben
has resumed the relationship that was his great love before marrying. Together
with Jennifer Lopez, he has found stability that has nothing to do with what
they experienced almost two decades ago.

“My
life now reflects not only the person I want to be, but the person I really
feel that I am, which is not perfect, but someone who tries very hard and cares
a lot about being honest, authentic and responsible. It’s hard to say who. it
benefits more without going into gossipy details, “he recently told the
Wall Street Journal of his current state.