But Why Wait?

When you find what you are looking for, why wait?

She finally made it! Congratulations to the now Mrs Jennifer Affleck.

Jenny from the block is officially Mrs. Jennifer Lynn Affleck. It's official, Jennifer Lopez and Ben Affleck are married. According to news reports, the couple tied the knot on Saturday, during an "intimate ceremony in Las Vegas."

This actually comes as a surprise because nothing is ever small, or intimate with J lo. For as long as we have known the Bronx native, she goes all out. We expected that her wedding would be as extravagant as her 'Marry Me' character.

Clearly she didn't want to jinx her second chance. The Ben Affleck and Jennifer Lopez a.k.a Bennifer's love story began 20 years ago. The couple initially met in December 2001 on the set of the rom-com "Gigli," where they played criminals stuck on a job together. Not long after that they started dating.

By November 2002, the two were engaged, but postponed their wedding in September 2003 citing "the excessive media attention" surrounding their wedding.

They never made it down the aisle and officially called off their engagement in January 2004.

They went separate ways, married other people and had children. Lopez had twins with ex husband, Marc Anthony, while Ben had three children with ex, actress Jennifer Garner. And then they found their way back to one another.

Following their reunion in 2021, Affleck proposed to Lopez again in April.

If the movie 'Marry Me' was a form of manifesting, J lo definitely won. In the lyrics for the title track, Maluma sings:

I'ma fly out to Vegas (Vegas)

We could tie it up tonight, no patience

Take my last name, put it where your name is

Have they ever seen a love this famous?

Clearly those were hints. But then again why wait? There's no need to go grand when you can go to the Chapel and get married.

I know a number of people who experienced second chances. It's always the story of the one that got away. The one who you could have but never did. If it takes over five, ten or twenty years, don't waste another second thinking twice.

When you find what you are looking for, why wait?

What comes after love? Love comes after love, so why wait?

P.S.: Always write your own love story!

Ciao!

Lady E

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