5 factors that may predict divorce, according to psychology

by Drake Baer, Thrive Global

Updated 0832 GMT (1632 HKT) November 6, 2017

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Jennifer Aniston and Brad Pitt called it quits in 2005, but fans couldn't help but hold out hope for a reunion in 2018 after the actress announced her separation from Justin Theroux. Now every time they are in the same time zone (<a href="https://www.cnn.com/2020/01/19/entertainment/jennifer-aniston-brad-pitt/index.html" target="_blank">let alone the same room like at the 2020 Screen Actors Guild Awards</a>) people start longing for a reconciliation.
Photos: Celebrity breakups we have never gotten over
Jennifer Aniston and Brad Pitt called it quits in 2005, but fans couldn't help but hold out hope for a reunion in 2018 after the actress announced her separation from Justin Theroux. Now every time they are in the same time zone (let alone the same room like at the 2020 Screen Actors Guild Awards) people start longing for a reconciliation.
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Once upon a time in 1999, a young blonde pop star named Jessica Simpson met another young blond-ish pop star, Nick Lachey, at a Teen People party, and they immediately fell in love. Lachey even wrote a song about their passion -- that would be "My Everything" -- and then he and his new bride signed up to film their love for an MTV reality show called "Newlyweds." But instead of finding "happily ever after," Lachey and Simpson found grounds for divorce in 2005 after three years of marriage. They both are now parents and married to others.
Photos: Celebrity breakups we have never gotten over
Once upon a time in 1999, a young blonde pop star named Jessica Simpson met another young blond-ish pop star, Nick Lachey, at a Teen People party, and they immediately fell in love. Lachey even wrote a song about their passion -- that would be "My Everything" -- and then he and his new bride signed up to film their love for an MTV reality show called "Newlyweds." But instead of finding "happily ever after," Lachey and Simpson found grounds for divorce in 2005 after three years of marriage. They both are now parents and married to others.
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