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After months of speculation — and one deeply questionable “faux-hawk” — Jennifer Lopez and Ben Affleck have called it quits. And while Lopez officially filing for divorce this week (on their second anniversary, no less) comes as a surprise to, well, absolutely no one (the lack of prenup is a different story), we can’t help but feel…bummed. After all, this was the couple that famously broke off their first engagement only to reunite nearly two decades later (Nicholas Sparks could never). Then, following a Las Vegas elopement and a second wedding ceremony in Georgia, Lopez made an entire documentary titled The Greatest Love Story Never Told. Was it a little cringe? Sure. But there was something about the type-A multi-hyphenate and disheveled Dunkin’ Donuts loyalist that seemed to work. 

Or so we thought. Because no matter how much we were rooting for the couple, it was impossible to ignore the mounting signs of trouble (see: this extensive timeline), which started in May when tabloids claimed Affleck had moved out of their shared home. By the end of the month, Lopez had canceled her This Is Me…Live tour. And while Affleck stayed in Los Angeles, Lopez headed to the Hamptons for a Single Girl Summer, where she lived her best Nancy Meyers-core life (highlights include: a Bridgerton-themed birthday party, beachy bike rides wearing painted overalls, and posting extremely unbothered-looking selfies on Instagram). Still, there were breadcrumbs of hope (Lopez was photographed hanging out with Affleck’s kids and reportedly “stopped by” his birthday celebration the other week), but apparently, not enough to make the relationship last. So RIP Bennifer. We look forward to your reunion in — *checks calendar* — 20 years.