Jennifer Aniston may be happily engaged to Justin Theroux, but she claims that a former boyfriend "would have been the one" if he hadn't tragically passed away from a brain tumour.
Speaking to The New York Times, the 45-year-old opened up about her deceased boyfriend, saying, "He was my first love - five years we were together. He would have been the one. But I was 25, and I was stupid. He must have sent me Justin to make up for it all."
But whilst Jennifer and Justin, 43, are now madly in love, they have yet to get married, despite getting engaged back in 2012. The Cake star has been notoriously tight-lipped about the ceremony but was happy to open up about her engagement ring, which she needed time to “get used to.” The star boasts a dazzling diamond solitaire ring with a radiant-cut centre diamond, worth an estimated $500,000. But for low-key Jennifer, the ice was just a tad too much. "It's a rock, I know," she said. "He rocked it up. It took me a while to get used to it. I'm not a diamond girl. I'm more Indian jewellery and stuff."
Jennifer's first love was "the one" (FameFlynet)
As for the wedding ceremony itself, whilst the couple have reportedly set a date, don't expect any over-the-top gestures or a glossy magazine deal, as Jennifer revealed the big debate that's halted their plans. “There's a big discussion in our house right now: Do you just do it and say screw it? Or do you try desperately to get away with [a secret ceremony] where you don't have any fun because you're hiding in a cave somewhere?" she told InStyle. "If we could do it without all the buzzing and the noise… It can be done. When there's a will, there's a way.”
And don't bother asking her for updates on the plans, as Jennifer finds the whole line of questioning rather sexist. “You don't see a lot of men getting asked: ‘;Why aren't you married? Why aren't you having children?'” she told the New York Times.
It's a subject she's touched on before. Back in December the Friends actress blasted our sexist society, telling Allure magazine, “This continually is said about me: that I was so career-driven and focused on myself; that I don't want to be a mother, and how selfish that is. I don't like [the pressure] that people put on me, on women, that you've failed yourself as a female because you haven't procreated. I don't think it's fair. You may not have a child come out of your vagina, but that doesn't mean that you aren't mothering - dogs, friends, friends' children. Its quite rude, insulting, and ignorant.”
