Jen and Jim are “casual”

In my post about Megan Thee Stallion just prior to this one, I mentioned the celebrity romance turnaround that we might be seeing after six months of mostly breakups in 2025 and Jennifer Aniston is part of that with the reveal last week that she’s been seeing Jim Curtis, the hypnotist, after the paparazzi took photos of them on holiday in Mallorca. 

In the initial set of shots that were published, there wasn’t much in the body language that confirmed that they are indeed a couple. But more shots have since been released and while they’re not tonguing each other, there is definitely couple energy here.

So it’s official? Well, PEOPLE had an exclusive yesterday and this has always been a publication that plays nice with Jen and vice versa so we can assume it’s legit. According to multiple sources, Jen and Jim are indeed “casually dating and having fun”. In Love Island speak, this means they are exploring their connection but not necessarily closed off, LOL. 

The specific use of the word “casually” here suggests that they want to roll this out slowly, episodically. Like we’re less than a week into the public knowing about this and it doesn’t make sense for America’s Sweetheart to go from single to cuffed in one go. Let us get used to the idea, and draw it out in stages so that there’s more to share later on. It’s an Apple series, not a Netflix one. 

I wonder though, in this stage of Jennifer Aniston’s life, whether or not dating will always be “casual” in comparison to the past. She’s in her 50s and there are a lot of women in their 50s right now who are looking for intimacy and companionship but on a different set of terms. As in… we can be in love and exclusive, but we don’t have to live together, we can be in our own spaces, independence becomes a real priority. I could see this for Jennifer Aniston and if that really is how she goes about it, and she’s willing to talk about it, she’d be the poster girl for the LAT movement. Living Apart Together is gaining a lot of traction among those who are dating over 40 and there are all kinds of benefits, including mental health, and some studies have shown that relationships are often stronger when it’s a LAT situation. That’s totally what I would do if I were her, living in her dream house, and her dogs, and her cozy life with her circle of friends. And of course it would probably keep things a lot less messy where the money issues are concerned. She probably wouldn’t, but it would be such good gossip if this becomes her situation and she’s down to discuss it.