With the internet abuzz after Angelina Jolie filed for divorce from Brad Pitt and Twitter erupting in Jennifer Aniston reaction GIFs, we had to wonder – hasn’t it been a little long for this still to be a thing? So we dug into the convoluted timeline of all the participants…and it turns out, yes, it really has been too long for it to be a thing. Check it out below, we lay out the Jennifer Aniston, Brad Pitt, and Angelina Jolie timeline as told by GIFs!
Way back in 1998: Jennifer Aniston & Brad Pitt get set up on a blind date by their managers
At first glance, Jennifer Aniston was like:
![so-sexy-jennifer-aniston](https://bestgifs.makeagif.com/wp-content/uploads/2016/09/so-sexy-jennifer-aniston.gif)
And Brad Pitt was like:
![i-like-you](https://bestgifs.makeagif.com/wp-content/uploads/2016/09/i-like-you.gif)
July, 2000: Aniston and Pitt marry.
![brad-pitt-come-to-daddy](https://bestgifs.makeagif.com/wp-content/uploads/2016/09/brad-pitt-come-to-daddy.gif)
![be-there-for-you-jennifer-aniston](https://bestgifs.makeagif.com/wp-content/uploads/2016/09/be-there-for-you-jennifer-aniston.gif)
Years of what we can only assume is wedded bliss followed.
![happy](https://bestgifs.makeagif.com/wp-content/uploads/2016/09/happy.gif)
2004: Angelina Jolie and Brad Pitt meet on the set of Mr. & Mrs. Smith.
![angelina-brad-movie](https://bestgifs.makeagif.com/wp-content/uploads/2016/09/angelina-brad-movie.gif)
March 2005: Jennifer Aniston files for divorce from Pitt.
![hate-rachel](https://bestgifs.makeagif.com/wp-content/uploads/2016/09/hate-rachel.gif)
APRIL 2005: Angelina & Brad are spotted on vacation together. Press goes into a feeding frenzy.
![giphy-1](https://bestgifs.makeagif.com/wp-content/uploads/2016/09/giphy-1.gif)
While the rest of the world didn’t know if they should care
![tumblr_ncx3l3za5m1qdx295o1_500](https://bestgifs.makeagif.com/wp-content/uploads/2016/09/tumblr_ncx3l3zA5m1qdx295o1_500.gif)
![rest-of-the-world](https://bestgifs.makeagif.com/wp-content/uploads/2016/09/rest-of-the-world.gif)
October 2005: Pitt and Aniston finalize their divorce.
![get-out](https://bestgifs.makeagif.com/wp-content/uploads/2016/09/get-out.gif)
![closure](https://bestgifs.makeagif.com/wp-content/uploads/2016/09/closure.gif)
Winter 2006: Jolie confirms that she is having a baby with Pitt.
![pregnant](https://bestgifs.makeagif.com/wp-content/uploads/2016/09/pregnant.gif)
Over the years Jolie and Pitt accumulate a whole bunch of gorgeous kids…last count 122.
![kids-2](https://bestgifs.makeagif.com/wp-content/uploads/2016/09/kids-2.gif)
Brangelina’s are a happy brood.
![giphy-2](https://bestgifs.makeagif.com/wp-content/uploads/2016/09/giphy-2.gif)
MAY 2011: Aniston and Theroux announce they’re dating.
![winking](https://bestgifs.makeagif.com/wp-content/uploads/2016/09/winking.gif)
Meanwhile, everyone in the world was like, Who is this guy?
![who-are-you](https://bestgifs.makeagif.com/wp-content/uploads/2016/09/who-are-you.gif)
And then we were like….oh wow…yeah ok….
![justin-gif](https://bestgifs.makeagif.com/wp-content/uploads/2016/09/justin-gif.gif)
Aniston couldn’t be happier…Because, look at him.
![happy-jen](https://bestgifs.makeagif.com/wp-content/uploads/2016/09/happy-jen.gif)
June 2011: News broke that Theroux moved into Aniston’s pad.
![moving-in](https://bestgifs.makeagif.com/wp-content/uploads/2016/09/moving-in.gif)
But the press was still like Oh Poor Jennifer.
![hurt-by-you-jennifer-aniston](https://bestgifs.makeagif.com/wp-content/uploads/2016/09/hurt-by-you-jennifer-aniston.gif)
When actually she was doing this:
![laughing](https://bestgifs.makeagif.com/wp-content/uploads/2016/09/laughing.gif)
April 2012: Pitt and Jolie announce they are engaged!
![engage](https://bestgifs.makeagif.com/wp-content/uploads/2016/09/engage.gif)
August 10, 2012: Theroux pops the question to Aniston.
![engaged-aniston](https://bestgifs.makeagif.com/wp-content/uploads/2016/09/engaged-aniston.gif)
2013: Meanwhile Aniston just kept getting hotter. In your face, press!
![hot-jennifer](https://bestgifs.makeagif.com/wp-content/uploads/2016/09/hot-jennifer.gif)
August 2014: Brad and Angelina get married
![giphy-4](https://bestgifs.makeagif.com/wp-content/uploads/2016/09/giphy-4.gif)
August 2015: Aniston and Theroux get married.
![giphy-5](https://bestgifs.makeagif.com/wp-content/uploads/2016/09/giphy-5.gif)
September 2016: All doesn’t seem well on the Brangelina front.
![28](https://bestgifs.makeagif.com/wp-content/uploads/2016/09/28.gif)
Sept. 19, 2016: Jolie files for divorce.
![angelina-jolie-whos-your-daddy](https://bestgifs.makeagif.com/wp-content/uploads/2016/09/angelina-jolie-whos-your-daddy.gif)
Twitter exploded & everyone thinks Aniston is doing this:
![tumblr_mawvf2jyce1rrsltx](https://bestgifs.makeagif.com/wp-content/uploads/2016/09/tumblr_mawvf2JYCe1rrsltx.gif)
When she was probably just doing this:
![who-cares](https://bestgifs.makeagif.com/wp-content/uploads/2016/09/who-cares.gif)
THE END
![the-end](https://bestgifs.makeagif.com/wp-content/uploads/2016/09/the-end.gif)
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