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Ben Affleck Leaves the Christmas Shopping Up to Jennifer Garner
When the weather outside is frightful, it will be Jennifer Garner – and not husband Ben Affleck – who'll be trudging through the snow in search of Christmas gifts for family and friends.
"I'm not particularly proud of it. But it's a bit of a '50s thing, I guess," Affleck, 38, tells Ellen DeGeneres of the couple's holiday-shopping arrangements in an interview airing Wednesday on The Ellen DeGeneres Show.
"Because my wife is so capable and because I'm less so, she does a lot of that work, and I kind of root her on. I'm encouraging."
Affleck explains that Garner, 38, is just an efficient Christmas-shopping machine, while he sits around sputtering over the single gift for which he's most responsible.
"It takes her as much energy and effort to buy like the 20 gifts we're going to buy other people as it does [for me] to buy her gift," he says. "I spend the whole time fretting about that and being nervous and hoping she likes that."
And often, it doesn't end well. "I end up at like CVS on the 24th being like, 'Maybe she'd like a little Godzilla that goes around,' " he says.
"You talking about your wife or your kids?" DeGeneres asks.
"My wife," Affleck replies. "My kids actually would like that."
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Re: Ben Affleck Leaves the Christmas Shopping Up to Jennifer Garner
I loooooooooooove him 
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| Posted 11/30/10 2:38 PM |
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Re: Ben Affleck Leaves the Christmas Shopping Up to Jennifer Garner
Very cute...and I'm sure he's in the majority with most husbands.
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Re: Ben Affleck Leaves the Christmas Shopping Up to Jennifer Garner
Wait, I thought they were divorcing???
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| Posted 11/30/10 5:13 PM |
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Re: Ben Affleck Leaves the Christmas Shopping Up to Jennifer Garner
Posted by SecretTTCer
Wait, I thought they were divorcing???
Where/When did you hear that?
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| Posted 11/30/10 5:16 PM |
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Re: Ben Affleck Leaves the Christmas Shopping Up to Jennifer Garner
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Wait, I thought they were divorcing???
I don't know, didn't see the clip, but I think this is another Tiger Woods waiting to happen. He's got the wife at home, who takes care of kids and house, makes him look like a good family man and he probably has a girl in every town. I'd be ****** if my husband went on a talk show and talked about how "capable" I was.
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Re: Ben Affleck Leaves the Christmas Shopping Up to Jennifer Garner
Posted by Pumpkin1
Posted by SecretTTCer
Wait, I thought they were divorcing???
I don't know, didn't see the clip, but I think this is another Tiger Woods waiting to happen. He's got the wife at home, who takes care of kids and house, makes him look like a good family man and he probably has a girl in every town. I'd be ****** if my husband went on a talk show and talked about how "capable" I was.
I think he sounded real sweet when he said that, i dont think he ment it in a condescending manner. i like him and matt damon and how they seemed to have picked very down to earth girls to marry.. sure hope he doesnt have a girl in every port.
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Re: Ben Affleck Leaves the Christmas Shopping Up to Jennifer Garner
Posted by Michi
Posted by Pumpkin1
Posted by SecretTTCer
Wait, I thought they were divorcing???
I don't know, didn't see the clip, but I think this is another Tiger Woods waiting to happen. He's got the wife at home, who takes care of kids and house, makes him look like a good family man and he probably has a girl in every town. I'd be ****** if my husband went on a talk show and talked about how "capable" I was.
I think he sounded real sweet when he said that, i dont think he ment it in a condescending manner. i like him and matt damon and how they seemed to have picked very down to earth girls to marry.. sure hope he doesnt have a girl in every port.
ITA with you! He sounds sincere...and I will be honest, this is the same exact shopping situation in my house!!
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| Posted 11/30/10 9:51 PM |
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Re: Ben Affleck Leaves the Christmas Shopping Up to Jennifer Garner
 I find the 'capable' comment to be strange.
Side bar -- Matt Damon (as an example of a Hollywood actor dad) seems to be far more in demand as far as roles go and you see him with his family way more often than you see Ben Affleck with his family.
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