My former was always friends. We laughed at the same things, shared impressions, jokes and all sorts of nonsense. We are cling to the same qualities in music: beautiful chords, harmony, new ideas. Peter Gabriel, Chopin, Sigur Rós - Although I listened to them with pleasure, but he was preparing for the exam. We loved to go to Osteria Basilico and back across the Pizza Park, especially in those British summer nights, when the sun seems to never go. We loved the trips to New Forest or on the coast. But most of all we loved our children,
- told Gwyneth.
But then she stated that all this did not work:
We were close, although never completely became a pair. We simply did not fit each other. There has always been a little discomfort and anxiety. But God, how did we love our children!
- Gwyneth did not go into details about "anxiety."
The actress also mentioned the "conscious parting", which former spouses were tested for one year before declare their split:
When we decided to approach our separation in this way, about a year before we told it to the world, we decided to experience this idea. There were good moments, there were terrible. There were days when we could not tolerate each other, but made themselves remembered what we strive for. Find the strength to smile, hug and invite children to the late breakfast. We moved to Los Angeles and there was even more change. Looking back, I understand that it was probably the most difficult year in my life. I felt that I was controlled by fear. I worried about how my children integrate into a new life, a new school, a new family structure. Worried that the world learns that we are no longer together before we ourselves are ready to tell. And how to say about it?
In conclusion, Gwyneth said:
It is normal - to continue to love the part of your former, in which you have always been in love. In fact, it is because of this that can part be consciously. Love these parts. They still exist and still can make you feel what you felt about this man. Instead of correcting from them, immerse yourself in the unusuality of these feelings and explore them. We lose all the nuances of life when we define it bad or good.