UBen Affleck no-Ana de Armaas basakujabulela ukuqala okumnandi kobudlelwano futhi abahluke nje komunye nomunye. NgoMsombuluko, babonwa eMalibu enkampanini uMat Damon nomkakhe uLuciana Barroso. Kodwa-ke, ngisho nangesikhathi sokuhamba nabangane uBen abakwazanga ukwenqaba ukungakwanga isithandwa sakhe. Futhi uMathe noLucian, abashadile kusukela ngo-2005 baphakamisa izingane ezintathu, Okwamanje baqhubeka nokuhamba ngokuphepha umbhangqwana. Kamuva, abangane bajoyina, kodwa uBen no-Ana baqhubeka nokuphazamisa ukuxoxa nobungane ngezindaba zothando.
Phambilini kwabikwa ukuthi uBen wayesevele wethule u-Anu nonina. UPaparazzi wathumba abadlali futhi umama abahluphayo bashiya indiza. Kuyaziwa nangokuthi uDe Armaas usebenzisa isikhathi nabantwana bakwaBen nomkakhe uJennifer Garner: UVelet oneminyaka engu-14 ubudala, uSamuel oneminyaka engu-11 ubudala noSamuel oneminyaka eyisishiyagalombili. U-Ana noBen bakuqinisekisile ngokusemthethweni ubudlelwano babo ngoMeyi, lapho u-De Armaas athumela uchungechunge lwezithombe zothando kusukela ngosuku lokuzalwa kwakhe. UBen wahlela ukuhamba kwakhe emvelweni kanye nesidlo sakusihlwa. Kamuva kwaziwa ukuthi ngaleso sikhathi i-bartivenea, u-Ana wathuthela kothandekayo.
AmaRoma of Actors aqala ngemuva kokuqopha "amanzi ajulile" ajulile, lapho badlala khona umbhangqwana. Emva kwalokho, uBen no-Ana baye ohambweni lothando lokuya eCuba, lapho babehlale bethola amalensi e-paparazzi ngesikhathi sokuqabula.