Jennie Garth was shocked when she found out online that her husband, Dave Abrams, had filed for divorce after less than three years of marriage. But after a ten-month separation, the pair ended up reconciling. Now the BH90210 star is opening up about how they saved their marriage when they were ready to throw it all away.
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Jennie, 47, told
People, “We definitely had to part ways completely. We needed that time to grow.”
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The pair met on a blind date at the end of 2014. It launched them into a whirlwind romance and they were married within months. But with perspective, the actress thinks that super fast timeline “hurt” them.
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“We rushed it too much, and we had individual things we needed to work out. Maybe it was a mistake [to move so fast] and we’ve all had to learn and grow from that,” she conceded.
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“When everything wasn’t shiny and pretty and fun like it had been initially, when things got challenging, [Dave] didn’t know how to handle it as much,” she explained about her 38-year-0ld husband.
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The What I Like About You actress ended up finding out that Dave had filed for divorce from a gossip website. While it was heartbreaking at the time, she used it as a storyline on BH90210.
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“The [possibility of a third divorce] really devastated me,” she admitted. She was previously married to musician Daniel Clark and actor Peter Facinelli, with whom she has three daughters.
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“I was in a really bad mindset for a good five or six months. It was just embarrassing. And it made the accepting of it so much harder. But when I finally did accept, like, we’re breaking up, I had to tell myself, Dave is not an option. Because I kept wanting it. And then, just when I felt whole again, we started hanging out,” she explained.
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“We both had separate learning to do, and then coming back and sharing that growth was kind of the fiber that connected us back together like, ‘I see you differently now,’” Jennie said. They got back together six months ago and are dedicated to making their bond stronger.
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“It’s very easy to go back to those old ways,” she said. “So it’s a process and it’s continuously wanting to better the relationship.”
Jennie, 47, told
People, “We definitely had to part ways completely. We needed that time to grow.”
Photo credit: INSTARImages
The pair met on a blind date at the end of 2014. It launched them into a whirlwind romance and they were married within months. But with perspective, the actress thinks that super fast timeline “hurt” them.
Photo credit: INSTARImages
“We rushed it too much, and we had individual things we needed to work out. Maybe it was a mistake [to move so fast] and we’ve all had to learn and grow from that,” she conceded.
Photo credit: INSTARImages
“When everything wasn’t shiny and pretty and fun like it had been initially, when things got challenging, [Dave] didn’t know how to handle it as much,” she explained about her 38-year-0ld husband.
Photo credit: Matt Baron/Shutterstock
The What I Like About You actress ended up finding out that Dave had filed for divorce from a gossip website. While it was heartbreaking at the time, she used it as a storyline on BH90210.
Photo credit: INSTARImages
“The [possibility of a third divorce] really devastated me,” she admitted. She was previously married to musician Daniel Clark and actor Peter Facinelli, with whom she has three daughters.
Photo credit: INSTARImages
“I was in a really bad mindset for a good five or six months. It was just embarrassing. And it made the accepting of it so much harder. But when I finally did accept, like, we’re breaking up, I had to tell myself, Dave is not an option. Because I kept wanting it. And then, just when I felt whole again, we started hanging out,” she explained.
Photo credit: Broadimage/Shutterstock
“We both had separate learning to do, and then coming back and sharing that growth was kind of the fiber that connected us back together like, ‘I see you differently now,’” Jennie said. They got back together six months ago and are dedicated to making their bond stronger.
Photo credit: INSTARImages
“It’s very easy to go back to those old ways,” she said. “So it’s a process and it’s continuously wanting to better the relationship.”
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