Ben Affleck and Jennifer Garner look happy — just not happily-ever-after

Ben Affleck and Jennifer Garner were spotted leaving a family-counseling office together in L.A. on Thursday, and they left in the same car, and they weren’t clawing each other’s eyes out.

Their friendly demeanor, however, shouldn’t be taken as signs they’re reconsidering getting divorced.

“They are working with a professional because there are emotions involved,” a source told People on Friday, noting that the parents of three were aiming to have the easiest transition possible for the family.

Affleck has moved out of the family’s Pacific Palisades home, TMZ said -- he’d been staying in a guest house on the property shortly after they announced their split -- and a source told the website on Friday, “The damage is already done. They’re leading separate lives.”

Both of the actors, who were husband and wife for 10 years before announcing their split in June, have been spotted out and about without their wedding rings on.

Meanwhile, the tabloids are still working on that whole nanny angle. If Ben or Jen were photographed smiling in public with Christine Ouzounian? That would be a story.

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