reconnected years after their split

They’re the kind of people who take care of each other, whether that’s taking care of our seniors or taking care of each other.”

Jane Lynch fell in love with Jennifer Cheyne several years before they became a long-term couple. “Jennifer and I were partners for a couple of years in the early 2000s,” Lynch told Parade in November 2019. It wasn’t their time to shine yet, but they found their way back into each other’s lives. “We broke up and then reconnected a decade later and just fell back together so easily and lovingly.” The “Funny Girl” star and Cheyne needed that time apart.

When they re-established their bond in the mid-2010s, Lynch and Cheyne had grown past some of their previous clashing traits. “Finding love in my 50s has been a blessing … We’re very different people now — we don’t have the same insecurities we used to have,” “The Marvelous Mrs. Maisel” actor explained. “We live very peacefully.” In many ways, Lynch and Cheyne make each other’s lives easier. “She figures out how to deal with [everything],” Lynch told People in September 2020. “She’s like, ‘I don’t need to hire a handyman.'”

Lynch and Cheyne have no children, but that doesn’t mean their home isn’t filled with little ones. “We’ve had many dogs — cause we adopt seniors and we only get to keep them for a few years,” Lynch said on “The Tonight Show” in 2021 (via People). And it isn’t by chance that Lynch’s dogs tend to have human names. “I knew I wasn’t going to have kids,” she explained.