She’s done with boytoys, wants something more serious next, says report

Jun 12, 2014 19:25 GMT  ·  By

Jennifer Lopez started dating backup dancer Casper Smart, who was almost half her age, some time after her divorce from Marc Anthony. Everyone assumed he was just the rebound guy and that he wouldn’t last half a year, but he did – and even more.

People magazine reports that Jennifer and Casper started breaking up this spring but “it took months to end it” because of how much her kids loved him and because they both hoped, on a deeper level, that they would still be able to make it work.

Just recently, they realized that they couldn’t, so they went their separate ways. Jennifer has buried herself in her work because she has a new album coming out, while he took all the expensive gifts she gave him (including cars and bikes) and moved out of her house.

Because the breakup took so long to become final, you can’t blame Jennifer for not being exactly heartbroken about it now. In fact, an insider says for the publication, she’s already made up her mind about what she expects from her future boyfriend.

Apparently, Jennifer is done with younger men who are working to make a name for themselves. She wants an older, more mature man who already knows what he wants from life. “She wants to have a relationship with a guy who is older and has an established career,” says an insider, adding that she also hopes her next relationship will be “drama-free.”

“She definitely had some trust issues and is happy to be past that,” another source says. However, Jennifer “has no regrets” about her 2-year romance with Casper because he’s been there for her kids, who “adore” him, and for her “during difficult times,” meaning the aftermath of the Anthony divorce.

Now, if Jennifer is looking for a man who already has a career and is more mature and responsible, she might have just found the guy (though, unfortunately, he’s still younger than her by 10 years).

A very recent rumor claims that she and dancing pro Maksim Chmerkovskiy from Dancing With the Stars are an item, after meeting and hitting it off during rehearsals for the 2013 American Music Awards, where he acted as one of her backup dancers during the Celia Cruz tribute.

Maks is considerably more drama-free than Casper despite his big mouth, in the sense that you never hear rumors about him cheating on his women or of hitting gay clubs. He is already an established artist and is older than Casper even if still younger than Jennifer. Plus, they’d look hot together.