TheFriendsstar continued, “But I feel seriously protective of him and us … We care about each other.

There was no malicious intent.

I deeply, deeply care about him; we talk, we adore another.

Jennifer Aniston and John Mayer at the 2009 Oscars

And that’s where it is.”

A month later, however, they parted ways for good (viaPeople).

“I’ll always be sorry that it didn’t last.

Jennifer Aniston and John Mayer toasting at the 2009 Oscars

In some ways I wish I could be with her.

But I can’t change the fact that I need to be 32,” the musician said.

“The brunt of her success came beforeTMZand Twitter.

I think she’s still hoping it goes back to 1998.

She saw my involvement with technology as [a] courting distraction.”