Many good marriages have fallen apart in the pandemic, theirs maybe before. What I suspect is they're doing it now because someone wants to openly date someone.
Also, like another famous Bill, he was friends with Jeffrey Epstein.
Many good marriages have fallen apart in the pandemic, theirs maybe before. What I suspect is they're doing it now because someone wants to openly date someone.
Also, like another famous Bill, he was friends with Jeffrey Epstein.
he aged poorly wrote:
elephant in the room wrote:
Severe disability can really affect a relationship. He's a genius, but he's been wheelchair bound and quadriplegic from ALS for at least a decade now. Any spouse wants to be supportive, but eventually you reach a breaking point.
He's not wheelchair bound, is not a quadriplegic and he does not have ALS. However, he has aged very poorly. He's 65 but he looks more like he's 75, or older. He looks older than my grandfather, but he's always remained a very active guy.
I find it incredibly interesting that people would get divorced after 27 years of marriage. I mostly don't understand it. They've gone through all of the tough times, why suddenly do they no longer want to be together? A couple who gets divorced after a couple of years, sure, they made a bad choice, married for the wrong reasons, etc, But you get to 65, been together for three decades, and then you are done? What's that about? To me it's the opposite of what I would expect.
Sometimes people stay together until the kids are most raised. Their youngest daughter is 18 so they may have had an agreement to stick it out until she was finished with high school.
he aged poorly wrote:
elephant in the room wrote:
Severe disability can really affect a relationship. He's a genius, but he's been wheelchair bound and quadriplegic from ALS for at least a decade now. Any spouse wants to be supportive, but eventually you reach a breaking point.
He's not wheelchair bound, is not a quadriplegic and he does not have ALS. However, he has aged very poorly. He's 65 but he looks more like he's 75, or older. He looks older than my grandfather, but he's always remained a very active guy.
I find it incredibly interesting that people would get divorced after 27 years of marriage. I mostly don't understand it. They've gone through all of the tough times, why suddenly do they no longer want to be together? A couple who gets divorced after a couple of years, sure, they made a bad choice, married for the wrong reasons, etc, But you get to 65, been together for three decades, and then you are done? What's that about? To me it's the opposite of what I would expect.
Same thing happened to Cicero. Feels badman.
I do give credit to couples who stick it out until the kids are grown (18) because the trauma and void a kid could incur with separated parents can be astronomical. There should be fines for divorces, especially with kids who are not adults involved. But I suppose that could manifest abuse so probably not the best idea either. Parents; do better.
This is proof that money does not equal happiness. No one is immune from divorce.
I was engaged to a materialistic woman once and she warped my perceptions about what was important, which to her was a big engagement ring, big house, big job title (for me), and a life where she didn’t have to work and get a free ride.
And some women may love money but eventually it gets old to them and they seek other ways to find fulfillment. I try to remember these things when I see billionaires go through divorces.
Bezos, Gates, Musk...all divorced. Maybe the Zuck is next?
I would have considered this sad before I came to understand that Biff is a moron.
Good for her, WTF took her so long?💪
I heard that he started suffering ED and she jokingly referred to his johnson as "microsoft".
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Precious Roy wrote:
Bill Gates is good at projecting a geeky computer science genius public persona. The reality is that he is a ruthless business man who is really just an amateur at writing code. I doubt that Bill was a kind and caring husband and am not really surprised that he couldn't keep his marriage together.
He is overrated but I wouldn’t call him an amateur. When he was starting Microsoft I’m sure he was an exceptional coder.
Is this whole thread a joke?
1) Who gives a crap how good of a software developer he was. He was one of the wealthiest people this planet has ever seen and his company has literally changed the course of human history.
2) He is incredibly philanthropic and has set the baseline for his Billionaires are expected to conduct themselves RE the public good. I give him credit for this.
3) Anyone who roots for, jokes about or otherwise judges another couples divorce is a total a$$hole on my book. Just pathetic stuff letsrun.
I hate to read this. 28 years and 3 kids. Raising kids are the golden years of life, and then it's all crashing down in the rearview mirror. We have no idea what their home life was like. But still, 28 years and 3 kids, that's irreplaceable. No more holidays together. No more trips and vacations together. No more family time together and grandkids are just a few years a way. If she was a decent woman (which she sounds like), there's no way to replace the mother of your kids after that many years.
Divorce is contagious. When Bezos's divorce happened, it told him he could do it too, or she could have her own foundation.
As a Neo-Luddite I do not believe in the use of technology to create vast fortunes off the backs of the hordes of easily addicted souls by incrementally decreasing their personal freedom. Also, Windows 9 was my favorite OS.
Something like 130B net worth. What does Melinda get? Is this going to be the most expensive divorce settlement ever, or could any potential pre-nup from 1994 still be relevant?
Fact is that marriage changes and you do grow apart, no reason to not try greener pastures. I was married 19 years the first time, my current wife had 24 years in her first marriage. Only suckers sit there forever and waste their time with people they don't want to be with.
Now that all of the sheeple have had the Gates vaccine embedded in their nervous systems, a campaign of mind control and mob rule will soon begin. Melinda Gates, a True Patriot, became wise to her husband's scheme of mass oppression and tried to put a stop to it. Gates had her murdered and has now created a "stand-in" who will act as a cooperative Melinda and receive her alimony payments in return. How do I know? My compatriots and I exchanged emails with Melinda prior to her murder and funded her efforts to expose Bill (she never actually had access to her own money; it was always a facade to keep her silent). Not long ago, the communication line went dead. Once we heard the news of this "divorce," it became clear what happened. RIP Mel.
Precious Roy wrote:
Bill Gates is good at projecting a geeky computer science genius public persona. The reality is that he is a ruthless business man who is really just an amateur at writing code. I doubt that Bill was a kind and caring husband and am not really surprised that he couldn't keep his marriage together.
Gates was a very good programmer back in the day. You really need to quit posting on topics about which you know nothing.
Oh Please wrote:
Something like 130B net worth. What does Melinda get? Is this going to be the most expensive divorce settlement ever, or could any potential pre-nup from 1994 still be relevant?
Fact is that marriage changes and you do grow apart, no reason to not try greener pastures. I was married 19 years the first time, my current wife had 24 years in her first marriage. Only suckers sit there forever and waste their time with people they don't want to be with.
People this rich have options. Who knows how happy they were. For myself, it was easier to stay in a relationship than to get out. But finally, we'd both had enough. It doesn't happen overnight.
The Bezos divorce is the biggest in history because his net worth was close to a trillion dollars at one time. Gates is a piker compared to Bezos. A divorced friend of mine commented that divorce is more common now because people live longer. I think the average life expectancy was only 67 years for a male in 1970. People died before they could divorce.
Friend of Jeffrey Epstein is all you need to know about B. Gates. Oh and that whole he got his ideas from Apple. Foundation built on guilt, just like the Clinton Foundation.
Maybe his wife is a jerk too, but I would put my money on Bill being the problem.
BigYawn wrote:
He is overrated but I wouldn’t call him an amateur. When he was starting Microsoft I’m sure he was an exceptional coder.
Right. Typical very smart person. Not so far out of reach he's doing unique genius others cannot access. He just applied some successful business and fed off of the money for further success.
A common feature of very successful people without absolutely solid skill seems like exemplary social standing from which to start their business. Musk of a rich ruling class SA family, moving to Canada and then Penn. Gates starting his business at Harvard, nothing more complicated than others could do, just supported from his status there.
Both of these guys earn excessive worship for their outstanding intelligence not on the level of some of the real superstars of this generation.
Mal Odorous wrote:
It is not baffling to me. The ones who I find pathetic are those that are married 50 years. Mostly just going through the motions. Marriages have a shelf life (particularly in this day & age).
Most divorces occur to people in their fifties. Bill and Melinda just probably ran out of things to say to each other. Tiger Woods marriage would have ended the same way if he hadn't taken action.
God, I hope you never get married or have kids. You find 50 years marriages, pathetic?
Second question I have on this topic. Has there ever been a man worth more than $100 billion who hasn't gotten divorced?
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