Bill and Melinda Gates Announce Divorce After 27 Years

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Anonymous wrote:Actually shocked at this, and I am never surprised at divorce announcements. Wow.

+1.

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Not that I know them or anything but I was surprised to hear.

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I hope McKenzie Bezos gives her a call and talks her through it. She's a great precedent, ended up ridiculously rich and happily married to a nice man. Hope it all works out for Melinda.

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Anonymous wrote:My guess is she's been itching to throw her husband's billions around like Lauren Powell Jobs and McKenzie Bezos have been doing, but Bill won't let her because of The Gates Foundation and optics. By the end of the year she will make a splashy media purchase (ex. the Chicago Tribune is for sale) and start her own new tax-dodging foundation with lean-in girl power and other virtue-signaling missions.

Can you work Duchess Megan into this somehow?

Seriously, people grow apart. I've been married nearly 30 years and I see that with so many couples. There are relatively few of us who still really like and enjoy being with our spouses.

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Anonymous wrote:Why is Melania still with Donald Trump? Really stumped by that one.

Money, duh. Is this rocket science?

Oh geez. Give it a few. You did see the WP article about how her delayed move to DC was renegotiating the prenup. Wonder what else it said...

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Anonymous wrote:It's really sad and shocking on one hand, and makes sense on the other.

They have both been open about some of their martial struggles, including her feeling like she has to fight for her role in the foundation, be respected, etc.

He is well-known for being difficult. He "knows" he's right, and is known to yell at employees, be very disrespectful, and show disdain.

Having raised her kids and achieved what she has, it's understandable she's looking to the next phase of her life and enough was enough--she was ready to free herself not to be with someone like him.

I know we're just speculating but this seems right to me.

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Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:It's really sad and shocking on one hand, and makes sense on the other.

They have both been open about some of their martial struggles, including her feeling like she has to fight for her role in the foundation, be respected, etc.

He is well-known for being difficult. He "knows" he's right, and is known to yell at employees, be very disrespectful, and show disdain.

Having raised her kids and achieved what she has, it's understandable she's looking to the next phase of her life and enough was enough--she was ready to free herself not to be with someone like him.

I know we're just speculating but this seems right to me.

Yeah - if you watch the movies that have been made about the rise of Microsoft and Apple the Bill Gates character does not exactly have a light touch.

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These tech geniuses/titans generally have zero personality + are probably on the autism spectrum.

I was somewhat surprised but guess that they are both probably already dating other people. This will put Bill much further down on the Fortune 400 richest list.

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I recall a documentary about him where he would take a big bag of books and loads of diet coke to a cottage for some space and alone time. Still, like others, I was surprised at this news.

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Anonymous wrote:Why is Melania still with Donald Trump? Really stumped by that one.

Waiting it out to see if she gets 4 more years as First Lady.

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Anonymous wrote:These tech geniuses/titans generally have zero personality + are probably on the autism spectrum.

I was somewhat surprised but guess that they are both probably already dating other people. This will put Bill much further down on the Fortune 400 richest list.

Exactly what I am thinking. Also, most women wait until kids are launched to divorce. She's been planning for a while.

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Anonymous wrote:I hope McKenzie Bezos gives her a call and talks her through it. She's a great precedent, ended up ridiculously rich and happily married to a nice man. Hope it all works out for Melinda.

I really don’t think their situations are remotely comparable. McKenzie Bezos was cheated on. I imagine this is much more the signing the papers on a marriage that’s been dead for a long while. She’s a professional and will 110% still be an integral part of the Bill and Melinda Gates Foundation.

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Anonymous wrote:I recall a documentary about him where he would take a big bag of books and loads of diet coke to a cottage for some space and alone time. Still, like others, I was surprised at this news.

Well that’s my dream too. Maybe I’ll be the new Mrs.

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Oh, God . .. Rita and Tom?

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Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:It's really sad and shocking on one hand, and makes sense on the other.

They have both been open about some of their martial struggles, including her feeling like she has to fight for her role in the foundation, be respected, etc.

He is well-known for being difficult. He "knows" he's right, and is known to yell at employees, be very disrespectful, and show disdain.

Having raised her kids and achieved what she has, it's understandable she's looking to the next phase of her life and enough was enough--she was ready to free herself not to be with someone like him.

I know we're just speculating but this seems right to me.

Yeah - if you watch the movies that have been made about the rise of Microsoft and Apple the Bill Gates character does not exactly have a light touch.

I can believe it. People who are wildly successful in one area of life are usually not in other areas -- as in the thing that made them really sucessful does not usually make them easygoing, giving partners attentive to the needs of others.