Bill and Melinda Gates Splitting Up

[dudog84]

I'm a classic U2 man myself. Two hearts are no longer beating as one.

[Nrrrrvous]

Interesting. Regardless, it’s clear they still haven’t found what they’re looking for.

Perhaps that’s because the streets have no name.

They had: One life, but they're not the same.

It's a Beautiful Day!

I'm a classic U2 man myself. Two hearts are no longer beating as one.

Come on people, have some Pride!



(In The Name of Love)

[chris13]

I guess their marriage got the blue screen of death. Have they tried turning it off and turning it back on?

I read somewhere that their oldest kid turned 18. They wouldn't be the first couple to split as soon as the nest was empty. In all seriousness I hope they find joy in the next stage of their life. Divorce is tough even when you are on good terms and have settled all the money issues. It can also be an opportunity to make positive change to fill the space now available.

I was reading Warren Buffett's biography recently and his wife left him in the last 1970s but they never got divorced. She actually recruited the woman who is now Warren's second wife to move into Warren's house in Omaha when she moved out.

[OldPhiKap]

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[weezie]

...I was reading Warren Buffett's biography recently and his wife left him in the last 1970s but they never got divorced. She actually recruited the woman who is now Warren's second wife to move into Warren's house in Omaha when she moved out.

Ah yep. The very rich and those very different ways they have

[duke79]

I guess their marriage got the blue screen of death. Have they tried turning it off and turning it back on?

I read somewhere that their oldest kid turned 18. They wouldn't be the first couple to split as soon as the nest was empty. In all seriousness I hope they find joy in the next stage of their life. Divorce is tough even when you are on good terms and have settled all the money issues. It can also be an opportunity to make positive change to fill the space now available.

I was reading Warren Buffett's biography recently and his wife left him in the last 1970s but they never got divorced. She actually recruited the woman who is now Warren's second wife to move into Warren's house in Omaha when she moved out.

Ah yep. The very rich and those very different ways they have

Ah, yes, money can buy you many things in our society, including funding interesting "lifestyle" arrangements. Yes, Warren's first wife, Susan Thompson, (they married in 1952) "left him" in the 1970's and moved to San Francisco (if I had the money, I too would get the hell out of Omaha to go to CA!) to pursue her singing career (although Warren and his first wife continued to see each other on occasion and vacationed together and they never officially divorced) and she apparently had a long-term relationship in CA with a tennis instructor. Warren's first wife did introduce him to a Latvian immigrant, Astrid, who worked as a hostess at the restaurant in Omaha where Susan sometime sang and Astrid moved in with Warren to be his "companion". Astrid and Warren later married in 2006, after Susan had passed away from cancer in 2004. Apparently, Warren was somewhat stunned when he found out that his first wife had left the "tennis instructor" $10 million (money ultimately from Warren, of course) in her will (for that sort of money, I hope the tennis instructor improved her backhand!!).

It's interesting because I have watched many interviews with Warren Buffett and he almost always tells people that one of the most important decisions you make in your life is who you associate with (your friends, work colleagues, etc) and, most importantly, who you choose to be your spouse. I've heard him say this over and over, especially to young people who ask his advice on how to be successful in life.

See link below for more information on Warren's "interesting" personal history:

https://www.insider.com/warren-buffe...me-together-15

[dudog84]

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Ah, yes, money can buy you many things in our society, including funding interesting "lifestyle" arrangements. Yes, Warren's first wife, Susan Thompson, (they married in 1952) "left him" in the 1970's and moved to San Francisco (if I had the money, I too would get the hell out of Omaha to go to CA!) to pursue her singing career (although Warren and his first wife continued to see each other on occasion and vacationed together and they never officially divorced) and she apparently had a long-term relationship in CA with a tennis instructor. Warren's first wife did introduce him to a Latvian immigrant, Astrid, who worked as a hostess at the restaurant in Omaha where Susan sometime sang and Astrid moved in with Warren to be his "companion". Astrid and Warren later married in 2006, after Susan had passed away from cancer in 2004. Apparently, Warren was somewhat stunned when he found out that his first wife had left the "tennis instructor" $10 million (money ultimately from Warren, of course) in her will (for that sort of money, I hope the tennis instructor improved her backhand!!).

It's interesting because I have watched many interviews with Warren Buffett and he almost always tells people that one of the most important decisions you make in your life is who you associate with (your friends, work colleagues, etc) and, most importantly, who you choose to be your spouse. I've heard him say this over and over, especially to young people who ask his advice on how to be successful in life.

See link below for more information on Warren's "interesting" personal history:

https://www.insider.com/warren-buffe...me-together-15

When I found out my ex was going to leave $10 of my money to her pickleball instructor, I was incensed! OTOH, it's good to know Warren and I have something in common.

[chris13]

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Ah, yes, money can buy you many things in our society, including funding interesting "lifestyle" arrangements. Yes, Warren's first wife, Susan Thompson, (they married in 1952) "left him" in the 1970's and moved to San Francisco (if I had the money, I too would get the hell out of Omaha to go to CA!) to pursue her singing career (although Warren and his first wife continued to see each other on occasion and vacationed together and they never officially divorced) and she apparently had a long-term relationship in CA with a tennis instructor. Warren's first wife did introduce him to a Latvian immigrant, Astrid, who worked as a hostess at the restaurant in Omaha where Susan sometime sang and Astrid moved in with Warren to be his "companion". Astrid and Warren later married in 2006, after Susan had passed away from cancer in 2004. Apparently, Warren was somewhat stunned when he found out that his first wife had left the "tennis instructor" $10 million (money ultimately from Warren, of course) in her will (for that sort of money, I hope the tennis instructor improved her backhand!!).

It's interesting because I have watched many interviews with Warren Buffett and he almost always tells people that one of the most important decisions you make in your life is who you associate with (your friends, work colleagues, etc) and, most importantly, who you choose to be your spouse. I've heard him say this over and over, especially to young people who ask his advice on how to be successful in life.

See link below for more information on Warren's "interesting" personal history:

https://www.insider.com/warren-buffe...me-together-15

I was rereading Snowball, the Buffett biography published in 2009 with his cooperation. I believe his first wife left Omaha when their oldest child left for college. Warren and Susie seemed to find an arrangement that worked best for them and their family. Fascinating characters, both of them.

[SouthernDukie]

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[OldPhiKap]

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She does have huge tracts of land.

[dudog84]

She does have huge tracts of land.

I think Bill just wants to sing.

[OldPhiKap]

I think Bill just wants to sing.

That is his own particular idiom.

[bundabergdevil]

She does have huge tracts of land.

I think Bill just wants to sing.

That is his own particular idiom.

So...who is Lancelot in this scenario? Just to bring things full circle: Bono? Because he's the bad boy billionaire with a name that hits you in olfactory: Musk?

[bundabergdevil]

She does have huge tracts of land.

Did you know this before making that reference? If so, well done, just a real nice bow tie.

[sagegrouse]

Did you know this before making that reference? If so, well done, just a real nice bow tie.

378 square miles of agricultural land and over 400 square miles total? That's a lot of fence line to maintain.

[Indoor66]

378 square miles of agricultural land and over 400 square miles total? That's a lot of fence line to maintain.

Lots of places for the grouse to hide.

[Turk]

So much for Office romances...

Defenestration made me chuckle. Well done.

The one I heard is that they've already decided how to divide the assets.

Melinda gets the house; Bill gets to keep the Windows (only 10?)...

[jimsumner]

She does have huge tracts of land.

Land rich, cash poor?

[OldPhiKap]

Land rich, cash poor?

It’s a nice allowance so long and it lasts.

And I’m told there are jewels.

[JNort]

Twitter is “blowing up” about the divorce supposedly being tied to his connections with Epstein... I don’t follow this stuff often but figured someone in here might.

https://apple.news/AprPoCYgHSBmikfpD4EZJCg