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ParallelUniverseParking [TotalFark] [OhFark]  
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2021-05-11 2:08:22 PM  
A Netscape marriage counselor could have prevented this.
 
somedude210 [TotalFark] [OhFark]  
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2021-05-11 2:16:10 PM  
Scuttlebutt is that Gates' relationship with Epstein goes much deeper than just business.
 
cman [TotalFark] [OhFark]  
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2021-05-11 2:58:09 PM  
A marriage doesn't break off over one thing like Bill being round Epstein. It's a multitude of things.

/never married but come on this is obvious
 
steklo [TotalFark] [OhFark]  
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2021-05-11 3:07:22 PM  
My second marriage ended. Wake up next to my wife, she turns to me, "Stek, I don't want to be married anymore. lets kill the marriage and save our friendship"

it came out of nowhere. Had no idea she had fallen out of love with me.

Oh well...I guess it happens...
 
UltimaCS  
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2021-05-11 3:07:59 PM  
Seemed like a pretty quiet and amicable divorce. People are losing their minds trying to create a conspiracy theory over someone's mundane life. Especially when we all know it was his because of his wife's affair with Batboy.
 
Somaticasual [TotalFark]  
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2021-05-11 3:08:29 PM  
PC Load Letter?? That does that even Mean??
 
TheDirtyNacho  
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2021-05-11 3:08:40 PM  
Gates was pretty ruthless in business and had lot of didn't give a shiat what others think.  This is not the best recipe for long term relationships
 
SirDigbyChickenCaesar  
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2021-05-11 3:10:19 PM  
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I see you are having performance problems.  Would you like help?
 
steklo [TotalFark] [OhFark]  
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2021-05-11 3:11:16 PM  
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Wolf892  
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2021-05-11 3:11:29 PM  
I think it's cause she realized that she's still attractive and even divorced will be a billionaire. That's all the reason any woman needs to leave the dud they're with.
 
gbv23  
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2021-05-11 3:11:49 PM  
He'll have to get some crappy apartment, after she buys him out with a re-fi.

/ been there
 
Boe [OhFark]  
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2021-05-11 3:12:19 PM  
Why the fark would Bill Gates need help meeting other rich farkers?  And if he did, wasn't there ANYONE ELSE he could have turned to?  FFS
 
thealgorerhythm  
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2021-05-11 3:12:27 PM  
Epstein wouldn't have wanted to kill their marriage, it was over 18.
 
Ambitwistor  
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2021-05-11 3:12:38 PM  

TheDirtyNacho: Gates was pretty ruthless in business and had lot of didn't give a shiat what others think.  This is not the best recipe for long term relationships


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Somaticasual [TotalFark]  
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2021-05-11 3:13:14 PM  

steklo: [regmedia.co.uk image 850x562]


Is it wrong to almost miss the actual blue screen days? Like a weird form of had-a-PC-in-the-90s Stockholm Syndrome?
 
Smelly Pirate Hooker [TotalFark]  
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2021-05-11 3:14:18 PM  
Seems like Melinda knows how to READ A farkING ROOM.

Maybe that's part of it.

They've been married a long time, I'm calling this a win. Their kids are grown. Why stay married unhappily?
 
ISO15693  
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2021-05-11 3:16:09 PM  

somedude210: Scuttlebutt is that Gates' relationship with Epstein goes much deeper than just business.


Microchipping people, yeah.
 
The Pope of Manwich Village [TotalFark]  
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2021-05-11 3:16:40 PM  
They forgot to download an install:

2013-08 Cumulative Update for Marriage Version 2.2 for x2CIS-based Systems (KB5006599)

Marriage Malicious Epstein Removal Tool x2CIS - v5.98 (KB86733)

Feature update to Marriage, Active Listening Pack, version 20H2
 
Dr Jack Badofsky  
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2021-05-11 3:17:28 PM  

steklo: My second marriage ended. Wake up next to my wife, she turns to me, "Stek, I don't want to be married anymore. lets kill the marriage and save our friendship"

it came out of nowhere. Had no idea she had fallen out of love with me.

Oh well...I guess it happens...


You shouldn't have stopped shaving your back.
 
inner ted  
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2021-05-11 3:17:58 PM  

steklo: My second marriage ended. Wake up next to my wife, she turns to me, "Stek, I don't want to be married anymore. lets kill the marriage and save our friendship"

it came out of nowhere. Had no idea she had fallen out of love with me.

Oh well...I guess it happens...


I've never understood people that "stay friends" after being partners
 
The Pope of Manwich Village [TotalFark]  
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2021-05-11 3:20:44 PM  
I instantly knew my marriage was over when I awoke at 2 am to find my wife wasn't in bed, so I went downstairs to find her doing the Brazilian Butt Lift workout. Only a new man would be worth losing her hatchet ass at that point.
 
eKonk  
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2021-05-11 3:21:17 PM  

gbv23: He'll have to get some crappy apartment, after she buys him out with a re-fi.

/ been there


Yup, he'll probably be left with something like 1% of their assets after the lawyers are done. I don't know how he'll get by on only...*checks internet reports of their net worth*... $1.24 Billion.  He must have some connections to get a job though, he should somehow make it by.
 
mybluemake [TotalFark] [OhFark]  
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2021-05-11 3:23:28 PM  

steklo: My second marriage ended. Wake up next to my wife, she turns to me, "Stek, I don't want to be married anymore. lets kill the marriage and save our friendship"

it came out of nowhere. Had no idea she had fallen out of love with me.

Oh well...I guess it happens...


Well. I hope that worked for you both. Good luck with whatever is next.
 
Luse  
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2021-05-11 3:23:29 PM  
Marriage is a subscription based service. Like most, it sucks as you have to keep paying even if the "service" stops and the end contract clause is farking brutal.
 
Luse  
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2021-05-11 3:24:51 PM  

steklo: My second marriage ended. Wake up next to my wife, she turns to me, "Stek, I don't want to be married anymore. lets kill the marriage and save our friendship"

it came out of nowhere. Had no idea she had fallen out of love with me.

Oh well...I guess it happens...


My friend, you got off easy. Count your stars.
 
Luse  
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2021-05-11 3:26:14 PM  

Wolf892: I think it's cause she realized that she's still attractive and even divorced will be a billionaire. That's all the reason any woman needs to leave the dud they're with.


So you're going with gold digger. Probably not wrong. I know what Bill did to get the money, remind me, aside from her being part of the foundation he started with his money what did she do to be a billionaire?
 
Dr Jack Badofsky  
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2021-05-11 3:26:14 PM  

inner ted: steklo: My second marriage ended. Wake up next to my wife, she turns to me, "Stek, I don't want to be married anymore. lets kill the marriage and save our friendship"

it came out of nowhere. Had no idea she had fallen out of love with me.

Oh well...I guess it happens...

I've never understood people that "stay friends" after being partners


Sometimes, you realize the person you thought you could spend the rest of your life with isn't that person.  Maybe you met someone more in tune to what you like, maybe they did.  You don't want the person you're already with to suffer, just things went a different direction than you anticipated.  Maybe your careers pulled you apart.  It's not always because someone cheated for no reason.  There's always a reason.
 
steklo [TotalFark] [OhFark]  
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2021-05-11 3:26:15 PM  

Wolf892: I think it's cause she realized that she's still attractive


well, if ever i had to say beauty is in the eye of the beholder. this would be the time.

personally? I don't find her attractive.

her bank account? yes...but not her looks.
 
Intone  
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2021-05-11 3:27:23 PM  

Wolf892: I think it's cause she realized that she's still attractive and even divorced will be a billionaire. That's all the reason any woman needs to leave the dud they're with.


Since this was smarted twice I guess I'll say it.. not every person is like your ex. Also dudes do it too, it's not about gender.
 
houstondragon  
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2021-05-11 3:29:30 PM  
I figured their marriage license terms of service expired and would no longer support their union
 
steklo [TotalFark] [OhFark]  
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2021-05-11 3:30:15 PM  

Dr Jack Badofsky: Sometimes, you realize the person you thought you could spend the rest of your life with isn't that person.


Little history. We met when we were 16. She was my first. (early 80's)

in the mid 90's our paths crossed again and we decided to get married. 5 years roll on and she had fallen out of love with me. There's nothing I could've done. We decided to stay friendly, which we did and now we might e-mail one another on our birthdays.

The good news is we didn't have any kids and our divorce was handled efficiently without any hate or fights.

matter or fact, after I moved out to my phat bachelor pad apartment, she would call me in the middle of the night for booty calls.

However, this was her favorite line..."Remember Stek, this is about sex, not love"

and..

"you have to leave before the sun comes up"

LOL
 
HumanFly  
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2021-05-11 3:30:20 PM  
The marriage certainly didn't kill itself
 
grokca [TotalFark]  
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2021-05-11 3:30:47 PM  
It was Bob ruining there vacations.
 
ameeriklane  
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2021-05-11 3:31:15 PM  
I don't buy it. Epstein's been dead nearly 2 years. Why would she still be mad about it?

Melinda: "Bill, I don't like that Epstein guy. He gives me the heebie-jeebies. I don't think you should meet with him any more."
Bill: "No problem, he's dead!"
[two years later]
Melinda: "I want a divorce because of that Epstein guy!"
 
somedude210 [TotalFark] [OhFark]  
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2021-05-11 3:33:11 PM  

Somaticasual: steklo: [regmedia.co.uk image 850x562]

Is it wrong to almost miss the actual blue screen days? Like a weird form of had-a-PC-in-the-90s Stockholm Syndrome?


I thought the same thing when I saw his post. There was something nice about trying to write down the error codes and trying to decipher it pre-google.

Maybe I'm just a masochist
 
Dr Jack Badofsky  
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2021-05-11 3:33:45 PM  

steklo: However, this was her favorite line..."Remember Stek, this is about sex, not love"

and..

"you have to leave before the sun comes up"


Best day at work, ever!
 
somedude210 [TotalFark] [OhFark]  
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2021-05-11 3:38:15 PM  

inner ted: steklo: My second marriage ended. Wake up next to my wife, she turns to me, "Stek, I don't want to be married anymore. lets kill the marriage and save our friendship"

it came out of nowhere. Had no idea she had fallen out of love with me.

Oh well...I guess it happens...

I've never understood people that "stay friends" after being partners


Somedudette and I are really good friends with my ex from highschool/college. She and I worked through a lot of pain we caused each other (never maliciously), and still had a deep, good friendship out of it. Somedudette and I don't have a whole lot of close friends to begin with and it seems silly to toss out a perfectly good friendship just because we dated for 2+ years.

/Yes, in th beginning, I kept it up because I thought I had a shot of rekindling something
//And aside from an impromptu make out session after watching Warhorse, nothing more came about from it.
///I'd rather keep good exs as friends if that's an option, at least I know we have shiat in common
 
Somaticasual [TotalFark]  
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2021-05-11 3:40:26 PM  

The Pope of Manwich Village: They forgot to download an install:

2013-08 Cumulative Update for Marriage Version 2.2 for x2CIS-based Systems (KB5006599)

Marriage Malicious Epstein Removal Tool x2CIS - v5.98 (KB86733)

Feature update to Marriage, Active Listening Pack, version 20H2


Update notes : Frees up additional resources, system processes, and several girls in chains as part of the custody agreement...
 
GhostOfSavageHenry  
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2021-05-11 3:46:29 PM  
uh oh, ol Bill was out making unauthorized installs.
know what I mean, Know what I mean, wink wink, nudge nudge
 
UltimaCS  
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2021-05-11 3:48:33 PM  

Wolf892: I think it's cause she realized that she's still attractive and even divorced will be a billionaire. That's all the reason any woman needs to leave the dud they're with.


It's just like those money-grabbing women to trap an already-rich man with marriage, then stay with him and run his charity foundation for 27 years. The heartless wench!
 
Tr0mBoNe [TotalFark]  
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2021-05-11 3:50:33 PM  
I try not to burn personal relationship bridges. You have no idea what other people talk about and it's not out of the realm of possibility that your ex and current gf end up in the same spin class and your name comes up somehow.
 
somedude210 [TotalFark] [OhFark]  
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2021-05-11 3:53:45 PM  

Tr0mBoNe: I try not to burn personal relationship bridges. You have no idea what other people talk about and it's not out of the realm of possibility that your ex and current gf end up in the same spin class and your name comes up somehow.


I think I saw that porn
 
Killer Cars  
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2021-05-11 3:54:43 PM  

Boe: Why the fark would Bill Gates need help meeting other rich farkers?  And if he did, wasn't there ANYONE ELSE he could have turned to?  FFS


I don't get it either, but I'm sure it's pretty common. Everyone and their mother gripes at least once annually about various humanitarian concerns with the Saudis, yet that doesn't stop anyone from openly pitching to them for investment or charitable donations, especially since the Saudis themselves make it clear that they (a) desperately want to diversify and (b) they are always looking to for PR victories to help their image.
 
Tr0mBoNe [TotalFark]  
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2021-05-11 3:56:18 PM  

somedude210: Tr0mBoNe: I try not to burn personal relationship bridges. You have no idea what other people talk about and it's not out of the realm of possibility that your ex and current gf end up in the same spin class and your name comes up somehow.

I think I saw that porn


Alas it did not go that way....
 
HighZoolander  
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2021-05-11 4:07:28 PM  

eKonk: gbv23: He'll have to get some crappy apartment, after she buys him out with a re-fi.

/ been there

Yup, he'll probably be left with something like 1% of their assets after the lawyers are done. I don't know how he'll get by on only...*checks internet reports of their net worth*... $1.24 Billion.  He must have some connections to get a job though, he should somehow make it by.


I dunno... his resume's pretty thin, and he never even finished college.
 
akya [OhFark]  
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2021-05-11 4:07:38 PM  

cman: A marriage doesn't break off over one thing like Bill being round Epstein. It's a multitude of things.

/never married but come on this is obvious


Come on things can also cause divorce?

/punctuation is important.
 
scotchcrotch  
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2021-05-11 4:46:46 PM  
Rockefeller did something similar, divorcing his wife before litigation hit.

Sheltering the nest egg and such.
 
StoPPeRmobile  
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2021-05-11 4:53:26 PM  

steklo: My second marriage ended. Wake up next to my wife, she turns to me, "Stek, I don't want to be married anymore. lets kill the marriage and save our friendship"

it came out of nowhere. Had no idea she had fallen out of love with me.

Oh well...I guess it happens...


Rule 1: Do not get married
Rule 2: Do not cohabitate
Rule 3: Find fulfilling work
Rule 4: Retire at 40
 
steklo [TotalFark] [OhFark]  
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2021-05-11 5:00:02 PM  

StoPPeRmobile: Rule 1: Do not get married
Rule 2: Do not cohabitate
Rule 3: Find fulfilling work
Rule 4: Retire at 40


Good thing I didn't tell you that I didn't follow any of those rules.

Married 3 times.
I've lived with women before
I hate my farking job
I won't be able to retire until I'm 80
 
hammettman  
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2021-05-11 5:04:12 PM  

somedude210: Scuttlebutt is that Gates' relationship with Epstein goes much deeper than just business.


Nonsense.  No one hangs with Epstein for anything other than his business acumen.

Also, Gates also had that firm agreement that said he had one week a year to shack up with his former girlfriend to play "putt-put" and shiats and giggles. Totes harmless, yet codified.

None of this is out of any ordinary world, or orbit of an ordinary world.
 
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