Bill and Melinda gates divorce after 27 years of marriage

Re:Bill and Melinda gates divorce after 27 years of marriage by implements on Tuesday May 04, 2021 @06:44AM (#27036055)

> … but I do worry neither of them will find that depth of connection again.

I made this point to a divorcing friend - he started dating his first ever girlfriend shortly after.

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Re:Bill and Melinda gates divorce after 27 years of marriage by StavrosK on Tuesday May 04, 2021 @07:02AM (#27036188)

How was he married without having dated? And what does dating have to do with depth of connection? Haha, I am very confused now.

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Re:Bill and Melinda gates divorce after 27 years of marriage by jvzr on Tuesday May 04, 2021 @07:28AM (#27036405)

I understood it as: he married and divorced someone else, then started dating his first ever love after GP said that. He probably realized the depth of his relation with his first love.

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Re:Bill and Melinda gates divorce after 27 years of marriage by StavrosK on Tuesday May 04, 2021 @07:34AM (#27036444)

Hm, that makes sense but it's also a bit of a stretch from the GP's comment, I especially don't understand why the wife doesn't count as a girlfriend.

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Re:Bill and Melinda gates divorce after 27 years of marriage by vmilner on Tuesday May 04, 2021 @08:57AM (#27037057)

She does - but she wasn't the first. [ First girlfriend = Alice (say). Breaks up with Alice. Dates more girlfriends. Marries one. Divorces. Dates Alice again. ]

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Re:Bill and Melinda gates divorce after 27 years of marriage by StavrosK on Tuesday May 04, 2021 @09:14AM (#27037211)

Ahhh okay, so his old first girlfriend. That makes sense, thanks.

"Started dating his first girlfriend again" might have been clearer.

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