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"Jeff Bezos and his wife MacKenzie are divorcing after 25 years of marriage, the Amazon CEO and Washington Post owner has announced, potentially leading to the costliest divorce settlement in history with $137 billion at stake."
The richest man in the world, currently worth about $137 billion, according to Bloomberg, made the divorce announcement on Wednesday on his Twitter.
[...]The split could lead [to] the costliest divorce is[sic] history, even if the couple doesn’t divide the money equally. There are no reports indicating the couple has a prenuptial agreement, meaning the wealth accumulated during their marriage would have to be split evenly.
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(Score: 0, Flamebait) by Anonymous Coward on Wednesday January 09 2019, @10:28PM (8 children)
Maybe you are just a sad little misogynist.
(Score: 0) by Anonymous Coward on Wednesday January 09 2019, @10:43PM (2 children)
So they were running an open marriage for a while?
(Score: 0) by Anonymous Coward on Wednesday January 09 2019, @11:41PM
That seems to be the meaning of those English language words, but I could be mistaken since we're living in the post-truth world where assholes just get to declare reality as they see fit. Maybe that was secret code for "all women are gold diggers so keep your chin up little incels" /shrug
(Score: 2) by TheGratefulNet on Thursday January 10 2019, @04:20AM
So they were running an open marriage for a while?
it wasn't entirely open. I suspect a binary blob.
(there's a joke in there. somewhere..)
"It is now safe to switch off your computer."
(Score: 3, Interesting) by linkdude64 on Thursday January 10 2019, @12:05AM (4 children)
The fuck? Projecting much? When did anything I say espouse any sort of misogynistic viewpoint?
For one, that bullshit you're quoting is 100% PR nonsense.
For two, my actual guess is that Mr. Billionaire is the one who wants to fuck around as much as possible, a base (pejorative) craving that can never be satisfied, hence my comment.
After 25 years, "things" don't just stop working, someone stops working, and even if, in the end, both have stopped, normally it is one that stopped, and another that subsequently gave up. For the incalculably complex dance that is a human relationship, the odds that both parties independently and simultaneously reach an internal conclusion that the relationship has failed after 25 years are beyond astronomical. More than likely, one party gave up on it, and the other, understanding that there can be no real change without the innate desire to, also threw in the towel, again, amicably. The question is, "Why?" in the first place, and that is what my 100% speculative, but if-anything anti-male-promsicuity comment was reflecting on.
(Score: 0) by Anonymous Coward on Thursday January 10 2019, @05:00PM (2 children)
Did you post as AC? Cause I replied to the AC who assumed the wife was the problem, and what I quoted is not PR nonsense, there is no benefit to either of them in admitting an open relationship or that it is an amicable breakup.
If you did not post as AC in reply to yourself then pay more attention to the thread hierarchy please.
(Score: 0) by Anonymous Coward on Thursday January 10 2019, @05:53PM
Probably replied to himself as AC, then forgot to click the checkbox that time.
(Score: 2) by linkdude64 on Friday January 11 2019, @01:50AM
Whoops, yeah, I thought the above AC had said my comment was misogynist. Now I can see that was posted in response to a reply to my comment, not my comment itself.
(Score: 0) by Anonymous Coward on Thursday January 10 2019, @07:06PM
Different AC. The relationship is different from both individuals in it. The relationship can become dysfunctional even as both parties are functional outside of that relationship role. But it can be, as you said, one party or the other may have done something to destabilize the relationship. Not necessarily, though... it does not have to be someone's fault. And no, both partners together can indeed reach conclusions even after 25 years that a phase of a relationship (like marriage) is over. After such a long period of shared life it is much more likely for such a thing to occur, and for the ending of the relationship to be amiable, than such a decision earlier. Such mutual decisions are often demonstrate that a relationship (like friendship) can exist between the formerly married couple. Blame, contrariwise, almost always poisons the post-marital relationship (which few people appreciate - even if staying in isolation from each other there is still a post-marriage relationship). While sexuality may be part of the reasons for dissolution, it does not have to be. About the only thing you can say here is that it is doubtful economics play a factor - which is right alongside fidelity as the top reason marriage relationships become strained. Surprises do happen, though.