This is her today-ish:
Posted on 05/05/2021 7:42:36 AM PDT by SeekAndFind
After marrying his wife, Bill Gates would spend a long weekend every year at a cozy beach cottage in North Carolina — with his old girlfriend.
The billionaire Microsoft founder made sure the bizarre arrangement was part of the deal when he married Melinda French in 1994, he told Time magazine in a 1997 profile.
“We can play putt-putt while discussing biotechnology,” Gates said of his private getaways with fellow nerd techie and ex Ann Winblad — Winblad — who is now happily married to actor Kevin Kline’s detective brother, Alex Kline, a source told The Post on Tuesday.
Gates even sought Winblad’s approval before proposing to his wife.
“When I was off on my own thinking about marrying Melinda, I called Ann and asked for her approval,” he said, adding that Winblad gave the other woman the thumb’s up.
Winblad recalled, “I said she’d be a good match for him because she had intellectual stamina.”
Gates — who announced with Melinda on Twitter on Monday that they were divorcing after 27 years of marriage — revealed that he and Winblad started taking annual trips to his ex’s Outer Banks home when they began dating in 1984 after meeting at a computer conference.
The close pair continued making the yearly jaunt down South together even after breaking up in 1987, when Winblad, who at 70 is five years older than Gates, was reportedly more ready to settle down.
The secluded trips involved everything from riding dune buggies to hang-gliding and quiet strolls on the beach.
“We share our thoughts about the world and ourselves,” Winblad told the mag.
“And we marvel about how, as two young overachievers, we began a great adventure on the fringes of a little-known industry and it landed us at the center of an amazing universe.”
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What did he make of his wife’s weekends away?
Exactly what it reminded me of. Gates and Alan Alfa both are Leftist loyalists.
This is her today-ish:
Exactly, the second she agreed to that the marriage was doomed.
How it must have hurt her deep inside. “I am not woman enough for him”
Bill Gates does not like pretty women that is for sure!
Discovering that one is not even good enough for a human garden slug has to be a severe blow to one's self esteem.
My wife would have too IF I had suggested it which I wouldn't have done for two reasons. One, I have no desire for that type of relationship. Two, the mere suggestion would destroy all trust she had in me.
Weeyell.... his girl friend is better looking and more sexy than Melinda.
You scared me for a second. That blue screen is familiar.
Holier than thou Bill can’t keep his pants up.
Child: Mom, will dad be able to attend our winter solstice celebration?
Mom : No, dear. He’s with his concubine.
I smell a sitcom. Better still, a reality series. Maybe even a feature film.
So often I get half-way through a post and say to myself, “Wait a minute, wardaddy must have written this!” And I’m right!
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One of the stupidest things in my life was to teach the First lady all about firearms. She, to this day can probably disassemble and reassemble an AR 15 in four minutes. And hit one inch groups at 100m.
She would have shot me.
5.56mm
I knew there was adultery in this split somewhere. People who love each other do not divorce because they “can’t see growing together.” They make sure they grow together. That’s what the commitment of marriage is all about.
He had BILLIONS already....maybe Melinda was just a gold digger. They are BOTH EVIL!
I agree. But by today’s “woke” standards, marriage is an evolving concept. Sort of like that Constitution thing (sarc)
I have no doubt that they just spent time together without any Sexual activity.
Sounds like they just enjoyed each others company. Bill must be a Brain Man, not a Boob Man or an Ass Man. LOL
Not my business anyway, just my opinion.
And no, I’m not being sarcastic.
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