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Do We, Should We, Care About Bill Gates"s Infidelity

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Warren Buffet resigned from the Gates Foundation. People have Speculated it is because of Bill Gates behavior.
I really don't care about the personal goings on in the business world or celebrity world. I might read it though, because it is a bit juicy to me, but I really don't care or pass judgement.

Is this a moral calamity?

Annette
 
I couldn't care less!
 
Something about Bill Gates apparently.

Maybe he has a big…..portfolio ;)
 
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Is this a moral calamity?
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It's only a moral calamity when the awful, moralizing, willfully ignorant half of the US seizes on it. Brilliant scientist/engineer, brilliant businessman, and among the most generous and civic-minded individuals in global history. But he will be a "cheater" to some -- not like the actual cheaters in business and finance.

We do not know the story. (Or at least I don't.) He did nothing illegal, AFAIK. Maybe she cheated first...? Maybe they had an arrangement...?
 
Why would I care who satan incarnate sleeps with?
 
Infidelity? No. But if he was sexually harassing employees, I wouldn’t want to be associated with him and don’t blame those who are distancing themselves from him for doing so. What do they know that we don’t?
 
(if just infidelity) The only person/people who are directly effected would be his immediate family. And that is their business.
I'm sorry for them that this must be experienced in such a public way.
 
Who am I to Judge? If he was my DH then yes, it’s my business. Otherwise no.
(Plus nobody is perfect).
 
Hi,

Well, my memory cam back to me last night. Warren Buffet, another great philanthropist, has a skeleton in his closet. Apparently he loved two women at the same time. His wife and his mistress. His wife did not go to the many dinners that her husband had to attend. He began showing up with the same women for many years. It was said that he and his wife had an arrangement. They are both Catholic.
the wife lived in the family home that Mr. Buffet now lives in.

After his wife of many yrs passed on, he married his companion. Interesting story, so on second thought, I don't think Warren Buffet cares that Bill Gates was unfaithful to his wife.

I also don't care about politician who are unfaithful to their wives. If they are doing a good job, thats all I care about.

Annette
 
None of my business, but I hate the way the media plaster all kinds of lurid details in the press. They forget that if there are children involved, it’s out there forever.
 
LilAlex said:
Huh? Are you QAnon or just prefer MacOS to Windows...?
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none of the above.
Just an old geek who remembers all the bad things Bill did.
 
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Infidelity? No. None of my business.

Abuse of power in the form of sexual harassment? Yes. Workplace affairs can be nefarious when the man in question is far senior to the woman (assuming a heterosexual relationship). I don’t need to explain, given this, why workplace romances are frowned upon especially when there is a major power imbalance, gender aside.

It’s not just “womanizing” if he’s taking advantage of colleagues and I’m tired of rich, white men getting a shoulder shrug because technically it’s legal.

I don’t know the details of the case nor do I care to. However if I were affiliated professionally I’d steer clear if there was evidence of more than just infidelity.
 
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I don’t know the details nor has he made a statement about it so I don’t have enough information to even have an opinion, not that I’m even inclined to have an opinion at the moment. It’s not like he’s advocating for infidelity or making it a platform, which I would take issue with. If it did occur, it is at the moment a private matter that he is not trying to make public, and therefore I’m uninterested in making it my business. If he starts blogging/facebooking/tweeting about it then I’ll let you know.
 
I don't care. Nobody knows what goes on in a marriage. Maybe they hadn't had sex for years when he started his affair, or maybe she was distant emotionally. Some spouses are very wrapped up in their own lives and activities. I am NOT saying that this makes an affair OK - if so, he could have just divorced her - but the truth is that one spouse can sometimes hurt the other so deeply and/or for so long that the comfort of someone else's arms is a huge relief in the present, especially if they ultimately want to work on the marriage, are waiting for their spouse to wake up and notice them, or want to keep it together for the kids.

It's all very well judging affairs, but no one knows, or takes into account, that it's perfectly possible to treat a spouse very badly without ever being abusive or cheating. Neglect, whether physical or emotional, is a massive marriage-killer.

Affairs are never right, but imo there are some circumstances under which they are at least more understandable than others.

This cautious and nuanced approach does NOT extend to people who are all, "Oh, I have a great spouse who's amazing, I just want more." That attitude is so selfish and entitled. People who cheat under those circumstances are just the pits. I feel more forgiving of people who cheat in a bad marriage but feel trapped or can't face the sadness of not living with their kids full-time, and who may have put up with a spouse's crap for years when someone comes along and revives them. It's still not right, but it's a far cry from someone who's perfectly happy in their marriage but is just a selfish, cheating asshat.

I have no way of knowing what went on in the Gates marriage, so I don't care.
 
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Karl_K said:
none of the above.
Just an old geek who remembers all the bad things Bill did.
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Now I'm interested. What did he do?
 
His infidelity, no. It's gross, but he's far from the last person who cheated on a spouse. But giving someone a roofie or a quaalude and having nonconsensual sex with them sn't just being unfaithful, it's being a rapist.

Phylicia Rashad just go away.
 
I see that I need to read for comprehension. Bill Gates not Bill Cosby. I plead lack of sleep.

Bill Gates is unfaithful to his wife. In other news, the sky is blue today.
 
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