Bill Gates

About Bill Gates

Oh, Bill Gates. A name synonymous with ravishing amazing intelligence, laugh-worthy wealth, and apparently record-breaking divorce settlements. Indeed, we know Gates for founding Microsoft, but recently he's made headlines for an entirely different reason – his divorce from Melinda Gates. Now, I already thought splitting CD collections with my exes were messy breakups, but try sifting through $65 BILLION in assets ... All I can say is good luck, dating world!

Indeed, when news broke about the Gates' divorce, many in the love department raised question marks; if two people worth that much couldn't make it, what hope did mere regular financially crippled mortals like us stand? But instead of looking at the figures and sighing at our revolving door romance noirs complemented by reused Netflix subscription for our night outs, let’s focus on a bright side. On the scale minus to Bill, no divorce has ever looked this hilariously expensive.

As is expected in ‘un-billionaire-like’ divorces, designers create new dresses. Similarly, following Bill Gate’s $65 billion net worth divorce, somewhere a fancy New York Law firm is popping champagne over a billing session that will look like Schindler’s fiscal year. From this expensive dose, the bittersweet lesson meant is 'maybe the words expensive and love shouldn’t go together unless you speak of leaving an uncomfortably expensive get well soon gift on the doorstep of an ex dating a yoga instructor.' The extent of the damage aside, love life moves on, so here's hoping for better luck in love and maybe cheaper future breakups for poor (metaphorically-speaking) Bill!