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Old 05-31-2012, 12:28 PM
 
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Are you really equating an inanimate object like a video game remote controller to a LIVE, HUMAN BEING???? Are you serious??? For real ??? OMG..

The comparison is apples and oranges. Hobbies can NOT reciprocate love, all the can do is PROVIDE you with enjoyment or pleasure. When you are angry and want to argue, will a video game suddenly jump off the table and smack you???
Why would anyone want to argue with someone they are in love with?
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Old 05-31-2012, 12:28 PM
 
Location: Texas
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Just saying that the argument that relationships suck up your personal free time is wack!
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Old 05-31-2012, 12:36 PM
 
Location: Chicagoland
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Could it be that he got the “first vagina syndrome” or whatever it is called? Where a young guy gets a taste of it for the first time and then his soul is owned by that girl. If it is true that she had those roles and he crawled behind her following those rules then I won’t be surprised if she’s another woman who married a rich man with a contract before getting married on how much allowance he should give her, how often he should buy her a new car, etc. I think as bad for the guys who end up signing those contracts.

I am not sure if it's the greatest idea for a young billionaire to marry young without first being exposed to the world a little longer.
She is a hard-working, Harvard-educated, top DOCTOR (pediatrician, I believe) who started a non-profit foundation for organ donors. She dated and lived with MZ for years. But, yeah, I'm sure she must be some materialistic, money grubbing b*tch who's just concerned about her allowance. Because most women are like that, aren't they?

p.s. If she were so concerned with allowance, why not demand a big diamond ring rather than the tiny engagement band she got?
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Old 05-31-2012, 12:40 PM
 
Location: Texas
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Lol!!! Exactly.

Why would he want a brilliant, hard-working, community-minded woman for a life partner?
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Old 05-31-2012, 12:41 PM
 
Location: Texas
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What he should do is bachelor it up...then, in ten years, marry some floozy model he has nothing in common with.
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Old 05-31-2012, 12:44 PM
 
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Do you think that, in a "power couple," one person must be tethering their success solely to the other? Is it possible to have an equal partnership where one person is successful alone, but even better with their partner? Do you think one person must have the majority power or serve as the benefactor in a relationship?
From what I could tell, the whole theme of this thread was that being in a relationship automatically catapults a mediocre spouse to idol status. But when applied to the real world we see that the true power couple didnt actually become a couple until both had already achieved power. This power may be, and usually is, achieved independently before it is achieved in a partnership (Brad Pitt/Angelina Jolie, Will Smith/Jada Pinkett, Dwayne Wade/Gabrielle Union, Giselle Bunchion/Tom Brady, Stedman/Oprah, Bill Gates/Melinda Gates etc.)

If it is achieved within the marriage, then by default, they are rarely actually a power couple, but rather a brokering pair, in which one person has very minimal resources as the other person supports their pipe dream using what resources they have.

Both people could certainly be benefactors to one another, but not in the same way, simultaneously.
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Old 05-31-2012, 12:47 PM
 
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Hey, I didnt say it. From what I could tell, the whole theme of this thread was that being in a relationship automatically catapults a mediocre spouse to idol status. But when applied to the real world we see that the true power couple didnt actually become a couple until both had already achieved power. This power may be, and usually is, achieved independently before it is achieved in a partnership (Brad Pitt/Angelina Jolie, Will Smith/Jada Pinkett, Dwayne Wade/Gabrielle Union, Giselle Bunchion/Tom Brady, Stedman/Oprah, Bill Gates/Melinda Gates etc.)

If it is achieved within the marriage, then by default, they are rarely actually a power couple, but rather a brokering pair, in which one person has very minimal resources as the other person supports their pipe dream using what resources they have.
Some of the people you mentioned are really just egomaniacs looking to extend their brand. I don't see people like Tom Brady or Gisele Bundchen as representative of the average American who has achieved some success.
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Old 05-31-2012, 12:47 PM
 
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She is a hard-working, Harvard-educated, top DOCTOR (pediatrician, I believe) who started a non-profit foundation for organ donors. She dated and lived with MZ for years. But, yeah, I'm sure she must be some materialistic, money grubbing b*tch who's just concerned about her allowance. Because most women are like that, aren't they?
Hhhhmm a pediatrician and a billionaire, big difference. Still, if there happened to be a divorce, you know the drill, she becomes a billionaire and gets to keep other assets, properties, and so on.

Not sure we can say ALL women are like that but after seeing how women who marry millionaires/billionaires end up after a divorce, well, it makes you think. Even brilliant working women get entitled to a man’s billions/millions when it comes to divorce. A prenup doesn't guarantee that a man will save his billions/millions in a divorce.
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Old 05-31-2012, 12:48 PM
 
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And if both had a role you can guess who ends up winning after the divorce. Hint: the one who came into marriage without a penny but left with billions.

Could it be that he got the “first vagina syndrome” or whatever it is called? Where a young guy gets a taste of it for the first time and then his soul is owned by that girl. If it is true that she had those roles and he crawled behind her following those rules then I won’t be surprised if she’s another woman who married a rich man with a contract before getting married on how much allowance he should give her, how often he should buy her a new car, etc. I think as bad for the guys who end up signing those contracts.

I am not sure if it's the greatest idea for a young billionaire to marry young without first being exposed to the world a little longer.
True.

And:
Sowing the wild oats in college and then upon or near graduation, selecting an excellent wife specimen could have saved him from what is described here. Not too many people may look at it this way, but IMO, this is one those occasions where being wealthy can make a person vulnerable.
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Old 05-31-2012, 12:51 PM
 
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From what I could tell, the whole theme of this thread was that being in a relationship automatically catapults a mediocre spouse to idol status. But when applied to the real world we see that the true power couple didnt actually become a couple until both had already achieved power. This power may be, and usually is, achieved independently before it is achieved in a partnership (Brad Pitt/Angelina Jolie, Will Smith/Jada Pinkett, Dwayne Wade/Gabrielle Union, Giselle Bunchion/Tom Brady, Stedman/Oprah, Bill Gates/Melinda Gates etc.)

If it is achieved within the marriage, then by default, they are rarely actually a power couple, but rather a brokering pair, in which one person has very minimal resources as the other person supports their pipe dream using what resources they have.

Both people could certainly be benefactors to one another, but not in the same way, simultaneously.
I agree with you except for the bolded part. I just dispute this idea that married men are automatically more successful than single men. Some people are not meant to be married, some people are not even meant to be in a relationship but that doesn't mean they're destined to be losers because they don't have a wife/girlfriend. What ever happened to self-motivation?
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