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    Default Money Truly Doesn't Buy Happiness - World's Richest Man Bezos Is Getting A Divorce...

    "In a message Wednesday on Mr. Bezos’s Twitter account, the couple said that after a trial separation, they had chosen to proceed with the divorce.

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    If we had known we would separate after 25 years, we would do it all again,” they said. “We’ve had such a great life together as a married couple, and we also see wonderful futures ahead, as parents, friends, partners in ventures and projects, and as individuals pursuing ventures and adventures.”

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    "Ms. Bezos, who was instrumental in helping to launch Amazon, could be entitled to half the couple’s wealth depending on where they divorce, attorneys said. If Ms. Bezos ends up with a chunk of Mr. Bezos’s stake, she could influence shareholder votes on resolutions and press for changes at the company. "



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    All that money and it can't make them happy.

    Maybe it is guilt stress over treating workers badly?
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    That's sad, no matter who it is.

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    Quote Originally Posted by ThatOwlWoman View Post
    That's sad, no matter who it is.
    I don't think so.. The key language is that they would do it all again.. Ultimately each of us has to live our own life.
    He who is the author of a war lets loose the whole contagion of hell and opens a vein that bleeds a nation to death. Thomas Paine

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    Quote Originally Posted by kudzu View Post
    I don't think so.. The key language is that they would do it all again.. Ultimately each of us has to live our own life.
    I guess so.

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    Hello kudzu,

    Quote Originally Posted by kudzu View Post
    I don't think so.. The key language is that they would do it all again.. Ultimately each of us has to live our own life.
    I'm sure a lot of divorcees would marry their first again if they could go back in time. They didn't know then what they do know now.
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    Money hasn't seemed to help President Trump be very happy, either.

    He's had a few divorces.
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    Quote Originally Posted by PoliTalker View Post
    Money hasn't seemed to help President Trump be very happy, either.

    He's had a few divorces.

    Trump has been an outsider all his life.. and subject to ridicule because of his behavior.. Americans need to realize that at this point he wants to destroy our institutions and hurt Americans because we have failed to adequately worship him and relieve his anger and insecurity. Please remember this.
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    Quote Originally Posted by kudzu View Post
    Trump has been an outsider all his life.. and subject to ridicule because of his behavior.. Americans need to realize that at this point he wants to destroy our institutions and hurt Americans because we have failed to adequately worship him and relieve his anger and insecurity. Please remember this.
    That's exactly how I see it as well. It's obvious that he is in competition with Obama, who he spent years putting down even before 2016. Is it a coincidence that he reneged on the budget deal about the same time that it was reported that Obama was the most admired man?

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    Hello kudzu,

    Quote Originally Posted by kudzu View Post
    Trump has been an outsider all his life.. and subject to ridicule because of his behavior.. Americans need to realize that at this point he wants to destroy our institutions and hurt Americans because we have failed to adequately worship him and relieve his anger and insecurity. Please remember this.
    I wish I COULD forget. I agree 100%.

    The fact that we put this mentally deranged person in the White House shows we don't understand wealth and happiness very well in this country. We are a young country. Hopefully we will learn. It would not hurt us at all to move away from so much wealth worship. I'm there. I am rich by some standards, not by others. It is a matter of perspective. But I know wealth does not buy happiness. When I look for happiness, I look for things that might make me happy. That COULD be something I buy, or it could also be an experience already available to me, possibly as part of a relationship I have with another human being(s), something which does not require money to participate in. Maybe just chatting here and expanding my understanding of what motivates people to hold their views. Or it could be accomplishing things, making goals and fulfilling them. I don't worship wealth. I could have far more wealth if I made that a priority but I don't see the point.

    The secret of life is not getting rich. It is enjoying the passage of time.

    We only have so much time to be alive, a finite number of days. Happiness is not a factor how how much wealth one can accumulate during that time. It is a factor of what you do with your allotted time. Wealth won't buy you any more time. If you spend all your good years seeking wealth, you may find that your body gives out before you can use that wealth to enhance your enjoyment of life. What a shame.

    Trump said he was going to quit playing golf if he was elected. He was fooling himself. He didn't realize that even though he plays a hi-stress game of golf, talking all the time and cheating, he gets a relief out of the game. Personally, when I play golf, I like it because I get to leave the cares of the real world behind and focus on this one challenging activity. It's fun to have the goal of playing well and then see if you can do it. I never do for a whole round, but I do have some incredible shots and holes. I learned long ago not to beat myself up for not being perfect and to accept what I can do for the value of that. I could never enjoy the game with somebody like President Trump, because he can't relax. He's is always talking, talks over other players shots UNFORGIVABLE! and talks about politics and heavy stuff during the game. To me that is a game-spoiler, but he can't separate from his stressors and takes all that baggage with him around the links. But then he doesn't drink, either. Heck. I like a beer or two while playing.

    I'm not surprised he can't quit golf. He was fooling himself when he said he would. I'm sure he really believed it when he said it. He just doesn't think things through. That's the problem with a short attention-span. ps. I can enjoy a game on a cheap public course as much as a game at an exclusive manicured course. I view both as an equal challenge and equally enjoyable. I'm sure Trump is the type who could not stoop to playing a public course, doesn't think it's any fun unless it's a high-dollar course. Fool. It can be a LOT of fun. Are you kidding me? He's spoiled!
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    Quote Originally Posted by PoliTalker View Post
    Hello kudzu,



    I wish I COULD forget. I agree 100%.

    The fact that we put this mentally deranged person in the White House shows we don't understand wealth and happiness very well in this country. We are a young country. Hopefully we will learn. It would not hurt us at all to move away from so much wealth worship. I'm there. I am rich by some standards, not by others. It is a matter of perspective. But I know wealth does not buy happiness. When I look for happiness, I look for things that might make me happy. That COULD be something I buy, or it could also be an experience already available to me, possibly as part of a relationship I have with another human being(s), something which does not require money to participate in. Maybe just chatting here and expanding my understanding of what motivates people to hold their views. Or it could be accomplishing things, making goals and fulfilling them. I don't worship wealth. I could have far more wealth if I made that a priority but I don't see the point.

    The secret of life is not getting rich. It is enjoying the passage of time.

    We only have so much time to be alive, a finite number of days. Happiness is not a factor how how much wealth one can accumulate during that time. It is a factor of what you do with your allotted time. Wealth won't buy you any more time. If you spend all your good years seeking wealth, you may find that your body gives out before you can use that wealth to enhance your enjoyment of life. What a shame.

    Trump said he was going to quit playing golf if he was elected. He was fooling himself. He didn't realize that even though he plays a hi-stress game of golf, talking all the time and cheating, he gets a relief out of the game.


    Personally, when I play golf, I like it because I get to leave the cares of the real world behind and focus on this one challenging activity. It's fun to have the goal of playing well and then see if you can do it. I never do for a whole round, but I do have some incredible shots and holes. I learned long ago not to beat myself up for not being perfect and to accept what I can do for the value of that.

    I could never enjoy the game with somebody like President Trump, because he can't relax. He's is always talking, talks over other players shots UNFORGIVABLE! and talks about politics and heavy stuff during the game.

    To me that is a game-spoiler, but he can't separate from his stressors and takes all that baggage with him around the links. But then he doesn't drink, either. Heck. I like a beer or two while playing.

    I'm not surprised he can't quit golf. He was fooling himself when he said he would. I'm sure he really believed it when he said it. He just doesn't think things through. That's the problem with a short attention-span. ps. I can enjoy a game on a cheap public course as much as a game at an exclusive manicured course.

    I view both as an equal challenge and equally enjoyable. I'm sure Trump is the type who could not stoop to playing a public course, doesn't think it's any fun unless it's a high-dollar course. Fool. It can be a LOT of fun. Are you kidding me? He's spoiled!
    Great post.. I think Trump is miserable and that's what makes him capable of lying and hurting so many people with his government shut down.

    Yesterday he said that he had been a landlord and when tenants got in financial trouble landlords work with them.
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    Quote Originally Posted by kudzu View Post
    Great post.. I think Trump is miserable and that's what makes him capable of lying and hurting so many people with his government shut down.

    Yesterday he said that he had been a landlord and when tenants got in financial trouble landlords work with them.
    ...and? Landlords should work with their otherwise dependable tenants....
    (...this is the Dems problem now....this could be over with one 30 minute meeting.... BUT they choose hate for one person over the well being of so many of their constituents...let them reach out and help *until they're done pouting....)‘

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    Happiness can't be purchased.

    Plenty of people are quite happy with their lives, even if they are not rich.

    And there are very rich people who are not happy. Such as the richest man on Earth.

    And our President.
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    Quote Originally Posted by PoliTalker View Post
    Happiness can't be purchased.

    Plenty of people are quite happy with their lives, even if they are not rich.

    And there are very rich people who are not happy. Such as the richest man on Earth.

    And our President.
    Teabaggers have a history of blurting out that liberals are "jealous" of Trump's wealth, Romney's wealth, Koch brothers wealth, et al.

    To me, the only type of people who could possibly blurt out that kind of unsubstantiated assertion are those who are profoundly unhappy themselves.

    We all want enough money to be reasonably comfortable. But actual happiness comes from a wellspring of intangibles in life: family, inner peace, self-respect, personal fulfillment, etc, etc. Those cannot be purchased with money.


    I would not entertain the notion for even a nanosecond to trade what I have in my life, for what the Koch brothers have in theirs.

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    Competition kills happiness, and the rich or pretend-rich are very competitive.

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    Quote Originally Posted by iolo View Post
    Competition kills happiness, and the rich or pretend-rich are very competitive.

    Wow the problems of Billionaires
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