The Bachelors

Famous men in history who never married.

Ludwig von Beethoven, famed German composer

- @cccmedia

05/08/22

And as for that American guy you mentioned: I have never heard of him. Was he important?

- @beppi

Nikola Tesla's first citizenship was actually Austrian (because of the Austrian Empire) and then later American.

- @SimCityAT

05/08/22

And as for that American guy you mentioned: I have never heard of him. Was he important?

- @beppi

Wikipedia is your friend. 😃

- @abthree

05/08/22 It was a rhetorical question. (Or should I have written "If I never heard of him, he cannot have been important"?)

Anyway, I did as you suggested and found that he was a forgettable president who neither succeeded in ending slavery nor in preventing a civil war. And that was over 200 years ago and in a country then unimportant to the world, so of not much consequence nowadays.

- @beppi

Jean Paul Sartre (1905-1980).

Sartre maintained an open relationship with philosopher and feminist icon Simone de Beauvoir starting in 1924 .. and they are buried together.

- @cccmedia

Simcity: The main point of his post is probably saying that this Mr. Swindle didn't get the point (of why humankind is forming fixed partnerships since as long as science can tell).

Or maybe he believes in tit himself and uses it in order to believe that bad luck with the opposite sex is a reasonable decision.

- @beppi

Hello to all,

I hope that you are doing well.

As you know,the Expat Cafe - open discussions is a place where you can post random stuff without being off topic. That is exactly what ccc media has done here. You also noticed that this is something he does often on this forum.

You have the right to disagree with what someone posts, but keep in mind that you are all Experts on different forums and argumentative posts are not really nice to see from an Expert.

If you want to discuss this topic further, let me know via private message.

For now, let's take a deep breath, be friendly and try to be understanding.

I can count on you.

Cheers,

Cheryl

CCCmedia: If you think surviving on US$210k/year is remarkable, please consider that this amount is (coincidentally) the average yearly income of all humans currently living. That means: Half of them manage to live on less (and some much less)!

But if you meant it is remerkable that he gets that much in passive income without doing anything of value for it: Shame on that lazy bastard!

- @beppi

CCCmedia: If you think surviving on US$210k/year is remarkable, please consider that this amount is (coincidentally) the average yearly income of all humans currently living. That means: Half of them manage to live on less (and some much less)!

But if you meant it is remerkable that he gets that much in passive income without doing anything of value for it: Shame on that lazy bastard!

- @beppi

CCCmedia: If you think surviving on US$210k/year is remarkable, please consider that this amount is (coincidentally) the average yearly income of all humans currently living. That means: Half of them manage to live on less (and some much less)!

But if you meant it is remerkable that he gets that much in passive income without doing anything of value for it: Shame on that lazy bastard!

- @beppi

My post contained a typing error, which obscured the message (and unfortunately I cannot edit it any longer):

The average income of humankind is of course US$ 10 k / year, not 210 k.

Anyone earning above that is rich on a global scale!

Thanks to Oceanbeach for pointing this out!

- @beppi

The case of Alan Miller.

When British businessman Alan Miller married his wife Melissa in 2003, he thought it was forever.

She immediately decided to give up work including her 85,000-pound salary to become a so-called 'Harvey Nichols wife' -- devoted to shopping and lunching.

When they separated after two years nine months, Alan Miller was forced to pay her a 5 million-pound divorce settlement, which included his 2.7 million-pound house in Chelsea and 2.3 million pounds in a lump sum, even though the couple were childless.

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Former Arsenal footballer Ray Parlour was married for six years.  In divorce he was ordered to pay his ex-wife 406,500 pounds annually from his future earnings.  That was in addition to Parlour having to give his ex two mortgage-free houses, paying regular child support for their three children and paying a tax-free lump sum to her of 250,000 pounds.

Source... dailymail.co.uk

- @cccmedia

05/22/22 Prenuptial agreements.

If a superstar baseball player with enormous wealth available to hire the best attorneys had to struggle through a costly divorce even with a pre-nup, his case is a cautionary tale for lesser mortals.

Prenuptial agreements.

Dear Romaniac,

Prenups have protected many men, but are not 'bullet-proof'.

For instance, divorce courts can order major awards for child support based on the number of children and the lifestyle they previously enjoyed.

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Also, let's look at the case of the famous baseball slugger Barry Bonds.

In 1987 as a 23-year-old player with Pittsburgh making $100,000 a year, Bonds met his future wife Sun in Montreal.  Sun was a Swedish woman with questionable ability to understand English legalese.

She signed a pre-nup prepared by Bonds' lawyer one day before her 1988 wedding to Bonds.

In 1994, when divorce proceedings were underway, the pre-nup was challenged on the bases that Sun did not have her own lawyer, may not have understood the terms of the contract and may have been under duress -- the wedding might have been called off at the last minute without her signature.

A long and costly legal battle ensued .. and the matter was ultimately settled.

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By then, Bonds was earning $5-million a year from the San Francisco Giants.  If a superstar baseball player with enormous wealth available to hire the best attorneys had to struggle through a costly divorce even with a pre-nup, his case is a cautionary tale for lesser mortals.

cccmedia

- @cccmedia

Loneliness is kinda nice.

- @cccmedia

Famous bachelor does it again.

Famous bachelor and actor Leonardo DiCaprio

has followed his longtime pattern .. and

broken off with a girlfriend before she

passed age 25.

DiCaprio, 47, had been dating American model

and actress Camila Morrone.

According to the episode 'DiCaprio Strikes Again!'

on the YouTube channel The Optimized Man,

this is the eighth time DiCaprio has broken it off

with a girlfriend age 25 or under.

Among the more famous of DiCaprio's

former flames are Blake Lively, Israeli

actress and swimsuit model Bar Rafaeli and

fashion icon Gisele Bundchen (currently

Mrs. Tom Brady).  All were 25 or under at

the time of their split from the star of

'Titanic' and 'The Great Gatsby'.  Recent girlfriend

of four years Camila Morrone was born the

year 'Titanic' premiered (1997).

According to Yahoo! News, recent photos have

emerged of DiCaprio vacationing on

the French Riviera with his "rumored new girlfriend,"

Ukrainian model Maria Beregova.  She is 22 and

lives in London, according to Yahoo! News.

A message for single guys from

The Unplugged Alpha.

Red Pill men's coaches are near-unanimous

in saying a main reason that men are

avoiding opportunities to marry in

Western countries .. is family law.

"Family law is one of the biggest reasons

why guys should not live in a way that

looks like marriage," says Rich Cooper,

author of The Unplugged Alpha.

Family law, says Cooper, has evolved

to become "hostile towards men....

Laws do not apply the same to men

and to women....

"Family law is the number one reason

why you should never get married.

I'm not saying don't have kids.

I'm not saying don't have a relationship

with a woman or women. 

"All I'm saying is don't live in a way

that invites the government to decide

what happens to your kids, to your assets,

to your investments, to your

retirement funds, to your cars, boats,

motorcycles... businesses and

business-related assets.

"Why?  Why would you want to

complicate your life unncecessarily?"

Cooper says he still has lunches with his

personal divorce lawyer .. and recalls

asking the attorney at lunch if he

would ever marry again...

"He said 'No, Rich, I don't see any

benefits in it.  I've resigned myself to

being a lifelong bachelor.  That's just

the way I'm gonna be.'  And he's got a

girlfriend.  They live in separate homes.

He's happy with his life.  And if she

doesn't like that, he lets her go..."

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Rich Cooper has a YouTube channel

with the same name as his book

The Unplugged Alpha.

I do not receive compensation from

Cooper or his channel, nor from any

other person or entity I mention on

this thread.

cccmedia

Slow down, he says, you're movin' too fast.

The host of the Alpha Male 2.0 podcast,

Caleb Jones, has a message for young men...

"Most of you morons fall in love on the third

date and you want to get married immediately.

You're an idiot.  You're an idiot with one-itis

and you need mental health counseling ..

or you need me to punch you in the head.

I don't know what your problem is."

Divorced in his early 30's, Jones dated

widely for a decade and did not rush

into marriage again.

"Why did I take it so slow?  'Cause I wanted

to make g*ddamn sure this was the

ideal woman for me."

The more important a relationship is,

the slower you have to take it, says Jones.

The more potential you think

a woman has, the longer you have to wait,

to make sure she has that potential, he says.

Jones says it's important to recognize that

a woman cannot tell you who she is, she can

only show you who she is.

He waited four years to move in with his

current wife, "Pink Firefly," with whom he

has a relationship that is non-monogamous.

At YouTube.com:

can you find the perfect woman

        alpha male 2.0

Slow down, he says, you're movin' too fast.
The host of the Alpha Male 2.0 podcast,
Caleb Jones, has a message for young men...

"Most of you morons fall in love on the third
date and you want to get married immediately.
You're an idiot. You're an idiot with one-itis
and you need mental health counseling ..
or you need me to punch you in the head.
I don't know what your problem is."

Divorced in his early 30's, Jones dated
widely for a decade and did not rush
into marriage again.

"Why did I take it so slow? 'Cause I wanted
to make g*ddamn sure this was the
ideal woman for me."

The more important a relationship is,
the slower you have to take it, says Jones.
The more potential you think
a woman has, the longer you have to wait,
to make sure she has that potential, he says.

Jones says it's important to recognize that
a woman cannot tell you who she is, she can
only show you who she is.

He waited four years to move in with his
current wife, "Pink Firefly," with whom he
has a relationship that is non-monogamous.

At YouTube.com:
can you find the perfect woman
    alpha male 2.0
-@cccmedia

Non monogamous? a dance step away from no commitment at all.

Well, hell we need more women to respond to some of this.

Commentary is strictly male in context, my opinion, likely my wife's also.

Still, would be more realistic to listen to what a woman has to say.

A marriage is a commitment 100 + percent + both ways. We know what 'we'

both ways, are getting 'into' and should be 'perceived' as to be both ways also. Again, just my

monogamous opinion speaking.

A a former employer, with a good number of  employees. As I once told a 'player' employee: " If you want to

brag about your lack of commitment with your family, then why should I expect you to commit

to any loyalty to the people of our company?

The flaw in commentary of our Expat site is just that! Way too many of us guys, speaking

our minds, no balance in perspective. Guess that the way it works, ...for now. Until

a strooooog woman shows up here, kicks ass, takes names, brings more balance.

Then that's just what it will be.

My opinion anyway, just mine? maybe? anyone else? Huh?

OK, lets wait and listen.

MAc