Ex-Ex-Ex-Men: The Remarrying Kind [Why do the ultra-rich keep getting married?] (NYT)

The NY Times ^ | January 29, 2006 | KATE ZERNIKE

[summer]

He laughs at me, happily married to wife number one for 13 years and counting

Deep down, he is probably very jealous of you! Because you succeeded where he failed. And failed repeatedly. :)

[summer]

Yes, I remember that movie. In fact, I think Alec Baldwin got divorced in his 7th ear of marriage! :)

[summer]

ear = year

[summer]

Cuz we can!

Ah! THERE's an answer! :)

[ken5050]

His estate tax rate is what, 90%..combined Fed, state and local..so, it wil ultimately cost him $ 2 mill.....

[Luke Skyfreeper]

let's say you can and do turn out a classroom full of Bill Gates every year. Let's just pretend there is a teacher who can do that. Well -- so what? Does that teacher ever share in .01% of the mega-bucks a Bill Gates will then make? No, you do everything out of "the goodness of your heart."

Actually...

Let's say my wife and I do manage to "turn out" a Bill Gates or two (which is possible as business and personal success are a definite and important part of the curriculum). It's likely that we will share in that success - as our students happen to be the same people who are likely to be responsible for our care in our old age. (Assuming we need any care, that is. :-) )

[TADSLOS]

All the usual suspects:

Image, Power, Lust, etc....

I think most of these people just treat it as a business proposition and focus on the contractual aspect instead of the traditional aspect of love and committment. Kind of like a car lease...your mileage may vary.

[freedomlover]

You confused Doris Day and Marilyn Monroe? Are you reading this post in Braille? ;)

[thoughtomator]

I think "mileage" is the key concept to understanding this phenomenon.

[neb52]

"though it may now be slowly starting to swing back that way for younger people today."

Actually like me and most 20 something men we want to be successful before marraige, just to ensure that we can at least wear one leg of the preverbal "pants in this family". Finding an American women today that wants to share or be a parnter in a relationship is really tough.

[summer]

Finding an American women today that wants to share or be a parnter in a relationship is really tough.

That's interesting, because I read a recent NYT article that claimed many young women today are NOT willing to delay childbearing for decades, until they're in their late 30's and 40's, as women of the recent past were willing to do,. These young women today want to get married first, either before college or right away, and have kids right away.

I think if some women today had to do it all over again, they would have had their kids in their 20's instead of later -- in part because waiting for that financial independence promised by Gloria Steinem back then actually never materialized, no matter how hard some women worked.

BTW, good luck to you! :)

[summer]

It's likely that we will share in that success - as our students happen to be the same people who are likely to be responsible for our care in our old age.

Very good points throughout your post! :)

And, I bet most parents would say the same -- but how do all teachers succeed in motivating all parents to ACT upon those beliefs? That parental attitude by more parents would help, considerably, in the world of public education!

[summer]

Yeah, I was thinking about that aspect, too. I am guessing the Ron Perelmans of the world are not too concerned about having someone in their old age, because they know as soon as the current model gets some milage and years, they can trade in for a younger model. Or something like that.

That kind of attitude does seem to take the real romance out of the concepts of live-long love and comittment.

I think life-long love also requires a kind of maturity and discipline that some people, with or without money, may simply lack with respect to a [current] mate.

[grey_whiskers]

What? Over 30 posts and no mention of Rush Limbaugh?

Cheers!