Melinda French Gates on what ‘blocks' Monday mornings on her calendar: ‘I've been …'
always consults her three closest female friends on every major life decision. The former wife of
Microsoft
co-founder
has described her friends as essential to her choices.
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In an interview from last year, which was posted on her YouTube channel, Gates told Oprah Winfrey and Gayle King about her friends. In the interview, she noted that her calendar is blocked every Monday morning for walks with these friends, stating, 'If you're in town, you walk.' Clips from the original interview which was published ahead of Gates' 60th birthday, were also shared by King on her Instagram profile.
In one of the
that King shared on Gates' 60th birthday in August 2024, she said: 'I've been incredibly lucky to have three female friends now for over 30 years.
They are my truth council. Whenever I'm going to make a really hard decision or make a big transition, I know I have to have the courage to tell them…and they're honest with me.'
Gates, whose company
Pivotal Ventures
supports gender equity organisations, sat down with King and Winfrey for her series
'Moments That Make Us'
in 2024. They discussed insights on ageing and the influence of
female friendships
.
What more did Melinda Gates say about her friends
She highlighted the critical role of a support system during her divorce from Bill Gates in 2021, the period she described as
'unbelievably painful.'
'I would not have gotten through my divorce without my three closest friends. There's no chance. You actually need a friend who will tell you the truth even when you don't want to hear it. I'll say about my friends, they have a perspective on me, and I have a perspective on them. When you have a long-term friendship, you've kind of seen it all with the other person,'
Gates continued.
Gates also added that she sees her sixties as a fresh beginning and plans to keep her weekly morning walks as a key part of this new chapter in life.
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'Women used to not talk about their age as if we should be ashamed to be our age. But I'm really proud that I'm about to turn 60. Shouldn't we celebrate? I hope by this age we have some wisdom, right? We don't talk about the importance of deep, deep female friendship,'
Gates highlighted.
King and Winfrey, who have been friends for 50 years, emphasised that their lives would have been different without each other's continuous support, which has guided them through job changes and King's divorce.
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