It's official - Bill and Melinda Gates are heading for divorce. But rather than despair that yet another power couple has ended things - some people are actually rejoicing.
Now that the billionaire Microsoft founder is back on the market after nearly three decades, people really are shooting their shot.
Or at the very least, they're planning to. Some are even sharing their very meticulous ploys to win over one of the wealthiest men on the planet.
Very few, though, are as detailed and creative as one not-so-secret admirer, who shared on Reddit their plan to win over Gates's heart.
User LordCitrus starts off the lengthy post by explaining that their seduction of Gates "has to be natural".
The social media user adds: "I don't think Bill would take kindly to all the gold-diggers plotting to seduce him as we speak in dark corners of the internet. I want to captivate him, and make myself accessible at the same time. Get him to make the first move."
LordCitrus then goes on to describe how they would go about capturing the business magnate's attention.
The Reddit user explains: "I'll research his interests, and write multiple NYT bestsellers books in those categories. Then, I'll hold a number of book signings suspiciously overlapping with Bill's travel itinerary until we finally meet for the first time, and we exchange numbers."
Once LordCitrus has made his very existence known to Gates, it's time to get closer to Gates by frequenting his haunts and flashing him a smile at every given opportunity.
LordCitrus adds: "Soon we're talking daily like old friends. About our projects, about our vision for the world, about our loneliness and desires. Something resonates with him, and I feel his heart beat faster whenever we're together. We play tennis, we travel, we work together."
The original poster also shares that they envision their relationship with Gates bringing out Melinda's envious side as she sees him helping out her ex-husband with his foundation.
But while Gates is a genius in the business and tech world, he doesn't seem to realize that a romance is blossoming before his very eyes, according to the Reddit post. That is, until he sees Jeff Bezos - aka the richest man in the world - flirting with Lord Citrus. It then suddenly hits him - he's in love.
Next, a whirlwind romance ensues and after a year, Gates proposes to his new love. In order to show the wealthy philanthropist that his love is real - LordCitrus says he will only marry him with a prenup.
Eventually, the loved-up pair decide they want to start their very own family together.
LordCitrus goes on: "[Gates] funds 150 startups with promising biotechnology to allow two men to conceive a biological child. It's silly. Inane. Will there even be enough market demand to recoup all the research investment? It doesn't matter. He's doing this for us."
Some years later, the unprecedented project yields an embryo with a "perfect mix of our DNA."
The Reddit user adds: "We spend a glorious 20 years together before Bill passes. So short, yet it felt like several lifetimes. Still, the grief is too much and I die of grief still holding his hand an hour later."
The writer concludes the post by referring to himself and recently single Mr. Gates as "soulmates".
Needless to say, many fellow Reddit users were highly amused by LordCitrus's in-depth seduction plan, with one writing: "I think I’ve just read Gone Boy! I laughed SO hard, I hope Bill is somehow reading this thread and chuckling at stuff like this!"
Another shared: "This is some Black Mirror s**t. Also, how'd you have easy access to Bezos but not Gates? They like the same books?"
A third user carried on the tongue-in-cheek tone of the post, writing: "I can’t believe I just cried over some fictional story of a guy seducing Bill Gates."
