Dhaka, March 18 -- Philanthropist Melinda French Gates shared her desire for people to see her "thriving" after her divorce from Microsoft Co-founder Bill Gates.

In an interview with Elle, Melinda discussed how her life has transformed since the separation and expressed that while divorces are "painful," it is not something she would "wish on any family."

When asked about a part of her book discussing the months before her divorce, Melinda recalled a trip to Santa Fe with Bill, where she realized that the house they had rented once belonged to a couple who had separated. Intrigued, she searched online to learn what had become of them. She was then asked what she would want someone to discover about her if they found themselves in her fo...