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You go to the newsagent, go through the whole ritual of buying a ticket like you do every week. You think to yourself that you'll never win, it's always going to be the dream that never comes true. Only this time it does. After all these years and all those pound coins you finally hit the jackpot.
Now that you're a millionnaire, you can finally quit working for Thomas Cook or that temporary accounting job. The morgage, all those bills you use to worry about, they don't matter anymore. It's as if all this weight has been lifted off your shoulders, your money problems are all behind you now. You can finally enjoy life.
Oh, if only it was that simple, along with the big novelty cheque you get a whole set of new problems. You've already started arguing with your partner about how to spend the money. Your family has been sending requests for financial help. And now your best friend isn't talking to you because he feels the money has changed you, but you know it's just because he's jealous.
Still want to win the lottery?
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So what would you do with all the money? Would it change you at all? Do you think your family or your friends would see you differently now that you're stinking rich?
GP would it solve all your problems?
Kawada you could finally move to Japan and give up the idea of teaching.
@ngel you could buy your boys anything they wanted, but would your sisters be jealous of your new wealth?
pb, you can tell your daughters tales of princesses and you can bring them up as one. Or would they turn into spoilt little brats when they're older?
> That's fine by me, excellent
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> I'd.. become Batman
And fight crime? Or are you happy to just prance around in the costume ;-D
I'd make sure all my close family and friends were sorted financially and all the people I'd not given to wouldn't be close family or friends so what they thought of me wouldn't matter to me anyway.
As long as you keep your feet on the ground and remember your life before the win it won't ruin your life.
> I wonder how easily you could live off £1 million for the
> rest of your life.
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If you didnt buy a house and instead used the interest from the 1 million to pay bills etc you could easily live off the 1 million, but you couldnt have a millionaires lifestyle. It does however mean that you could then get a job you liked that doesnt have to pay well, maybe only part time or something. You'd be able to afford to go on nice holidays and have a decent car (i.e. a brand new saloon, NOT a Ferrari), without needing to do much work. If you actually did do lots of work you'd be even better off again.
hehe
I'd.. become Batman
I think I'd buy houses all over the world (especially in Costa Rica) and live on permanent holiday. *cheers* Oh, and I'd give Grix Thraves a cut, since he's been my best friend/confidant for the longest..
> Hey, I just noticed, I'm no longer a JAT, I'm a new user. All in
> red!
We should make a group :-)
I seem to remember, not too long ago, a Euromillions draw that had rolled over something like 11 times; the jackpot was £120,000,000.
My friends and I often contemplate what we would do with that kind of money, it is tempting isn't it, even with what has been said here. 120m could buy a lot of games snake :-P DMC3 would be yours at last.
I seem to remember I would give 10m to charity, 40m to all my friends and family, and that would leave me with 70m to do with what I pleased. Somehow I calculated that using a compound interest account of around 5%, I could easily live off the interest (assuming the lack of inflation etc.)
With the 70m I would move to New Zealand, and start a new life...
I think I would be fine :-D