I won the lottery (a few years ago) AMA

[NCuserer]

NC for this as I remained anonymous, which was fairly pointless as I did tell some family and friends and it spread from there.

[quote bollihigh]@NakedNugget you must have had the stamina for 16 pages. Good point.

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Hurrah! The man has come to tell the ladies they're mumsnetting wrong!
And that one is a liar and the others are credulous fools.

Praise Be.

You sound very level headed op, massive congratulations, how many PM/DM's have you received since starting this thread?

Congratulations OP - you sound like you have managed this really well...

Can I ask, you mentioned regret at who you’ve told, but in the same position how would you have concealed it? - said you had won but pretended the figure was lower or moved and gone NC?

Also how do you approach dating? At what point will you tell a future partner? Will you have a pre-nup if you marry?

I know I’m going to win it too someday. I already have a plan to give some anonymously to a few family members but am also going to give the same to myself so they won’t suspect me, it will be like a giant game of Cleudo and they will never find out who the real winner is.

I am wondering if there was anything you ever really wanted to do, and then you got to do it when you won?

Like I have always wanted to do something creative, write a book, start a business, get a degree in graphic design, but because work got in the way, I just couldn’t do those things. You can do absolutely anything you ever wanted to do, I wonder is it a bit overwhelming?

Sounds like you are really having a great time with the travelling, I’m glad you are really enjoying yourself.

Wishing you all the best and thanks so much for the tip about telling absolutely NOBODY, I will definitely not tell anyone when I win.

Congratulations OP, it's nice to read how grounded and sensible you are having won £14m, that's a huge sum of money. I would definitely take your advice and not tell anyone if I won the lottery, though I'm pretty sure my DM would guess though as she loves the lottery, and we've already had conversations about what we'd do with our winnings.

As a high earner I could probably get away with keeping it quiet to some extent, as the houses in the nicer parts near me easily go for £3m, and don't even seem all that special, just in a sought after location.

I randomly bought a Euromillions ticket for tonight before reading this thread, and the estimated jackpot was £14m. I hope your luck rubs off on me!

Do they just transfer all the money into your account in one bulk sum or is there a special account set up? Does it have a debit card and any spending limits?

Wow a dreamy read, congrats to you, you seem to be doing a great job, but if you were to invest it properly like some others are saying the interest would be massive and you could really help charities out then and do it without revealing information about yourself, pick 10 a year, think how they would benefit.

I must play the lotto and euromillions again, money is meant to circulate and alleviate stress and worry for a lot of people.

A few random acts of kindness would be nice to do too.

Best of luck, from all here and it must be a great job not to be balancing budgets weekly, I can dream.

@TheSpottedZebra you are wildly paraphrasing here and questioning my sexuality to boot!

Praise accepted!

Congratulations OP.

I am just wondering around the thinking behind not sharing with Family and friends.

£14 million would be at a level where I would hope that there are good options on what you could do.

I am just surprised that you did not save Saturday evening MOTD programmes

OP I'm curious about something

If you have a friend earning, say, £20k, what would be your approach to socialising?

I ask because I had a rich friend who I fell out with because she'd moan constantly about my vetoing places to go.

By the end of the friendship, she started trying to take me to places and pay but the damage had been done because it was like she couldn't understand me, just because she married money.

I remember Graham Norton saying he tried to pay for his friends when he got rich and many didn't like it. I might have been all right with that but how do you navigate it without the rich person thinking you're taking the piss?

Why do you need 50 Mulberry bags?

Blood rush watching the football there, I was just saying that I am a little surprised that you did not share more with friends and family - something more formal. Perhaps your dad put you off.

I would like to think that, with that level of winnings that I would give £3m to family and £2m to charities and give to various charities going forward.

What a lovely thread to share. Think I will be buying a ticket this week too!

Do people try to find out how you’re independently wealthy? I’d be very curious and I’d probably assume a rich ex.

What was your thinking behind sharing so little with friends and family up front? Was it their entitled behaviour?

Also OP you say "One of the best things about the pandemic was the ability to close my rentals"

But you could have closed them before?

I'm the opposite, I could no way cope with managing property, I admire people who can do that.

I have an undergraduates and an OU masters, he himself is g&t and wants to go to uni. I don't want him to rely on me financially, I will always encourage him to work and make his own way in life. I will obviously support him when he needs it.

I honestly can't wrap my head around having millions in the bank yet encouraging your only child to work and make his own way. I know a lot of people will agree with the concept but with millions of pounds I would happily see mine through uni if they wanted to go then give them the means to start their own business, and more.

@RadandMad

Why do you need 50 Mulberry bags?

Because she can , I don’t blame you op . Jealous

@roobicoobi

I have an undergraduates and an OU masters, he himself is g&t and wants to go to uni. I don't want him to rely on me financially, I will always encourage him to work and make his own way in life. I will obviously support him when he needs it.

I honestly can't wrap my head around having millions in the bank yet encouraging your only child to work and make his own way. I know a lot of people will agree with the concept but with millions of pounds I would happily see mine through uni if they wanted to go then give them the means to start their own business, and more.

I’ll be honest, oh I won the lottery I’d never work again. I’d hire a chef, a massage therapist and a person to do hair and make up.

I’ll spend my time jet setting, cruising and living my best life!!

The reality is, I wouldn’t do any of that as I have two DC but we’d definitely go to Florida!

Well done OP, you hit the jackpot literally! Enjoy

Facinating! Thanks OP.

I must admit for someone who's own 14 million you dont appear to have been very generous to your family and friends

The key word is “encouraging” roobicoobi. If I was that rich I’d definitely be encouraging my teen DC to aim for an independent life although I’d always support them should they need a hand.

Absolutely fascinating thread!

Congratulations @NCuserer, what a wonderful thing to happen to you and your son. Life long financial security is a priceless thing.

You have come across as a really lovely, level headed kind of person who has enjoyed their good fortune without going crazy. You’ve shared some and invested some and you’re still doing volunteer work. That’s more than generous.

All the best, take care and enjoy what the world has to offer.

@MaloInAnAppleTree

The key word is “encouraging” roobicoobi. If I was that rich I’d definitely be encouraging my teen DC to aim for an independent life although I’d always support them should they need a hand.

I didn't miss the word. Or the meaning.

What was the investigations?