If you won the lottery, would you divorce?

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I was reading about the UKs biggest ever lottery winners who have just announced they have split up. It got me thinking - how many of us would choose to stay with their partner if money was no object?

No!!

I’m with my husband because I’m very much in love with him.

I’d travel the world with him and have amazing adventures.

As sad as it sounds I think I would seriously consider it. I’m not unhappy but I’m not happy either.

No. I'd get a night nanny so we could sleep in the same bed again.

I wouldn't split up but I'd probably buy my own house! I love DH and love our family but sharing a house isn't always easy.

Definitely not, we would enjoy our winnings together!

No!! I love him loads.

We'd probably get back together if we won it.

No, not unless I wanted to before the win and that made it easier I suppose.
But I don't.

No! Money has nothing to do with the reason DH and I are together.
We would probably be much happier together without money worries though.

I'd leave mine as I'd sorted somewhere to live. Wouldn't divorce him though, not sharing the win with him. He led me to believe he was financial solvent when we got together, little did I know the struggles to come.

No, we'd enjoy our winnings together.

Yes. We’ve been separated for a while and I can’t afford to divorce. Bloody hate it.

No not at all. It would give us the opportunity to do all the things we want to do together that we can't afford to now.

We'd live separately, I reckon.

No but I wonder if it’d lead to divorce. When we’ve ever talked about winning big we have very different ideas of what we’d do with the money (I’d want to help all our friends and family and still live a relatively normal life, he’d only want to help a very small number of f&f and then enjoy every luxury within our new budget).

If money was no object I think we'd both be free to pursue our interests (his, action packed sporting holidays, up at the crack of dawn and possibly own a boat and sail around the world....me a loft apartment in the city with many theatre trips, shopping trips, exotic meals and lazy mornings) and I suppose we would drift apart.

My first instinct was yes, but then on second thoughts, most of our issues could be resolved by working fewer hours and having the money to fix the practical issues that are dragging us down and apart, like space for his work stuff and half done DIY. We get on okay when our living space is taken out of the equation.

Not a chance. But... in the series the Crown, the queen and Prince Philip had bedrooms that were next to each other. I would do that. I would shag him and then get in to my own bed and starfish every night so I wouldn’t have to listen to him snoring. He would have to get in my bed in the morning though so I could wake up with him and have a cuddle.

I’m not asking for much 🙈

Why the hell would having money make you leave your partner?*

This is everything that is wrong with MN (that and the trans-bashing).

*unless you’re in a DV situation and need it to escape.

No but I'm not with DH for what he financially provides.

Nope. But then I separated 5 years ago and have been divorced for 3

I would give ex-H 50% of the winnings though.

Nope! We already have a lovely life together, but to expand that to do whatever we wanted would be amazing. We have the "what if we won" talk every so often, and we're on the same page so far!

No because I would still love him, i didn’t marry him for money I married him because I love him

God no, we’d retire immediately and set off on our round the world adventure within hours.

To be fair, they may have ended up splitting at this stage of their lives anyway. The win was a few years ago.

I wouldn’t want to divorce, I would hope we could stick it out even with money.