If you won the lottery, would you divorce?

[Friedeggsandcustard]

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?

Wouldn't your spouse be entitled to half anyway.

I think I would, I think we would split the money and be happier apart.
Still friends for the kids but I'm not convinced we would stay together as a couple.

I am vulnerable financially so would probably have more courage to be honest about what I feel without worrying about whether I could afford to get out if needed.

Yes I think it would be definite possibility.

No chance. I love my husband.

Hell no. We would be planning our adventures together.

No I wouldn’t. We’d have an amazing time together

No of course not. We’ve had some serious fun spending our winnings!!

No, I'm kinda fond of him.

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

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

Perhaps because they want to now and are in too financially precarious a situation to leave? Many women have lost their financial independence after children. It's not difficult to understand. Just requires a tiny bit of empathy. Just like understanding why some women don't want strange males around them.

No, most of our problems come from having no spare cash.

I like hanging out with him and would love being able to afford babysitters and family holidays.

No I'd get a house with a huge shed/workshop in the garden and several half finished bikes and cars....I'd never see him again!

I suppose I'd miss him and drag him off on a holiday or two to make up for it!

Seriously we'd be investing in our business and getting people to run it and retiring!! We'd probably do a lot of our own things as we always do. It's how we survive!

No, because I need someone to leave my kids with when I take off to do long walking routes and ways.

Yep I'm afraid I would. Life would be just so much harder if I kicked him out now so I just keep plodding on.

If I had money to move abroad and never hear from/about him again I'd jump at the chance tbh.

I don't think we would - I think DH would quit work and I would work more though!

We would definitely be spending a fair wodge on making our life easier, cleaners and gardeners and a better home.

Absoluely not. It would be amazing to not have to work, I am worried work is going to make my DH ill TBH so I think it would improve his quality of life no end and therefore make us happier. I love him to bits and am really worried I will be without him if he carries on as he is.

I don't think that it is the lottery win itself that 'brings misery' for the people who separate following a win, I suspect they are couples who were probably heading that way anyway. I doubt PodgeBod is the first who has dearly wished they could afford to leave an unhappy relationship without wreaking absolute havoc with their finances (glad things are better now). That is how I read the OP. Even a fraction of a lottery win would make leaving a possibility for many women who feel they would be happier out of their relationships, say for instance the amount it would take to buy someone out of a jointly owned property. I suspect the number would still be quite high if the question was "Would you leave your spouse / partner if you came into a £100k windfall?" In my 'what I would do if I won £78m on the lottery / if I was women's minister' moments, I always think I would create ways for women to exit relationships with some economic integrity intact.
And personally, I would set him up comfortably somewhere close by, but blissfully run my own household.

Guyliner, nice point about empathy.

No, we have children.

Our main source of arguments is money so if we had it in abundance his endless Amazon deliveries wouldn't piss me off nearly as much 😂😂

I would set up my own "just in case" account though. So that if things ever did go south I know I'd have a way out for me and the kids.

Nope, I love him and DS would be devastated (DD too young to give a monkeys!). I would however get significant domestic helo, some combination of cook, cleaner, housekeeper etc. Plus gardener and handyman as most of our bickering is over chores. Removing the jobs no one likes from our lives would make things day to day much more enjoyable.

Fuck yes

No. I love him lots. A bigger house with separate bedrooms would be bliss though.

He'd have time to pursue his talent (the thing he's currently employed for but works within a company because it's best for the family) he'd win awards in his field (has been nominated in the past). Creative industries.

I'd endow my charity and devote my time to philanthropy.

We share so many loves we'd come together all the time and we have shared plans and dreams.

I think I would find it easier to be married without the money worries to be honest. We would stress a lot less and have time to reconnect without any resentment or concerns about the future.

No!! I'd have another child in a few years. We could never afford another one as things stand. Any time we have come into conflict it has been to do with lack of money... so I'd say an influx of money would improve our relationship rather than break it up.