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Would you leave your DP if you won the lottery?

94 replies

Fantasisa · 17/05/2019 12:17

DH is annoying me this week and we currently aren't talking to each other. We both think it is the other person's fault!

It got me thinking that if we won the lottery then I could totally see us buying our own properties and splitting which was a bit of a sad but probably realistic thought. Would you and your DP do the same?

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SnappedandFartedagain · 17/05/2019 12:46

Yes absolutely - I dream about it all the time.

ContessaIsOnADietDammit · 17/05/2019 12:48

I'd be very tempted. I'd buy the house for sale 3 doors down, do it up and have the children half the week. All very equitable Grin

Thertruthisoutwhere · 17/05/2019 12:48

No but i would buy a house with a bathroom each, maybe even my own bedroom!

Ivegotthree · 17/05/2019 12:54

No way! Just have fun spending it.

Deadringer · 17/05/2019 12:57

Not exactly, but we would live in separate houses.

happyhillock · 17/05/2019 13:01

No way, we'd have a great time spending it

whitehalleve · 17/05/2019 13:04

Nope . But we'd leave our jobs.

MrTumblesSpottyHag · 17/05/2019 13:31

No, we'd build an amazing house together (with a craft room for me, workshop for him and my own library/sitting room)

Hobosno · 17/05/2019 13:35

Well it would certainly give you the option of splitting (or murder)

Bloomburger · 17/05/2019 13:39

God no. If I win the lottery it'd just enable us to send kids to boarding school and spend more time together 😁

Hiddenaspie1973 · 17/05/2019 13:48

Yes. He won't marry me. I feel really vulnerable and sad. Money would give me and my daughter power, security and stability.
I'd stay in this cesspit of a town for DD as she has school and friends here.

In 5 years, I'd be in a position to sell at profit then move right up North. Either alone or with DD but I reckon she'd prefer to stay here.

TixieLix · 17/05/2019 13:51

Yes! I'd be out of the door before the ink was dry on the cheque! Been married 29 years this year and we've had our ups and downs, with some very bad downs. We're not getting on that well at the moment, but I don't have the money to take on a new mortgage on my own, and I don't want to rent. If I won a huge sum, I'd happily give him a share just for a quick split. It's sad, but that's how it is.

happypotamus · 17/05/2019 14:17

No. If we won the lottery we could buy a bigger house, which would cut down on the arguments about the unfinished bathroom and the clutter everywhere. We could afford a cleaner which would cut down on arguments about mess. There would be less arguing about money. We would be able to afford to go away and spend some time together.

lubeybooby · 17/05/2019 14:20

absolutely not - no better person to share it all with

Littlechocola · 17/05/2019 14:22

No. I would want to spend it with him. He’s quite nice.

icelollycraving · 17/05/2019 14:23

Yep!! I’d have enough for a hit man too so all things are possible Wink

Aimily · 17/05/2019 14:30

Nope, I like him being around too much, even when he's annoying me.

I would like to get us a bigger house though, so he can have his man cave back, he had to give it up for the baby. I'd also like a library...

SwimmingKaren · 17/05/2019 14:31

No, I’d treat him and make him happy and whenever he annoyed me I’d just send him on another skiing trip. Grin

MatchSetPoint · 17/05/2019 14:39

No way! I’d want him to enjoy the money with me, I’d be bored on my own.

MarshaBradyo · 17/05/2019 14:41

Nope we’d have a blast spending it

Stuckforthefourthtime · 17/05/2019 14:47

We have our ups and downs but actually I think that winning the lottery would make us less and not more likely to break up. So much of the pressure in our relationship comes from both of us working a lot, being perpetually tired and not getting time together, as we have no family around or money for weekend childcare. More money would fix a lot of that!

If it's just money keeping you together, what could change about that to make it work?

outvoid · 17/05/2019 15:29

I think you should probably end your relationship before the fantasy lotto win if this is how you’re feeling!

No, I would not leave him just because I won money.

MrsTerryPratchett · 17/05/2019 15:35

I think it would actually solve a lot of DH's arguments and mine. I would get the expensive holidays I want all the time and he would have a lovely clean, tidy house. Bliss. He would have a personal trainer to help him with his constant gym/running injuries. I would have a keto chef.

GreigLaidlawsbarofsoap · 17/05/2019 15:38

No I don't think so but our new house would have lots more space and I'd make sure it came with a massive shed ... Grin

HelpAFattieOutHere · 17/05/2019 15:42

I'd buy a big house and put him all the way over in the East wing so I can't hear him snoring