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You win tonight's Lotto. Your best friend gets...

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SeasonallySnowyPeasant · 30/12/2020 17:42

Her mortgage paid off and £10k to do whatever she wants with, on the condition that she and her DH don't tell anyone.

It's a £5.2m jackpot last time I looked.

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iftherewereahorseyinthehouse · 30/12/2020 18:02

@Plonque

My best friend once let slip that she'd expect someone to stump up for everything (like... every last thing!) if she knew they'd won the lottery so I'd be keeping my trap shut.

Is she really your best friend? I actually like my best friend!

TheLightSideOfTheMoon · 30/12/2020 18:03

She'd get a house, driving lessons and a sausage dog puppy.

BettyAndVeronica · 30/12/2020 18:05

I don't have a best friend. I have a few friends, who I have gone through phases of being close with. And some fellow mums I see regularly.

Don't think I'd give much cash out, perhaps a £1k each. But then offer them free holidays at my luxurious holiday home abroad and country retreat. And lots of fantastic parties.

FindHungrySamurai · 30/12/2020 18:05

I’d invite him out for a really posh meal when that’s allowed but wouldn’t give him any cash because he doesn’t need it - he’s very comfortably off.

Glendaruel · 30/12/2020 18:05

Given this is in dreams, covid is cured so we would go on a luxury holiday abroad and visit a load of historical places that my partner has no interest in with a guide who can give us expert knowledge and bring places alive.

BringPizza · 30/12/2020 18:05

Oo nice thread! I don't know, she has no mortgage etc so off the top of my head maybe 150k? I know she'd keep her trap shut, she's a very good egg

I'd give a million or so to charity, or set up a fund or something, and share about 2.5 million between friends and family in a crafty way that I would have to devise. Then the rest to see us through (volunteering, not working) and set the kids up. Most likely give more and more away along the way. I already have a nice house, i like my car, I don't want bling or hangers on.

TedTookVows · 30/12/2020 18:07

Enough money to send her kids to the schools that would be better for them and enough money so she could leave her obnoxious fucking DH and never worry.

Plonque · 30/12/2020 18:07

She is but I think our once deep friendship has suffered, she's become very prone to jealousy and bitter outbursts (the money one is an example but there are many more!) and it's made me a lot more wary of her. Our relationship has been distanced accordingly. Sad really, but true.

BettyAndVeronica · 30/12/2020 18:08

One of my closest friends (was at the time, and god parent to my first born) came in to multi millions. Travels by private jet etc etc..

Had given me a few nice presents from time to time, clothing or make up. No money. Nor would I expect or be comfortable receiving any.

TheBitchOfTheVicar · 30/12/2020 18:10

If it's 5 million plus I'd give her at least 500,000. She absolutely deserves it. No strings

Grobagsforever · 30/12/2020 18:13

Mortgage paid off and 100k to fund her medical treatment

Ughmaybenot · 30/12/2020 18:13

She wants for absolutely nothing, her and her husband are so well off. I’d ask her what three luxury items she wants purely for herself, and do that.

MrsDoctorDear · 30/12/2020 18:13

Buy her a house and give her lovely daughter a deposit for her own place.

GoddamReylos · 30/12/2020 18:14

BFF and I have had a long standing arrangement that should either of us win a large sum, we would take half each. She’s really lucky so I’m hoping she keeps her word!

Impatientwino · 30/12/2020 18:15

I have a friendship group of 4 and I would give to them all equally say £150K lump sum.

I know they all have different desires and lifestyles so I imagine one would pay her mortgage off, do a couple of jobs in the house and save the rest.

Two would pay their mortgages off and then spend the rest on a few holidays and one would probably gift her son some of it.

One would use the money to buy a bigger house with land and outbuildings so she can have her elderly parents closer (like she wants) start her dream business of boarding kennels and maybe breeding and leave the NHS having worked tirelessly for many years.

After I'd accrued a decent amount of interest I'd gift them some more so they could invest it in a buy to let as a bit of an income for later life or could put into pension fund or splurge on whatever they like frankly!

There would also be an enormous amount of afternoon teas (read cake), champagne and weekends away at naice holiday lets in lovely countryside for walks and sitting in dressing gowns in front of a fire, eating cheese and drinking a decent red.

If we won something in 50 million type territory obviously amounts would be larger and I'd love to gift them all some money to gift out themselves - sort of like passing it on through wider circles.

SantasBritchesSpelleas · 30/12/2020 18:17

No best friend! I'd give my sister £1M.

Iamblossom · 30/12/2020 18:20

@theunamedcat both DH and I properly LOLed at your post... 😂

kirktonhouse · 30/12/2020 18:20

A rich friend

Bunchup · 30/12/2020 18:20

Nothing. Giving people money doesn't make them grateful. It makes them wonder why you don't give them more.

A lot of people have a very shaky grasp of human psychology.

Alarae · 30/12/2020 18:21

Probably 100k to set into a savings account so she will feel like she has personal security. She earns less than her partner so its almost a comfort blanket just in case the worst happened.

Then I will buy a house for her and her to be DH, as they have both been an invaluable support to me.

After that it will just be fun things. She would be my fun partner, so when everything opens there would be lots of theatre trips, concerts etc.

AriesTheRam · 30/12/2020 18:22

I'd also pay for a friend's divorce to get her away from her financially abusive prick of a dh

PicsInRed · 30/12/2020 18:22

told nothing about it ever.

That's how lotto winners keep friends and remain anonymous.

PicsInRed · 30/12/2020 18:25

@Bunchup

Nothing. Giving people money doesn't make them grateful. It makes them wonder why you don't give them more.

A lot of people have a very shaky grasp of human psychology.

Sadly this is how it often works out. Resentment and the tabloid press informed and at your door waiting for your divorce and life destruction with a globby drool.

Keep your mouth and your wallet shut.

shamus2020 · 30/12/2020 18:26

I would give her 50k. I have a lot of kids and family so can't go too overboard

SantasBritchesSpelleas · 30/12/2020 18:28

There's no one, other than my immediate family, that I like well enough to give money to. I would rather donate to a carefully chosen charity.

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