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For pure daydream fun - if you won the lottery, would you tell your kids?

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Florally · 21/03/2025 23:20

Tonights lottery was a lovely sky high amount and obviously someone has won it now and I’m certain it isn’t us but daydreaming is a family activity 😂

My DH, the kids and I in the car on a drive today talking about what we would do, where we would travel etc…

never thought about it (obviously will never be an issue 😂) but DH said - ‘we wouldn’t even tell you we won! Or you would tell friends and it would change stuff…’

So… would you tell you kids? Mine are tween age if helps!

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Mummen · 21/03/2025 23:27

Your DH has a good point! I don't think I could keep it from them though.

Evolutionarygoals · 21/03/2025 23:28

Interesting question! DD is only 5 so I don't think we'd tell her. I think we'd have to work out a way to let her gently understand that our fancy lifestyle is down to luck; not everyone has caviar and lobster for tea every night.
My main worry for when we win the lottery tomorrow night (...ahem...) is that there are no fancy houses for sale in our area. But DD is very settled in reception and I don't think I'd want to move her. So we'd be in the ridiculous position of being millionaires in a slightly crappy semi. It's a conundrum

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Florally · 21/03/2025 23:32

That’s so funny.. I actually love our house so much that the first thing on my daydream was ‘oh do the house stuff like a new front door and the garden!’ And my DH was open mouthed - ‘160 million and you’d stay here and do the garden?’

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PaintYourAssLikeRembrandt · 21/03/2025 23:33

I would tell my older kids, and tell the younger ones when they are mature enough.

I wouldn't tell anyone else though.

If I bought a bigger house or car then I would kill off an eccentric family member from abroad who left me just enough to afford the house.

Sportacus17 · 21/03/2025 23:33

I have actually thought about this before, and no I would not tell them !

MounjaroOnMyMind · 21/03/2025 23:34

I've just started reading an Adele Parks' novel called "Just My Luck" which involves the parents telling their children from the start that they'd won the lottery. I'm enjoying the book but think (so far) that everything would've been different if they hadn't!

Evolutionarygoals · 21/03/2025 23:34

I love our house too, and I'd definitely do it up before selling (I'd want to treat it with our winnings). But I'd drop it like a hot brick for one of the houses on www.inigo.com

NotOnThe · 21/03/2025 23:41

Nope I'd keep it quiet

pizzaHeart · 21/03/2025 23:41

I probably wouldn’t. DD is older teen but she has additional needs so some concepts are difficult for her. I wouldn’t tell relatives for sure, I was thinking about this before and it’s my final decision.
The house one is a hard one. It’s too small but I love it so not sure if I want to move, probably just to extend and redo both back and front gardens. I need to think about this one.

TheAlertFinch · 21/03/2025 23:46

Of course I would tell them and share it with them.

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Florally · 21/03/2025 23:47

I’m thinking with the hypothetical 160 million I would keep my house and just spend so much time travelling that it would be a bolthole 😅

My most selfish dream is just deregister the kids from school, book a flight to the first place I want to go and spend the rest of our lives deciding where we want to go next.

Obviously in real life we have beloved DDog and other pets and this couldn’t even be possible with lottery 😂

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MounjaroOnMyMind · 21/03/2025 23:51

Have you not heard of private planes, OP? You could take your dog with you!

HelpMeGetThrough · 22/03/2025 05:37

I would tell ours as they are adults (18 and 23), but they would be told to tell nobody else.

They would be the only ones I’d tell, nobody else, not even the extended family.

Diorchristian · 22/03/2025 07:20

The dc wouldn't be able to keep it secret so no I probably wouldn't tell them

AllProperTeaIsTheft · 22/03/2025 07:26

Yes, it wouldn't remotely occur to me not to tell them! Mine are 16 and 19.

FidosMum84 · 22/03/2025 10:19

Absolutely not! But there’s be signs….like the sudden appearance of high spec kitchen equipment….

Mintymatchmakerheaven · 22/03/2025 10:29

Mine are adults so i would tell them and help them with house purchases. I might not tell them how much i won though

TwoWildlings · 22/03/2025 11:20

I have a 5 and 2 year old. Our 2 year old would obviously not have a clue about a lottery win.
Our 5 year old on the other hand, would definitely understand - she’d be helping us spend it🤣

She saw a camper-van the other day and actually said “ If we win the lottery, can we get a camper-van like that one..could we live in it?”

I’d tell her we’ve won a little bit of money but not talk about it with anyone.

TwoWildlings · 22/03/2025 11:29

not to talk about it with anyone that should say

I think dh and I will stop talking about our hypothetical lotto win when she’s listening! 🫣

Muchtoomuchtodo · 22/03/2025 11:34

Yes, they’d know. I would get them a house each and we’d have some unbelievably posh holidays! There’s no way other people wouldn’t find out as our lifestyle would change. I would hand my notice in at work straight away, but might carry on with some volunteering roles.

Saying that, I know who my friends are and decisions re: difficult family members have already been made so no concerns there (though I appreciate the reality is likely to be more complicated).

Cattery · 22/03/2025 11:35

My sons would be the first people I told!

Dogsaresomucheasier · 22/03/2025 11:38

No way would I tell the younger two, (immature 21 and tween.) Eldest I would.

LER83 · 22/03/2025 11:51

I would tell them we won some money that would enable us to have more holidays, buy a house etc (currently rent), but I wouldn't tell them exactly how much. We would have to buy a house in the local area as eldest has gcse's next year, and we've finally got our youngest back into school after home educating for 2 years due to sen. I wouldn't want to disrupt any of that. But every school holiday we would be on the first plane out! (Plus as pp said, we have pets who we would miss terribly if we did something like travel the world).

bloopbloopeee · 22/03/2025 11:52

MounjaroOnMyMind · 21/03/2025 23:34

I've just started reading an Adele Parks' novel called "Just My Luck" which involves the parents telling their children from the start that they'd won the lottery. I'm enjoying the book but think (so far) that everything would've been different if they hadn't!

I read that too, loved it, but they handled things badly!

bloopbloopeee · 22/03/2025 11:55

I think I'd tell them (all adults and in need of financial help) but wouldn't tell them how much. I'd gift them the money they need to sort themselves out, if enough money I'd buy them flats each. The rest would be to buy myself a house and a new car, then go on holiday!