Active discussions

Meet the Other Phone. Protection built in.

Meet the Other Phone.
Protection built in.

Buy now

Please or to access all these features

Talk
AIBU?

Share your dilemmas and get honest opinions from other Mumsnetters.

Original poster

If you won the Euromillions, would you stay or go?

177 replies

Sundancer77 · 10/08/2019 11:11

Carrying on a Whatsapp discussion from last night with 5 old school friends..all said if they won the lottery or came into a lot of money for example, they’d leave their dp/dh.
It’s come to light to me recently that many many people I know are V unhappy in their relationships and would deep down prefer to be out of it but finances, complications in life, the thought of raising their children alone etc..makes them stay put. On the outside, everything looks great in their lives..it got me thinking ‘Is anybody really happy in their marriage?’ Is it such a rarity? If you had a windfall and were able to make your life a lot easier etc, would you be alone?
I’m also shocked at how people I assumed were happy and look like they have a great life..really don’t.

OP posts:
LakieLady · 10/08/2019 11:13

Stay. We love each other and if we won the Euromillions we'd be able to spend time together doing all the things we enjoy.

earringlady · 10/08/2019 11:13

Stay. He is the best ❤️

demureandgraceful · 10/08/2019 11:15

Stay. Completely devoted to DP. It would be nice to enjoy the money together and build memories with future kids

DrierThanANunsNasty · 10/08/2019 11:15

Blimey!! If I won a huge sum of money, one of the first things I’d do is invest it in my business and then DH’s business... we’d hire a few people to look after each of them and then fuck off around the world together. We have discussed this in great detail haha. I certainly wouldn’t be scarpering. That’s quite sad to see though.

annikin · 10/08/2019 11:15

Wow! Amazed and sad at this! Definitely stay but we could do so many more of the things we'd like to do together.

MsVestibule · 10/08/2019 11:15

Stay, 100%. It would (hopefully!) only improve the already great life we have together.

If I felt that I was only with him because I couldn't afford not to be, I'd be taking serious steps to change that, one way or another.

Bumbags · 10/08/2019 11:16

Definitely stay

Move house
Let him become a bee keeper 🐝

Buyitinbamboo · 10/08/2019 11:17

I find that so sad. 100% stay for me

basicbitch16 · 10/08/2019 11:18

100% stay. He's an amazing dad & husband & I would only hope that it would enhance ours & DCs lives.

BentNeckLady · 10/08/2019 11:18

I’d stay.

CruellaFeinberg · 10/08/2019 11:19

That's actually quite sad really - they're only staying because they haven't got anything better to go to?

I'd love to have a euro win and share it with my DP and family. Hes not perfect, but then neither am I

womblessofwimbledon · 10/08/2019 11:20

Not sure - I might buy myself a bolt hole somewhere nice.

I think I might also be economical with the truth around how much I'd won.

It would be liberating to have finance taken out of the equation.

sawyersfishbiscuits · 10/08/2019 11:22

Stay. Aww I'd love to be able to treat him to a new car. He takes the bus and I have a pretty old car. He has a kind of posh job so I know he'd like to rock up up in a nice car with a lovely suit and expensive shoes etc.
Obviously I'd blow loads on cool stuff for me and the kids too Smile

AGnu · 10/08/2019 11:23

Stay. We made a commitment to each other. Life isn't great all the time, but I can't imagine it would be any better by myself or with someone else. I would encourage DH to go part time at work though. I can't see him giving up work altogether but it'd be nice to have a bit more time to actually see each other! That's probably the biggest strain on our relationship - lack of time.

crispsahoy · 10/08/2019 11:23

I would 100% stay with DH. We have great plans.

However I did leave an ex (dc's dad) after an inheritance, it was a small amount but enough for me to move house without him. I was only staying as I couldn't leave.

AwkwardSquad · 10/08/2019 11:25

Stay. And have a lot of fun doing whatever the hell we want to, together, instead of being permanently knackered and stressed because of our jobs.

Gojojogogogo · 10/08/2019 11:25

Split. He feels the same, he tells me weekly

AwkwardSquad · 10/08/2019 11:26

Hes not perfect, but then neither am I

Yup! Exactly that Grin

GiveMyHeadPeaceffs · 10/08/2019 11:28

I'd leave but I'd make sure my DP was financially well off too. I don't hate my DP but we have different outlooks and goals in life but for now we stay together to raise our ds.

edwinbear · 10/08/2019 11:30

Leave. My DH is a moody, miserable, joy sucking arse - me and the DC would be so much happier without him around.

whereisthebloodypostman · 10/08/2019 11:31

I would stay. All of our problems stem from lack of money and worrying about it.

lyralalala · 10/08/2019 11:33

I'd stay, but I can understand where they are coming from - with my ex finances meant I had to stay longer than I wanted too (or should have).

Inferiorbeing · 10/08/2019 11:34

Stay and invest in his business dreams!

hsegfiugseskufh · 10/08/2019 11:35

Definitely stay!

IdblowJonSnow · 10/08/2019 11:36

I'd stay but get a bolthole or two! What a great day dream! Grin