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To be a bit depressed by the Euromillions story?

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MobLife · 19/05/2022 20:49

I find myself wishing I knew nothing about it and hadn't read the story about the winning couple!
All day I've been ruminating over that extraordinary sum of money and what it must feel like....it's left me feeling really flat especially when the imagination suddenly dissolves and I'm left mulling over my actual reality of bills and debts and whatever.

It's not even like I have a bad life in so far as I've got a roof over my head and a secure job, no posh holidays or particular luxuries but in the fortune position of not having to worry too much about the food bill and can have a meal out once in a while. And we're all healthy which £184million cannot buy.

The irony is I don't even play the bloody lottery!!

But yeh, very very flat

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Lactarius · 19/05/2022 21:36

lancsgirl85 · 19/05/2022 21:32

Me neither 😂

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I definitely wouldn't tell her husband either

AngelicaElizaAndPeggy · 19/05/2022 21:36

Yanbu.

It also makes me so freaking cross when people say stuff like 'oh well, money can't buy happiness'.

Bollocks to that - I'd be ecstatic!

There's always next week's draw...

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MobLife · 19/05/2022 21:36

Yeh I know comparison is the thief of joy etc etc...but it's just SO MUCH MONEY!

The funny thing is I'd be happy with way less than that-I entered one of the ITV competitions earlier today to win £80k and I'd be over the moon to win an amount like that!
There's definitely something to be said for such a bit amount being split though. I live on a little street of about 20 houses all of which were originally council but about 5 are now privately owned-I had a nice daydream of giving each house on my street £2million each and imagining the difference it would make

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BernadetteRostankowskiWolowitz · 19/05/2022 21:37

I'd not turn down any win of any size, but the idea of having to manage that amount of money puts me off ever playing the Lotto.

Even just the management of dishing it all out to charities and family. Knowing where to put it, knowing who to trust to help me male sound financial decisions.....

No thanks.

If the win was a guaranteed 2mil, no more , I'd play every week. That's a manageable sum.

PurassicJark · 19/05/2022 21:38

User3568975431146 · 19/05/2022 21:35

What depressed me about it was that the first thing they did was look up houses with no upper limit.

The first thing I'd have done was find out who sold me it and give them a million.

The number of lives they could change with that amount of money and the first they they do is look at houses. 🙄

Well they were already rich and had land with ponies, can't expect them to give a shit about others. If I was that comfortable with money, why bother playing? Let someone else win that will actually use it to help them and their families.

Redcrayons · 19/05/2022 21:41

I can’t imagine why they’ve gone public, it’s absolute madness.

My current plan is to wait till it’s a low jackpot week, then tell my parents. I’d tell friends I’d had a small inheritance from a relative who died a few years ago.

Angelbaby1985 · 19/05/2022 21:41

someone i knew won an amount donated alot but are not on benifits with no thanks at all from where money was donated so nope i would be greedy and keep it all (i say that but if seen someone in trouble needed help) but not how people on here think i would rather pay lecy and food for a family than give to a charity for example

Booboobibles · 19/05/2022 21:41

I was left thinking that I wouldn’t want to win that much because I’d be scared. Why is 184 million better than winning 20 million? That would be enough to give family and friends a million each, never have to work again and have a luxurious life.

someone was saying it would be lonely to have all that money when your friends are earning 40k a year….why the hell wouldn’t you give all your friends at least 5 million each?!

TheMamaYo · 19/05/2022 21:42

Aww no! I am genuinely happy
for them. I can only imagine how happy they are, and how good it must feel not to think ‘this’ or ‘that’ all the time! Oh, the good they can do with it!! AND have all the luxury they could ever want!
It’s nice that it happens. It keeps the rest of us dreaming too! 😀

Angelbaby1985 · 19/05/2022 21:42

should say now

hellrabbitishere · 19/05/2022 21:43

lollipoprainbow · 19/05/2022 21:06

They were already living in a £600k house so that pissed me off. Why does money always go to money. Wouldn't it be nice if 184 people living in poverty were made millionaires??

i do agree, and it annoys me greatly when its some elderly couple who win a load on it and then insist on carrying on living in their modest small house , and they arent going to let it change their lives , which has me incandescent with rage as whats the bloody point in playing and actually winning it if you arent going to change anything , i do wish people like that could be banned from playing it

SlightlyJaded · 19/05/2022 21:43

If they capped it - a lot of people wouldn't buy tickets. It's the madness of the amount that drives a lot of the ticket sales I think...

But they could cap at £25 or even £50 million for first prize. And then people who were in the next tier down get £10 milion each and then lots of £1 million prizes. That would be a better division but still have a big enough draw to entice those that really just want an obscene win!

minuette1 · 19/05/2022 21:45

Sparklingbrook · 19/05/2022 21:00

I think they were mad to go public. They didn't want to particularly but didn't think they could keep it a secret.

I agree why do people go public - that would be the thing that would ruin your life surely. Do Camelot have a really persuasive PR team as I can't think of any benefits of going public apart from the publicity for Camelot.

Angelbaby1985 · 19/05/2022 21:45

i would never hand over say 5 million to each family member but would clear peoples debits credit cards etc and there morgage

GETTINGLIKEMYMOTHER · 19/05/2022 21:45

How mad are they to go public, though? They will never have a moment’s peace or privacy. They could have given loads away without going public.

LoopyLube · 19/05/2022 21:45

I wonder how long it will take them to split up? And then to tell everyone the money ruined their lives? I think that's what usually happens. I agree they were mad to go public. A lot of people will hate them just because they've got money.

cabansunset · 19/05/2022 21:47

If I ever won that amount I'd make at least 100 people millionaires (friends, family, colleagues, friends of friends, neighbours, kids teachers, our postie etc) and ask them to carry on paying it forward.

I suppose it would be like going public because absolutely everyone would know, but I certainly wouldn't get pictured in the papers.

lightisnotwhite · 19/05/2022 21:48

Leggingslife · 19/05/2022 21:03

I do think it would be better is 183 people won a million each.

No. A million would get you a nice house round here.
Not enough to pay for a good house, get your parents care/ bungalow, start a business and help out your friends.

Nothappyatwork · 19/05/2022 21:48

lollipoprainbow · 19/05/2022 21:06

They were already living in a £600k house so that pissed me off. Why does money always go to money. Wouldn't it be nice if 184 people living in poverty were made millionaires??

I must admit when did roll my eyes when I saw that and thought for fox sake there’s no such thing as karma.

Nothappyatwork · 19/05/2022 21:50

Angelbaby1985 · 19/05/2022 21:45

i would never hand over say 5 million to each family member but would clear peoples debits credit cards etc and there morgage

The trouble is if your cousin is living in a three bed semi and their mortgage is only 100 grand and they can see you living in a six bedroom detached that’s worth a couple of million their level of gratitude for clearing their hundred grand mortgage is likely to be minimal.

Lochjeda · 19/05/2022 21:50

My brothers friend won 54 million. I wouldn't want it. Hes changed so much, he's completely arrogant. He's paranoid and always second guesses people, even when I just spoke to him at my brothers party he was rude and stomped away from me because my brother said he thinks people are only talking to him now because of his money, a guy I've known for decades. I think its a curse in some ways.

ShirleyPhallus · 19/05/2022 21:51

Some absolutely horrible comments on this thread. It’s not really anyone’s business what they plan to spend their money on or that they looked at houses first. You are free to spend your own money as you like and so are they.

Typical jealous comments as usual on here.

Belindabelle · 19/05/2022 21:51

Apparently they went public because they couldn’t rely on others to keep it secret.
Maybe they thought his adult children from his first marriage or even their young children might blurt it out.
I suppose by going public they get to control the narrative.

yellowsuninthesky · 19/05/2022 21:52

I think you could do so much good with the money, but managing it would be a full time job, you'd need people to help you.

But as an example, our town needs a running track so I would pay for that. it wouldn't even cost that much, the main barrier would be the NIMBYs who wouldn't want it.

You could make a big difference to small charities who don't spend most of what they receive on admin and marketing.

You could also make a big difference donating money to local schools.

puppetcat · 19/05/2022 21:53

I agree, too much money to the point of obscenity. Spread the wealth between more people !