To feel like this about ex's lottery win?

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My ex has always been lucky with wins on the lottery. A few hundred here, a thousand there.

I have been blocked for a long time but a few days back he unblocked me, we've exchanged pleasantries and he told me he's won the lottery. We're talking a life changing amount here. He can give up work and live off this money with lots to spare for a very luxury lifestyle. I have asked why he unblocked me to get back in contact and he avoids the question entirely. The thing is, I feel utterly bitter about his win. The things I could only dream about with that amount!

AIBU to feel this way and how do I get over it?

Sounds like he's rubbing it in your face. Just block him and carry on with your life.

Just block him. He called you to brag and gloat and say look what you are missing no other reason.

I don’t think it’s unusual to feel this way but ultimately you are the one that will suffer, at the risk of sounding like some positive new agey bullsh*** you need to get to a point where you have gratitude for what you have, take it from someone who has been there, it’s life changing for your happiness and stress levels, hard to do especially in your situation, have a rant to some friends, let the venom out and move on! Maybe he’ll marry a gold digger and she will steal half 🤣

Block him, he's bragging.

Wish him well then Block him then you're not at his beck and call.

Do you have DC with your ex?

He clearly o ly did this to rub your nose in it. Block him and move in, he’s a dickhead no matter how much cash he has.

What are the chances one has multiple wins of a few hundred, a few thousand and now a life changing sum? Just block.

I'm not doing bad for myself. I have a well paid job but it's soooo stressful and tiring. I have longed for a simple life living off the land over in Spain for a long time now and that money would allow me to do that (visa permitting of course!) I'm more than a bit bitter!

I will block him.

Why do you care? Is there unfinished business between you?

Yeah. I’ve known two people that won serious amounts on the lottery, a neighbour opposite and a work colleague’s mum. Both were really nasty, unpleasant people. It’s the way these things often work out. Just block and be grateful you don’t have to listen to his smug comments.

We have no children and broke up in 2018 after 10 years together. We then met up last year but he is very invested in his few friends and meets them almost every day to eat and drink that it left no time for him to see me so I told him so and left it there. He then blocked me for not wanting to see him again and telling him why until now.

Block him and forget him. . Vast amounts of money are not always a good thing, as we see the way some multi million lottery winners have gone .
All the money in the world won't change an arsehole into a nice person

He's only told you to wind you up.
Grey rock him, and block.

It could just be a load of bollox to wind you up, forget him and block, you split up years ago.

I do think that given his enjoyment of eating and drinking with his friends, that he'll squander it on drinking on seaside trips.

That money would massively change my life. It's so unfair that he's got it and not me. I dream of a life away from here!

He unblocked you just to rub it in - what a knob.

You won the lottery when he disappeared from your life. Getting rid of this bellend was truly priceless.

Yes this. He unblocked you to brag. I would block him on everything so I never had to see him or his luxury lifestyle again. If he is a big gambler he will probably blow a good chunk of it anyway. As you have no ties and it’s been 5 years you can move on

It probably is a load of rubbish. OP, why are you so sure he is telling the truth?

Then reassess you life - take this as a sign and do something positive about your own life. You can make changes if You want to - only thing holding you back is you

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he lost big style when he lost you....

Maybe you won’t be rich like him but you can be happy, healthy, have good relationships and work towards your goals. That’s what matters in life

Bollocks is he winning the lottery multiple times. He's using that as a cover for how he's actually got money to spend (credit, probably, if not other types of gambling or crime).

Unblocking you to tell you that is more likely he's 'won the lottery' in he's got some girlfriend to feed, clothe and house him and she's been making annoying noises about him paying his way for a change/where exactly did he get all the money from he claimed he had before he moved in - so he's also scoping out the possibilities for somebody who still believes his stories if she doesn't fall for his usual lies.

I’d send a cheerful ‘congratulations, so glad for you’ then block. Make him think he hasn’t got to you (even if he has) and spoil his fun.

Why is that unfair? To some people your idea of how to spend would be silly, just as you feel his is.

You just sound unreasonable and bitter.
People win stuff, you chose not to re-visit the relationship and this is a consequence of that.

I'd take a lottery win over losing my ex any day! 😏😁