2 million

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How would that amount change your life right now?

Me-I would fly to America and make my Dd better
Leave my awful relationship and move back to the uk
Buy a house and car and live happily ever after

How much money do you need to make your daughter better? I would 100% donate to a gofund if you set one up.

I could give up the job I am desperate to leave.

If pay off my 3 DC's mortgages. I'd buy a house for foster son. I'd gift my sister's a nice holiday each. I'd gift some to my nephews and nieces. Not sure what I'd do with the rest.

Retire, do the work on the house and garden we are saving for. Pay DS through Uni. Set him off on the property ladder. Give my DBro some cash.

Buy a three or maybe four bedroom detached house.
Get my mum into a lovely care home.
Fly business class to Rio and maybe take a cruise somewhere.
Gift my best friends of 30 years enough to pay off their mortgages.
Donate the rest to four or five charities that have meant a lot to me.

Interesting, I would honestly be scared. I have never bought a lottery ticket because I would be terrified if I were to win. I have no mortgage, no loans, and we have a good life. My fear is that this good life will be interrupted by the pursuit of money. I want my daughter to create her own wealth; I don't want to kill her desire, but rather encourage her to push, fail, and succeed.
I didn't come from a wealthy family; wealth is not in me.
If I inherit the money, I would invest it in S&S and live the life as usual.
A normal, private life is my greatest wealth. Additionally, nothing can buy health and love.

I could quit my stressful job and write full-time. Swap our unfixed-up fixer-upper terrace for a dream house just round the corner. Pay off siblings’ mortgages. Complete my and DP’s pensions. Secure the kids’ futures – university and housing. Enough left to go nuts at the tree shop and plant an orchard in the back garden of the dream house.

I’d take my beautiful DD to the best private gynaecologist I could find and hopefully she could enjoy her remaining teenage years and not be in constant pain. No teenager should be in constant pain and not do normal teenage stuff.

I’d take my mum on a trip to Dorset as that’s where she would take us when we were little if she managed to hide enough money from my alcoholic other parent.

I’d pay off my 12k of CC debt.

I’d pay for my DSisters & my DB to have new teeth as unfortunately toothpaste and brushes were seen as not as important as booze and all our teeth are horrible. I’d pay for my DM too but I know she wouldn’t want them. I also have a friend who I would pay for to have hers done too.

I’d do something nice for my DMIL as she’s really lovely. And definitely something nice for my SIL as she’s lovely too.

I’d pay for my DN to have speech therapy.

I’d buy a house and a reliable car.

Pay off the mortgage. Work part time and do voluntary work i enjoy.

Match what my children earn to help them on their way

Sadly two million in today's economic climate wouldn't stretch far in the south east. However, a bit of planning should help make it go further so I'd take some independent advice first.

I'd pay off the mortgage, boost my pension, ISA, university fees pot & buy houses in trust for dc. If there was a bit left over, I'd buy a holiday cottage or flat I could let to boost my retrement income.

£100k

That would pay the last year of school fees, allow me to finish the renovation of my house, cover ds' university and launch me nicely into retirement.

Do my house up.
Hire a cheap hitwoman to take care of some very nasty people I know.
take a hypnosis course in order to hypnotise my DH to change his stressful and life limiting job with the fiver that would remain.

I only need about 100 to be able to retire so that’s first.
Houses, not flats, for all three DC who are hardworking young adults but all still at home. 550 each. So I have a couple of 100 left. Holiday in Sri Lanka with the kids and rest is savings.
I love a lottery fantasy.

Buy a house for DD and match her wages for a year, buy a small bungalow for us and me and DP would take early retirement and live off the rest.

keep some of it aside for DHs kids for deposit/help with houses. Consider moving. To somewhere detached with bigger garden and a view….more likely buy a bolt hole in London or the lakes.

I'd spend 500k on a house for me.
I'd put 500k into my retirement pot.
I'd invest 250k for each of my kids.

Doing that would allow me to leave my stressful job in three years, get a part-time job to keep things ticking over until I can retire, topped up by existing savings.

I'd be safe, and could enjoy life without having to constantly budget and fret about being fit and well enough to kerp working full-time to old age.

About £300k on a new home. We do have a home already but this amount would buy us a really nice 4 bed.

Pay off DC1’s student loan as tge interest rate is eye watering and cut down the number of days at work. That actually wouldn’t cost that much as I could condense some hours.

I'd buy myself a tiny two-bedroomed cottage with a little guesthouse in the garden. I'd get it all jazzezd up to be cold in summer and warm in winter. Power shower. A little eco-house. Then I'd build a cat sanctuary. Maybe some new clothes that suit my fat arse. I'd put some aside for DD. And get an investment manager. I'd invest what was left and donate to War Child.

Completely do up the house.
Holiday with fancy flights etc.
Buy a small house abroad.

Dh would retire early and we would move near to where our disabled son lives so we could see him every day.

Please share what is wrong with your daughter - is going to the U.S. your only option? How about reaching out for help? Sorry you are having such a miserable time, fingers crossed that lottery win is round the corner.

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