AIBU to keep quiet about a competition cash win?

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I’ve won £1000 in a competition but not yet told anyone as I don’t have the money as yet (it does seem like a genuine win!).

At first I thought of telling my immediate family (DH and 3 teens) and sharing it out equally but I’m now thinking of staying quiet, keeping it in my account and just using it for carefree treats for the family as I fear the kids would go on a reckless spending spree (but maybe that’s a good thing too?)

AIBU to keep quiet about the money?

OP, if £1000 is a lot of money to you (as it is to me) then you (like me) are probably best saving it rather than anyone going on a spree.

Tell your DH, put it in savings. It could save you from serious worry one day.

It’s people who view £1k as not that much who can maybe afford to spend it without a second thought.

Tell your husband unless he’s more reckless with money and you could do with it for savings or your household emergency fund, but no need to tell the children.

To those saying keep it quiet from dh. I can just imagine the replies if it was reversed & dh had kept his win a secret.

Could you treat the family to something like a meal or coffee and cake, and just tell your dh? put the rest in savings.

Also, congratulations on the win! nice start to the year.

I'd give everyone £50 each to spend (including yourself!) and put the rest in your savings pot for family treats. Congrats on your win!

That’s less than a month’s wage! It’s not a windfall. Though I am terribly jealous it’s DC’s birthday month haha!

Op, if that is a lot of money to you, you desperately need to put it aside for a rainy day.
It is not for treats for anyone.
Put it away.

£1000 I would keep to myself and just use for extra treats as and when. If I won £200K I would probably keep quiet about the amount and say I had won 20K. I dont share financial information with relatives and I dont ask them about their finances.

It’s not a lot these days so I’d keep quiet and put it in a rainy day account in your own name!

I would tell my DH because I would want to decide together what it was spent on. That’s definitely a great win but not life-changing unfortunately so would likely just go to our savings which are dismal due to the cost of living.

Hold onto it. Say nothing. It will come to good use!

I’d tell my partner, he’d tell me, but we have joint finances and don’t keep things from each other.

I think it’s strange not to tell your partner (and children), unless you’re in some sort of abusive relationship, your partner is a gambler or something like that.

I'd spend it on something I couldn't normally afford, or else keep it intact. It's easy to have an amount like that disappear spending the odd 50 here and there and a few takeaways.

I would keep it quiet and keep it for yourself for emergencies.

£1000 isn’t loads. Keep it

If £1000 is a lot to your family put it aside for when something breaks

Your can tell family but why do you have to give them a share? £1000 is a lot of money. Save it, invest it, or use it slowly for expenses/ treats, it's your wish. Of course all this depends on your relationship with your husband and kids- will they try and take advantage of you and get you to spend that money on them? If the same happened in my house, my dad and I would be super happy for my mom and would never even expect her to share it with us. I would ask her to use it all on her.

I would never not tell my partner and likewise them with me. How would you feel if he won but he kept it from you? The children don't need to know.

Congrats and enjoy! 😀

Shockingly entitled behaviour. £1000 is a lot of money.

I would probably tell DH but not kids. He'd do the same!

£1k isn't the amount to go on a spending spree, unless in very cheap shops.

YANBU to keep quiet about it. Treat yourself.

A £1000 is a huge amount of money to us OP. I’d definitely be telling DH but we share all our finances so for me keeping quiet would feel like a bit of a betrayal. Also we don’t really have that kind of money to treat ourselves so there would definitely be questions asked about how we can suddenly afford a shopping trip/day out. I wouldn’t tell my DC how much we’d won though Nor would I necessarily divide it equally. My DH and I would decide together.

I think you should at least tell your husband.

I despair of MN sometimes - of course £1000 is an amazing windfall for most people. I think you should tell OH. Treat yourselves to something with £200 and stick £800 in your rainy day fund.