In the end some people say they wish they had never won all that loot.
[In no particular order of precedence or importance.]
4. The sudden influx of “long-lost relatives” and “old friends” who creep up out of the woodwork, usually they’re complete strangers who have never even met you, the others really know you but have little or no contact with you, either way, all of them have a sad (and possibly false) story to tell and an open hand.
3. The fighting and arguing with family members and friends over the money and how you should spend it, and their preferences are never have anything to do with the way you want to do it.
2. Many high-ticket winners end up broke and/or bankrupt within a few short years after their windfalls. This can be because the sudden cash flow overwhelms their fiscal knowledge and abilities, or because they place their trust in someone or multiple someones who have better fiscal knowledge and abilities, yet act in their own interests as opposed to the winner.
1. Changing one‘s lifestyle and habits, whether subtly, moderately, or drastically, throws their entire lives off-kilter.
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Merci, mon ami.
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(french French)
Oh wait, I excite you? (Good to know. VERY good to know.)
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I seem to remember all of a sudden how you and I are related to each other, SpunkySenior. On your maternal grandmother‘s side, her great grandfather’s niece’s cousin (thrice removed) married the great uncle of my mother’s paternal grandfather. I’m just sayin’, Auntie. (Cough, cough.)
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Is that “Ahem” or “Amen”, Auntie?
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Thank you, Auntie.
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Randy D 