I won over $55M in the lottery, but didn’t tell my friends or family

Post by silicon2401 » Mon, Aug 23, 2021, 3:29 PM UTC

robotresearcher wrote: post #207

silicon2401 wrote: post #199

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I highly doubt that you, specifically, or any other commenter in this thread will do anything to help me if I run into trouble. And if one were willing to do something, I would hope that they'd choose to channel their help towards someone their know deserves it like a loved one; not me, who as far as you know could just make up a fake sob story to con selfless strangers on the internet.

Too late, we probably already paid for your K-12 education.

I'm not sure what your point is. I'm happy to benefit from others. If others are happy when I benefit from them then that's great for them, but I don't care much one way or another unless it's a loved one.

Post by bityard » Wed, Aug 25, 2021, 7:16 PM UTC

bostonsre wrote: post #247

bityard wrote: post #223

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If your family refused to speak to you because you didn't share your "wealth" with them, you would pay them off just so they would speak to you again?

Lying to your family and not telling them that you came into a ton of money would be the thing that could piss them off the most. It would seem like either you are being selfish and want it all to yourself or they will think that you think they are money grubbing moochers. Also, yea, I could see not sharing some of that wealth with your family could come off as bad as well. It's not about paying them off. If you love…

Your position seems to be that:

1) If you have wealth, you are obligated to share your wealth with your extended family.

2) If you make a decision to not share your wealth with your extended family, they have a right to be mad at you.

This must be a cultural thing because I can't wrap my head around it. In my culture, money and family relationships are completely separate things. Our family connections are based on staying in touch with each other and spending time with the ones who are worth your time and attention. Money doesn't enter into the relationship at all. In fact, I'm reasonably certain that if I were to offer money anyone in my family, they would be deeply offended.

> If you love someone, you want to help them and make them happy.

This is a fallacy: money does not solve problems and it does not make anyone happy. You'll figure that out on your own eventually, though.

Re: I won over $55M in the lottery, but didn’t tell my friends or family

Re: I won over $55M in the lottery, but didn’t tell my friends or family