Yup, chalk another one up for QuikPiks.

I've always wanted to be at one of these press conferences so when the winner says something like "I am going to stay the same, I am going to keep my job" I can respond with "Well then why in the hell would you buy a lottery ticket for an $80 million jackpot??"  Just to see the person's reaction.

Of course they are lying (although they probably don't know it yet).  Although props to the woman who volunteers at the animal shelter.  That's good work.

I can certainly understand your frustration.  So many people NEED this kind of $$$, their homes are in foreclosure or struggling to feed their families and this granny acts like she just won a quilt from the Senior Citizen Center.  Oh how nice to win...it won't change me.   i seriously hope she knows how incredibly fortuante she is to not even seriously need the $$$ 

If you haven't noticed, the people who say "It won't change me" are not exactly kids.  I think that as people age that more and more of them think of the core "me" as something quite apart from the surface appearance.  If I had millions I would drive a new car instead of an 18 year old one.  The carpeting in my house would be new, not worn-out and outdated.   I'd hire a housekeeper and gardener instead of doing it all myself.  I'd get a facelift.  I'd be able to donate $1,000,000 to my favorite charity instead of just $100. 

But all that wouldn't, as I see it, change me.

I'd still be basically a loner.  I'd still value my family, though I might not see them often.  (They live across the country.)  I'd still spend a lot of time reading, quilting, and in the other activities I do now.   I'd still feel it was wrong to spend money lavishly on oneself when one could use it to help humans or animals in need.  I wouldn't change my opinions about abortion or the death penalty or dozens of other things.  Those are some of the things that IMO make me - me.

Some people you might think are changed by large amounts of money haven't really.  They're still the same egotistical and selfish &%!@#* people they were before, just richer ones.

What makes you - you? 

I guess its just the way you take her comments. I mean, I've heard those who say "if you were happy before the win, you'll be happier after."  What I'm thinking about the whole "changing everything" aspect is this:

USING MY OWN LIFE...........

Family~~~~

I am happy with my husband, I adore him dearly.  I have great, beautiful children...for that I am blessed.

Finances~~~~

OH MY LORD I'M IN A SINKING SHIP! Mayday! Mayday! LOL

I guess I'm not a completely happy person..so would I change? HE!! Yes!!!!!!!!!  I have a whole list of things that are either falling apart, or just about ready to.  My body included hehe.  I'm talking a new house, new car, clothes (for once in my life) vacations..(I forgot what they were). I would make the best of everything that has made me miserable for years and years.

I'm thinking this women is one of those (hard to find) happy people who are happy before their wins ya know? Car?..."ah its just fine."  House?...."nothing wrong with it so why move."  Vacations?..."well, don't like to travel too much, but I guess we'll take the grandkids to Disney World or something like that."  How about clothes?....."Oh! I don't mind Walmart." LOL

I can see ones frustration about lack of the desire to go just wak crazy when you are fortunate enough to  win big (as we all wish) then say "Nothings changing, we just have a bigger bank account now."  But I'm thinking that what she may of meant was not changing who they are.  Still want to mow his own lawn......she really enjoys woking with animals........kids at heart Disney World here we come, and well........a $17,000 new car is fine...I don't need a $86,000 car in my driveway.  I'm sure they will splurge on things, but wanted to maybe get the point across that they are not going to go all "ritzy" and change the down to earth people they may have always been.  I'm glad for them though. I think thats a great attitude to have.  No one agrees?

But!!! If they are going to be a "we're gonna live on $3,000 a month budget even though were millionaires" well then ya......don't hoard your money..donate...help those in need....make a difference for someone less fortunate.

I hope they have a blast, and I hope even more that i will have the change to experience that too one day.

Tummy tuck!!! Here I come!!!!!!!

Not really, I just call stupidity when I see it. In "real life" I actually am pretty happy overall.

Thanks, somebody who actually gets it.

How do you know she doesn't and hasn't suffered more than you can possibly imagine? 

GamerMom

At one of the seminars I went to, the speaker told the audience he as looking for someone who needed $2,000,000 and asked different people to prove they needed that much.

It went something like this:

Speaker:

OK, someone prove to me they need $2 million. If I walked up to you and gave you that much, what would you do?

Most common answer:

"I'd buy a house (this ws 1980s), pay my bills, but a new car!"

Speaker:

"You don't need $2 million, you donlt need $1 million, you need about $300,000.......I'm looking for the person with a valid need of $2,000,000."

One guy thought he'd be the one when he mentioned starting a business, etc...but the speaker hit him with a few things he hadn't thought of; did he have a passion for that business, was he looking at going into it only because it might be a money maker, and would he really want to come into $2 million and yet be tied to something that demanded most of his time.

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I think the stats are 50% of jackpot winners are broke within five years of hitting the jackpot. Maybe something mystical kicks in and the cosmos prevents some people from hitting until they're older- knowing that would have piddled it all away on things like cars and trying to impress people.

Just my $.02