Letter in Dear Abby - Re: If I Win The Lottery

Reply #44

ttech10 — Thu, 21 Feb 2013 06:00:33 GMT

I wonder how many are also getting married simply so they have someone else in which to help pay bills. Basically, to have a glorified roommate. I think there was a lottery story before where the couple divorced after winning because it's something they had been wanting to do, but now have the financial security to do so.

Also, this thread reminded me of a winner that tried to hide her win from her husband and divorced him. He found out, via mail that got sent to him by mistake, and sued... [ More ]

Reply #43

rdgrnr — Thu, 21 Feb 2013 04:18:11 GMT

He saved a fellow sailor, dragged him with his teeth through the water, so the story goes.

His brother Teddy on the other hand, didn't like to save drowning people that much.

Reply #42

maringoman — Thu, 21 Feb 2013 01:48:34 GMT

Yeah. That was a good sitcom. I'm a sitcom junkie

Reply #41

Artist77 — Thu, 21 Feb 2013 01:41:15 GMT

omg lol lol As tootie used to say.....we are in trou-ble

Reply #40

maringoman — Thu, 21 Feb 2013 01:35:08 GMT

ahahaha be sure to say to them no habla ingles and then give them your winningest smile they will have to let you go lmao. On the other hand if you speak French they will not only take you but handcuff you and throw you in the trunk

Reply #39

Artist77 — Thu, 21 Feb 2013 01:24:53 GMT

lol lol Well if I get yanked off the DC subway tomorrow by fed agents, we know who is behind it

Reply #38

maringoman — Thu, 21 Feb 2013 01:21:18 GMT

lol you know he would have your head for saying that about him haha DiCaprio was great in J Edgar

Reply #37

Artist77 — Thu, 21 Feb 2013 01:14:18 GMT

Oh sure, I bet he held things over their heads.....but he wore dresses so I am sure they had dirt on him as well.

Reply #36

maringoman — Thu, 21 Feb 2013 01:02:03 GMT

Oh really? and he had all the resources he needed. If politicians feared him, a lonely intern would have been scared to death to defy him.

Reply #35

Artist77 — Thu, 21 Feb 2013 00:53:12 GMT

No kidding. But he would have been considered law enforcement so there would be an attorney client type privilege there so no disclosures (exists beyond death of both parties believe it or not).

Reply #34

maringoman — Thu, 21 Feb 2013 00:40:08 GMT

J Edgar Hoover must have swore them to silence since non ever wrote a tell all book. They would be NY Times bestsellers lol

Reply #33

billionaire2bee — Thu, 21 Feb 2013 00:38:57 GMT

LOL that a perk of being the president....You don't want to know what I'd be doing in the oval office...

Reply #32

Artist77 — Thu, 21 Feb 2013 00:35:52 GMT

I did not know Kennedy's could swim. lol I am sure his father had something to do with it as well as the ghost writer for Profiles in Courage. Kennedy had the idea for the book but someone else did all the research and writing.

Reply #31

Artist77 — Thu, 21 Feb 2013 00:31:37 GMT

The original intern chaser.

Reply #30

maringoman — Thu, 21 Feb 2013 00:28:48 GMT

Apparently he was helping the nation while helping himself to the interns? lol lucky dog

Reply #29

mcginnin56 — Thu, 21 Feb 2013 00:25:32 GMT

I thought you were talking about great swimmers.

Wasn't Kennedy the hero that saved a drowning soldier off a PT boat

Reply #28

maringoman — Thu, 21 Feb 2013 00:23:30 GMT

I haven't read much about him other than his assasination. I am a little surprised because its him but then again, he was a man so thats that

Reply #27

Artist77 — Thu, 21 Feb 2013 00:19:31 GMT

huh? You were talking about cheaters, right? JFK was infamous.

Reply #26

maringoman — Thu, 21 Feb 2013 00:14:50 GMT

Are you serious right now? haha wow a wolf in sheeps clothing..

Reply #25

Artist77 — Thu, 21 Feb 2013 00:03:52 GMT

You left off JFK.

Reply #24

maringoman — Wed, 20 Feb 2013 22:48:30 GMT

lol I shall drink to that and add to that list Bill Clinton, Franklin D. Roosevelt, Governor Mark Sanford, Elliot Spitzer, Arnold Schwarzenegger etc. While monogamy is good it just is not for everybody

Reply #23

CinCin — Wed, 20 Feb 2013 12:23:28 GMT

ROFL!!!!!!

Now THAT was funny

Reply #22

mcginnin56 — Wed, 20 Feb 2013 10:47:45 GMT

Wives love open marriages

Reply #21

OldSchoolPa — Wed, 20 Feb 2013 10:44:36 GMT

I would remain married but I would continue making it an open marriage. Monogamy is a Euro Judao Christian myth just like current day tithing is a wealth generation scheme by today's money loving prosperity gospel preaching pastors (note that they are the only ones prospering until their secret sins are exposed). Abram, Jacob, King David, and many other righteous men had multiple wives and concubines. So why can't I

Reply #20

mightwin — Sat, 16 Feb 2013 00:28:45 GMT

Technically they would prob get a 1/4 of the jackpot, you a 1/4 and uncle sam gets 1/2. oh wait I forgot the lawyers %..................lol

Reply #19

sully16 — Thu, 14 Feb 2013 17:21:26 GMT

My husbands response would be, ( Sure, I'll stay as long as your 3 brothers are around) hehehe

Reply #18

maximumfun — Thu, 14 Feb 2013 15:58:03 GMT

LOL - well we did our 'informal' polling over here.

Me - I would keep him.

DH - (and I quote) - oh you are gone. you get this house, all the old vehicles, the boat, all our current retirement accounts and the kids... i get everything new and the 20+ year old blond to go with it.

daughter - votes with me to keep him - but that she would keep her husband cuz he is young enough to keep.

daughter's husband - votes with dh that his f-i-l would be moving out. - but that of COURSE he would... [ More ]

Reply #17

savagegoose — Thu, 14 Feb 2013 13:19:10 GMT

Honey! i won the lotto, pack your bags.

Oh wow where are we going?

WE? no we, i want you out by the time i get back from lotteries HQ

Reply #16

billionaire2bee — Thu, 14 Feb 2013 12:26:28 GMT

Hey if you stay married they can spend what they want...I know ALOT of retired soldiers here at Bragg who are still married cause the wife will get half of the benefits...but it doesn't stop them from giving to their churches, helping their deadbeat family, or buying clothes, shoes or whatever they want all the time not having a job...One guy I worked with only took the job cause he could have a seperate checking account that money would go into and she couldn't touch...So yeah i think most of t... [ More ]

Reply #15

KY Floyd — Thu, 14 Feb 2013 05:37:35 GMT

Ever hear the expression Freedom isn't free

Reply #14

onlymoney — Thu, 14 Feb 2013 04:43:05 GMT

I'd ask her for a 1099.

Reply #13

helpmewin — Thu, 14 Feb 2013 04:23:19 GMT

Reply #12

maringoman — Thu, 14 Feb 2013 01:58:56 GMT

Yes. As soon as you hit your 20's the pressure starts. Both from internal and external. Then you go for Bertha because you convince yourself that Tiffany is out of reach lmao

Reply #11

Artist77 — Thu, 14 Feb 2013 01:36:23 GMT

I think so many people feel if they are not married by a certain age, they panic and settle. So they win a lottery and want to trade up for a better house, a better car and a better spouse. The for richer in richer or poorer does not apply.

Reply #10

maringoman — Thu, 14 Feb 2013 01:24:44 GMT

These days few people are getting married and even fewer staying married. I know a girl who told me she got married only because her boyfriend had health insurance lol

Reply #9

Artist77 — Thu, 14 Feb 2013 01:18:31 GMT

I agree

Reply #8

dallascowboyfan — Thu, 14 Feb 2013 00:41:32 GMT

Amen brother ....

Reply #7

sully16 — Thu, 14 Feb 2013 00:38:02 GMT

Yep, growing old together is a blessing, should not be viewed as a curse.

Reply #6

Coin Toss — Thu, 14 Feb 2013 00:10:35 GMT

Yeah, rdgrnr. Somewhere between cheaper to keep her (or him if the winner was female) and gods of fredom I'm yours lies the answer

Reply #5

whiteballz — Thu, 14 Feb 2013 00:00:00 GMT

no. Believe it or not most people who play the lottery are casual players and are pretty much clueless about how the lottery works or what would happen if they actually won.

Reply #4

whiteballz — Wed, 13 Feb 2013 23:48:57 GMT

Have you ever done an informal survey on this subject? I'm also curious if answers would differ along gender lines. Let me know what you think, and thanks.

- Happily Single But still A Believer In Marriage

That explains alot.....

Reply #3

rdgrnr — Wed, 13 Feb 2013 23:45:56 GMT

If your husband or wife would leave you because of winning the lottery, that wasn't the one you'd want to grow old with anyway.

No loss, good riddance.

Consider it a blessing.

Reply #2

Sherita — Wed, 13 Feb 2013 23:39:36 GMT

Interesting. I have heard several people say the same thing

Reply #1

Coin Toss — Wed, 13 Feb 2013 23:38:35 GMT

Do you think those people realize it would probably mean giving up half the jackpot

Letter in Dear Abby - Re: If I Win The Lottery

Coin Toss — Wed, 13 Feb 2013 23:37:16 GMT

This was in Dear Abby today- 2-13-2013:

Dear Abby: The other day at work, my girlfriend heard a group of people in the break room talking about what they'd do first if they won the lottery. Without exception, everyone in the room said the first thing they would do is get a divorce. My girlfriend was stunned.

Have you ever done an informal survey on this subject? I'm also curious if answers would differ along gender lines. Let me know what you think, and thanks.

- Happily Single But stil... [ More ]