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I am pretty surprised with the responses. To all of you members of Lottery Post, take note of the people who thought I was greedy; you don't want to be their friends. These are the type of folks who would sue if they didn't participate on a Lottery Pool or if they are sue-happy, period.
-I helped her with groceries (this was ignored by most of the replies)
-I bought some good expensive whiskey for me and her
-I bought her dinner for her and her daughter
-I gave her $20
-Still think I'm greedy? THEN YOU'RE A GOLD DIGGER AND YOU DON'T DESERVE TO BE MY FRIEND.
To those of you who think I did nothing wrong, GOD BLESS YOU. You're the kind of people that I want to be friends with. Friends are not greedy and true friendship doesn't have a price tag.
P.S. She still isn't answering my calls. I feel sorry for her daughter; I hope she doesn't turn out like her Mom. Keep in mind that she is on food stamps, ailomony checks, child-support checks. I am not on any of them. I work very hard for my money.
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Quote: Originally posted by SmoothJuice on Dec 14, 2010
I haven't been here in months because I have been cutting back on the lottery. I've been only playing the Mega Millions when it goes over $100 million(like now).
Money really make people two-faced. This is why I'm worried what will happen if I actually won a huge jackpot prize.
On November 30, I was helping my friend, a single mother of one kid, go grocery shopping. After we were done, I told her that I was going to buy a Pick 3 lottery game and I wanted her to pick the numbers. She picked her daughter's birthday, 7-19-2004 (719). I wagered $1.50 and won $750!!!! I paid off my electric, gas and rent bill for that month. I also gave her $20 for picking the numbers. 2 days later, I took her and her daughter to a nice, upscale restaurant on my tab and I thought everything was dandy...WRONG. We decided that I would buy some premium whiskey(Jack Daniels Single Barrel) and we would drink it at her house and watch a movie. After a few drinks, she started to get irritated about something and I asked her what was wrong. She told me that I should have given her at least $100 for picking the numbers. At that point, I thought to myself about all of the unfortuanate jackpot winners like Jack Whittaker and the Floridian Jackpot winner was shot and killed shortly after a jackpot win.
To make the story short, we argued about it for 30 minutes even though I know I didn't do anything wrong. I've known her for 15 years; she was so nice and sweet. After I won that money, which is all gone already, she had a devil in her and she drastically changed. It seemed like she was some machine and couldn't help being two-faced.
Winning that $750 didn't make me two-faced at all. All I did was pay my bills, treated her and her daughter out to dinner and gave her some money for giving me the numbers.
It's hard to trust human beings. The human brain is so dang complex..especially when it senses money.....it's amazing....
I read your Story that was so sad that you and your Friendship would brake up about Money. Money is the Route of Evil. That is a true saying. People fall out about money all the time. Everyhere in the World. Even Here, I have fell out with a few People here about Money don't even know them, LOL! It happens. People get real Jealous sometimes, But that is the way of the World. I have a Friend, Sometimes I think she gets Jealous when I win Money. It is Sad. I think People should be Happy when you anyone, wins. I know I do. People fall out about money all the time It a Known fact, I hope you and your Friend can be be friends again. Sounds like you all have been friends for a long time. If she was your real friend, She will be back, if she does'nt don't worry about it, You didn't do anything wrong she wasn't really your friend anyway. Maybe the Alcohol had something to do with it? I think I would of Brought her a Ticket or told her to Play it too, that would of kept the confusion down anyway. If I win Money who ever is with me at the time I will give them some of my winning. I do this all the time.
Use Mirror #'s Use prs. with your Key* numbers the most Vivid thing in your dream go up or down on #'s. Flip 6=9 `9=6 Bullseyes 0 or 1 for Pick 4 and the P. 5 Play the other part of doubles. Do the Whole nine yards for a P. 4* P. 5* or 0 thur 9 for P. 4 P. 5 from my dreams or hunches good Luck.. Write your Dreams down Play for 3 days. Good Luck All.
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Quote: Originally posted by SmoothJuice on Dec 14, 2010
I am pretty surprised with the responses. To all of you members of Lottery Post, take note of the people who thought I was greedy; you don't want to be their friends. These are the type of folks who would sue if they didn't participate on a Lottery Pool or if they are sue-happy, period.
-I helped her with groceries (this was ignored by most of the replies)
-I bought some good expensive whiskey for me and her
-I bought her dinner for her and her daughter
-I gave her $20
-Still think I'm greedy? THEN YOU'RE A GOLD DIGGER AND YOU DON'T DESERVE TO BE MY FRIEND.
To those of you who think I did nothing wrong, GOD BLESS YOU. You're the kind of people that I want to be friends with. Friends are not greedy and true friendship doesn't have a price tag.
P.S. She still isn't answering my calls. I feel sorry for her daughter; I hope she doesn't turn out like her Mom. Keep in mind that she is on food stamps, ailomony checks, child-support checks. I am not on any of them. I work very hard for my money.
OK, I'M DONE RANTING. What's for lunch? LOL
Life is not black and white. There are many gray areas in life including differing opinions. You posted this story, and the LP folks who have differing opinions replied. If you expected every reply to agree with you, then you don't understand humans too well....lol
I agree with Redbonec4 in her reply to my post, in that i also agree that she was more disappointed than jealous. Bottom line is, you did what you thought was right, and your friend thought what you did was not right. There is nothing anyone can write in this thread that will change this. It's simply LP'member's thoughts and opinions on this event that you should respect .
Personally, I would've given her at least 200 bucks, maybe more, If those two tickets were the only ones I bought that day. I wouldn't have won a penny had it not been for her (The exception to that rule is in my first post, about sharing costs). That's what makes this world such a diverse place. It all revolves around who's point of view you see this from.
I drive for an airport car service for a living. Some of the tips are close to the customary 15-20%, but not nearly enough. About 15% of the time I get a 3 or 5 dollar tip on a 50 dollar ride. Sometimes I get a buck, and I feel like giving it back to them, but I'd get in trouble for doing this, so I just call them every name in the book after I drive off...lol
Sometimes I get a 10 dollar tip on a 20 dollar ride.
People are different. What one thinks is a good tip, another may frown upon it. If they all knew that we pay our own gas at 3 bucks a gallon, tips would be much better. Most of them think we are paid hourly and don't pay for the gas.
I don't think you're a greedy person based on your story. I feel that you did what you thought was right, and maybe that's all that matters right now. Hopefully, now that you've seen the variations posted by others here, you may act differntly next time, or you may not. It's not our job to tell you what to do. That's between you and you....lol
How about a big juicy chesseburger for lunch.........
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Quote: Originally posted by SmoothJuice on Dec 14, 2010
I am pretty surprised with the responses. To all of you members of Lottery Post, take note of the people who thought I was greedy; you don't want to be their friends. These are the type of folks who would sue if they didn't participate on a Lottery Pool or if they are sue-happy, period.
-I helped her with groceries (this was ignored by most of the replies)
-I bought some good expensive whiskey for me and her
-I bought her dinner for her and her daughter
-I gave her $20
-Still think I'm greedy? THEN YOU'RE A GOLD DIGGER AND YOU DON'T DESERVE TO BE MY FRIEND.
To those of you who think I did nothing wrong, GOD BLESS YOU. You're the kind of people that I want to be friends with. Friends are not greedy and true friendship doesn't have a price tag.
P.S. She still isn't answering my calls. I feel sorry for her daughter; I hope she doesn't turn out like her Mom. Keep in mind that she is on food stamps, ailomony checks, child-support checks. I am not on any of them. I work very hard for my money.
OK, I'M DONE RANTING. What's for lunch? LOL
WOW.... SmoothJuice you didn't want any advice you wanted to hear that you was right.. Everyone has a difference of opinion.. A friendship is a give and take thing... but it sounds like you have been keeping score of everything that you do for her... So I guess she has never done anything for you???? If she only takes from you then good bye... cause she was never your friend... In a 15 yr. friendship there must have been some give and take or you wouldn't have been friends for so long...
Times are hard right now... so if she has to be on food stamps so be it... There are alot of people that need that help... Ailomony and child support she is entitled to that.... I don't see that as you being better than her... Thank God you don't have to use food stamps, or get ailomony or child support checks... Maybe God put you in her life to be a BLESSING TO HER... Trouble don't last always...
The bible says in the last days the first shall be last; and the last shall be first.... Your friend may be last to you right now because she needs help but one day she will be first and you may need her... She could be the one to win the MILLIONS!!!
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Quote: Originally posted by joker17 on Dec 14, 2010
Life is not black and white. There are many gray areas in life including differing opinions. You posted this story, and the LP folks who have differing opinions replied. If you expected every reply to agree with you, then you don't understand humans too well....lol
I agree with Redbonec4 in her reply to my post, in that i also agree that she was more disappointed than jealous. Bottom line is, you did what you thought was right, and your friend thought what you did was not right. There is nothing anyone can write in this thread that will change this. It's simply LP'member's thoughts and opinions on this event that you should respect .
Personally, I would've given her at least 200 bucks, maybe more, If those two tickets were the only ones I bought that day. I wouldn't have won a penny had it not been for her (The exception to that rule is in my first post, about sharing costs). That's what makes this world such a diverse place. It all revolves around who's point of view you see this from.
I drive for an airport car service for a living. Some of the tips are close to the customary 15-20%, but not nearly enough. About 15% of the time I get a 3 or 5 dollar tip on a 50 dollar ride. Sometimes I get a buck, and I feel like giving it back to them, but I'd get in trouble for doing this, so I just call them every name in the book after I drive off...lol
Sometimes I get a 10 dollar tip on a 20 dollar ride.
People are different. What one thinks is a good tip, another may frown upon it. If they all knew that we pay our own gas at 3 bucks a gallon, tips would be much better. Most of them think we are paid hourly and don't pay for the gas.
I don't think you're a greedy person based on your story. I feel that you did what you thought was right, and maybe that's all that matters right now. Hopefully, now that you've seen the variations posted by others here, you may act differntly next time, or you may not. It's not our job to tell you what to do. That's between you and you....lol
How about a big juicy chesseburger for lunch.........
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Quote: Originally posted by sully16 on Dec 14, 2010
a honest clerk, good story, when I tip a clerk they grab it so fast your head spins.
The clerk was just doing what she was told. At all Publix shopping centers, the clerks are told they can't accept any tips. Even when they help an elderly person by pushing their carts out to the parking lot and loading their bags in the trunks, they still can't take money. But I'm sure a lot of folks slip it in someway or another, but I'm sure the clerks are hesitant to accept the money for fear of a trap set by management.....
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Quote: Originally posted by SmoothJuice on Dec 14, 2010
I am pretty surprised with the responses. To all of you members of Lottery Post, take note of the people who thought I was greedy; you don't want to be their friends. These are the type of folks who would sue if they didn't participate on a Lottery Pool or if they are sue-happy, period.
-I helped her with groceries (this was ignored by most of the replies)
-I bought some good expensive whiskey for me and her
-I bought her dinner for her and her daughter
-I gave her $20
-Still think I'm greedy? THEN YOU'RE A GOLD DIGGER AND YOU DON'T DESERVE TO BE MY FRIEND.
To those of you who think I did nothing wrong, GOD BLESS YOU. You're the kind of people that I want to be friends with. Friends are not greedy and true friendship doesn't have a price tag.
P.S. She still isn't answering my calls. I feel sorry for her daughter; I hope she doesn't turn out like her Mom. Keep in mind that she is on food stamps, ailomony checks, child-support checks. I am not on any of them. I work very hard for my money.
OK, I'M DONE RANTING. What's for lunch? LOL
I have always been told that money can ruin the best friendships, relationships, and even marriages. Hate to hear that a friendship was lost over money, if it was a real friendship. Just remember the best way to have a REAL friendship is to leave money out of it.
I think i would have just given her money, no dinner and no drinking. MONEY CHANGES THINGS AND PEOPLE IN A LOT OF CASES.
Some people just like to watch the world burn!!!!
Love the people who treat you right, and pray for those who don't
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Quote: Originally posted by SmoothJuice on Dec 14, 2010
I haven't been here in months because I have been cutting back on the lottery. I've been only playing the Mega Millions when it goes over $100 million(like now).
Money really make people two-faced. This is why I'm worried what will happen if I actually won a huge jackpot prize.
On November 30, I was helping my friend, a single mother of one kid, go grocery shopping. After we were done, I told her that I was going to buy a Pick 3 lottery game and I wanted her to pick the numbers. She picked her daughter's birthday, 7-19-2004 (719). I wagered $1.50 and won $750!!!! I paid off my electric, gas and rent bill for that month. I also gave her $20 for picking the numbers. 2 days later, I took her and her daughter to a nice, upscale restaurant on my tab and I thought everything was dandy...WRONG. We decided that I would buy some premium whiskey(Jack Daniels Single Barrel) and we would drink it at her house and watch a movie. After a few drinks, she started to get irritated about something and I asked her what was wrong. She told me that I should have given her at least $100 for picking the numbers. At that point, I thought to myself about all of the unfortuanate jackpot winners like Jack Whittaker and the Floridian Jackpot winner was shot and killed shortly after a jackpot win.
To make the story short, we argued about it for 30 minutes even though I know I didn't do anything wrong. I've known her for 15 years; she was so nice and sweet. After I won that money, which is all gone already, she had a devil in her and she drastically changed. It seemed like she was some machine and couldn't help being two-faced.
Winning that $750 didn't make me two-faced at all. All I did was pay my bills, treated her and her daughter out to dinner and gave her some money for giving me the numbers.
It's hard to trust human beings. The human brain is so dang complex..especially when it senses money.....it's amazing....
Wow...At least you gave her $20.00. So many people have HIT off numbers I have given them .And All I got was "hey that number you gave me came out THANKS" or "Thanks for the number ---what are you playing today" But I never expected any thing from them --just passing on a blessing.
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Let this be a lesson. Never ask anyone for advice when you're buying lottery tickets, they may think their advice make them an equal partner if you're lucky and win something. Actually more than an equal partner because you're are the one that will get the W-G2 and have to pay the taxes.
* you don't need to buy every combination, just the winning ones *
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Quote: Originally posted by joker17 on Dec 14, 2010
Life is not black and white. There are many gray areas in life including differing opinions. You posted this story, and the LP folks who have differing opinions replied. If you expected every reply to agree with you, then you don't understand humans too well....lol
I agree with Redbonec4 in her reply to my post, in that i also agree that she was more disappointed than jealous. Bottom line is, you did what you thought was right, and your friend thought what you did was not right. There is nothing anyone can write in this thread that will change this. It's simply LP'member's thoughts and opinions on this event that you should respect .
Personally, I would've given her at least 200 bucks, maybe more, If those two tickets were the only ones I bought that day. I wouldn't have won a penny had it not been for her (The exception to that rule is in my first post, about sharing costs). That's what makes this world such a diverse place. It all revolves around who's point of view you see this from.
I drive for an airport car service for a living. Some of the tips are close to the customary 15-20%, but not nearly enough. About 15% of the time I get a 3 or 5 dollar tip on a 50 dollar ride. Sometimes I get a buck, and I feel like giving it back to them, but I'd get in trouble for doing this, so I just call them every name in the book after I drive off...lol
Sometimes I get a 10 dollar tip on a 20 dollar ride.
People are different. What one thinks is a good tip, another may frown upon it. If they all knew that we pay our own gas at 3 bucks a gallon, tips would be much better. Most of them think we are paid hourly and don't pay for the gas.
I don't think you're a greedy person based on your story. I feel that you did what you thought was right, and maybe that's all that matters right now. Hopefully, now that you've seen the variations posted by others here, you may act differntly next time, or you may not. It's not our job to tell you what to do. That's between you and you....lol
How about a big juicy chesseburger for lunch.........
I agree 100% with you Joker17!!
Why post if you were not prepared to hear the numerous & individual honest opinions.
I had a lady who is just a co-worker not even a close friend who shared a number with me that she dreamt, I won $500 and only saw it fit to give her 40% ($200) of my winnings. The extra 10% I kept because it was my money If she had not given me the number I would have had $0. Everyone plays for their own special reasons, some are trying to pay bills, buy a home, leisure. While the additional $200 I gave her could have helped me, her giving me that number that won made me feel she might be in need too. I could have bought her a gift but I gave her the money in case there was something more important she wanted to do.
Honestly, I have to say $20 was not a fair share for someone who gave you a win of $750. The money you spent on the Whiskey and Dinner was clearly an opportunity for you to combine something extra with the $20.
Ask yourself..Why did you feel it was important for you to pay your bills with your share and not give her enough for her to pay a bill? Also, ask yourself HONESTLY if the shoe was on the other foot HOW WOULD YOU have want it to be handled.
I wont rally on with anything further but I noticed something in your response to the individuals who had previously commented. You were so wrong for calling out your friend like that (talking about food stamps and that other personal stuff you said) Even a bad situation or misunderstanding like this A REAL FRIEND would stick to the point and not disgrace their FRIEND.
Someone said it earlier, It appears you were not looking for advice to resolve your concern...you just wanted to know that you were right!
I do hope you can truly search within yourself and resolve this because 15 years of Friendship is truly a long time to let go down the drain.
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This is another example why I don’t really believe in friendship!!
I do consider myself a friend to others though, why? I have to be is part of life. LOL.
Let me give you real life examples, I sometimes buy p3 tickets with numbers I think are hot to “friends”
If they ever win, it hasn’t even crossed my mind that I should be entitled of any part of the winnings.
I would be very happy knowing that I help them out; I would be very excited about that. PERIOD CASE CLOSED.
Next time get a Dog, they are more loyal than humans!! If you win just throw him a Wiener he will be happy!
But the downside is that their average lifetime is about 10 to 15 years LOL……………..
Next time if you befriend somebody else, (in which I don’t recommend) I know the outcome, and you ask for numbers make them sign a contract that there will be no strings attached to it unless you want to estipulate how much commission they can take!
Or if you don’t want write it out, just ask “hey say if I win would you want half the the money?” make sure there is a witness near by LOL
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Quote: Originally posted by SmoothJuice on Dec 14, 2010
I am pretty surprised with the responses. To all of you members of Lottery Post, take note of the people who thought I was greedy; you don't want to be their friends. These are the type of folks who would sue if they didn't participate on a Lottery Pool or if they are sue-happy, period.
-I helped her with groceries (this was ignored by most of the replies)
-I bought some good expensive whiskey for me and her
-I bought her dinner for her and her daughter
-I gave her $20
-Still think I'm greedy? THEN YOU'RE A GOLD DIGGER AND YOU DON'T DESERVE TO BE MY FRIEND.
To those of you who think I did nothing wrong, GOD BLESS YOU. You're the kind of people that I want to be friends with. Friends are not greedy and true friendship doesn't have a price tag.
P.S. She still isn't answering my calls. I feel sorry for her daughter; I hope she doesn't turn out like her Mom. Keep in mind that she is on food stamps, ailomony checks, child-support checks. I am not on any of them. I work very hard for my money.
OK, I'M DONE RANTING. What's for lunch? LOL
How would of you felt, if the shoe was on they other foot? You gave her the numbers and she won, and she tipped you $20. What would you of done if she gave you the numbers for Mega
and you played the numbers and won or visa-versa. What would be fair?
Where I work a guy came in and asked the clerk to give him a number to play for p/3, he played the number straight times 10, and won $6000.00, he tipped the clerk.......not a penny.