1. Get financial and legal help, especially on how to claim it anonymously. 2. Establish residency in state allowing anonymous claim. 3. Pay off our debt. 4. Establish trusts for our siblings, nieces, nephews, SD, and future children. 5. Go on a nice vacation-- probably on a private jet to Australia with my mom's side of the family so that my grandmother can see her family over there again. 6. Move to a big house (but not too big).
This. I had a cousin stop talking to me last yr b/c I didn't respond to her email request to borrow 10k. (I am not sure why she thought we had 10k to lend.) So I would not tell anyone.
Give GoDawgs $1M. I promise I will put it to good use and start doing lots of pro bono work.
I have no freaking clue what I'd do with that amount of money because my mind can't even fathom having that much. I guess I would first go to a financial advisor and then take some time off to travel. After seeing the world for about a year, I would start a non-profit and spend my time giving free representation to people in family law cases. And, I don't know, buy a private plane and a few vacation homes, and go to a really fancy fat camp. Oh, and I'd definitely be hiring a private chef to make me healthy meals that actually taste good, and I'd adopt a bunch of kids.
Contact a lawyer and financial advisor so I can claim it annonymously. Lie to family/friends and tell them we only won a $1-5 million instead of $425 mil.
This! Due to some issues going on w/ fmaily, I realized last night that I actually really would keep VERY tight lipped about it to family. The list has grown of people who I would expect would expect me to give them a ton of $$.
I'd also find a dog specialist to keep extremely close tabs on my dog. Feeling him for lumps, studying up on probiotics. Using magic crystals, whatever it takes for him to happily live to 20.
lmao YES. For that much money my pugs can live forever right? RIGHT??!
1. lawyer, financial advisor 2. not tell anyone, but pay off my parents and my in laws debt (mortgage and SL only) I would also anonymously pay off my BFFs SLs. 3. buy a bigger house in my favorite neighborhood. I have one I have my eye on... I might go make them an offer they can't refuse. 4. buy a Prius V and a Audi clean diesel. Give current cars to my cousins.
Donate a bunch, then put the rest into whatever that trust was volenti recommended on TN that one time and let the earnings provide a fairly generous but normal income to everyone in my family. That way the lifestyle isn't too much of a shock, and no one has to fight over who gets what. Here's your income, do with it whatever you want, if you invest and earn a ton more then good for you, if you lose it all then too bad for you.
I'd also find a dog specialist to keep extremely close tabs on my dog. Feeling him for lumps, studying up on probiotics. Using magic crystals, whatever it takes for him to happily live to 20.
Oh! Yes, definitely. Dexter would have the best care available in the world. He will be RoboDexter if that's what it takes.
1. Hire a Lawyer, set up a trust (pay off debts for immediate family). Tell as little people as possible but I doubt it will remain a secret with our new lavish lifestyle. 2. Quit my job as soon as I have $$$ 3. Buy a house on the beach and a loft in NYC 4. Hire a decorator and house staff for both 5. Go on an epic vacation (maybe one of those luxury around the world cruises before my son goes to school) and shopping spree 6. Pop out more kids and then plastic surgery to fix my body afterwards. and so on
Quit my job Buy lots of land and build a compound Get a nanny for my dog Long vacation to figure out what we will do Open up a therapeutic riding facility for kids
I'd pay off peoples bills. My family, my friends, my acquaintances... you get a free pass! AND YOU get a free pass! I'd be effing Oprah on a grander scale. If I can work my way thru $278mill and make a whole lot of people happy, that's what I'm gonna do. I'm going to hide $1million in cash and bury that isht somewhere in the sand. That's my retirement $$$$ Deal with it.
I'd travel. A LOT. I'd be perma-tan from being where the sun is. I'd learn how to ski and surf and learn new languages. I'd make my job to learn and to shop. SHOPPING. Ohhh, that'd be fun. :Y: I'd learn how to shift in my new Maserati. And Ferrari. And Bugatti. Obv Italian would have to be on the new languages list :Y:
I'd have the 1/2 dozen babies I've always wanted and now can afford... because I can afford the nannies and 'night nurses' to go along with my brood. I'd buy houses on the coast, on all the continents (not Antarctica) and a few in the islands. I'm not gonna buy an island. Too much upkeep.
-Quit my job (but I'd soften the blow by letting my boss/firm manage the bulk of my money- in a trust) -Give away a lot of money to organizations we are passionate about- this might lead to joining a few boards -Pay off debt and/or give a lump sum to my parents, my brother, and probably IL's as well -Travel around the world for as long as we felt like it- up to 2 years -Come back and have as many babies as we felt like with as much or as little help as we wanted -Continue to travel, give, and spend as we wanted!
Post by Velvetshady on Nov 27, 2012 12:53:17 GMT -5
What, you don't believe we just spent $278M on our basement?
We'd disappear so DH's family isn't tying up our phone lines begging for hand outs. We'd buy a small tropical island and build a beautiful beach house. Then buy a mountain house. And a private plane to fly between them. DH would get his 20 car garage and all the cars on this top 10 wish list.
And we'd buy my dad a baby grand piano (promised him that when I was kid).
I'd lawyer up and get a financial advisor of course.
Then I'd pay off all my student loans, as well as my husband's student loans and the rest of his schooling, and I would pay off my sister's student loans. I would also help my parents out with their bills/mortgage.
I would upgrade us to a bigger place and get my dream furniture, and donate a large sum to my old work (a non-profit domestic violence women's shelter).
I think I would want to give my close friends some help with their medical bills as well.
I would keep tight-lipped though, as -everyone- in my extended family would be lining up for $$, and I'd only be willing to shell out cash to charities, my immediate family, and very specific friends. I'd like to put the rest into savings and investments. Finally, I would take my family on a really awesome vacation.
I'm buying my lotto ticket at lunch...I know what the chances are, but hey, someone has to win.
Post by LauraMoser on Nov 27, 2012 13:13:47 GMT -5
DH and I have discussed what we'd do with a landfall not too long ago. I was surprised that we both agreed we'd want to pay off our parents' mortgages. We would not give my siblings any money, though. Does that make me a bad person? DH does not have siblings.
We'd pay off all of our debts and build a custom home. Aside from socking away a bunch of it, that's all we really came up with. I'd definitely want to claim it anonymously if possible. I have a huge family and if they were to get wind of someone in the family winning a huge amount, I'm afraid they'd turn ugly.
I'd buy a new custom house here and an apartment in Chicago. I'd pay sell my house and pay off our debts. I would pay my parents and my ILs homes. We would split our time between here and there. We would probably get one fancy car. I would give our siblings and friends generous gifts.
A guy at my job won the lottery last year. It was well over $100 million after taxes.
He turned in his resignation and they were all like can you please reconsider? Take a leave of absence to decide. He took like a month off and came back and basically said "suck it bitches".
Lol! I mean, what the eff was your employer thinking?
If I get bored I will sit on boards and actually harness my rage to make some strong change for greater good.
All's I need is cash, I swear.
Seriously. I imagine my boss would be all, "Take me with you!"
I don't care who you are, nobody loves their job THAT much. I mean, maybe if it continues to pay you MORE millions, or it's your company, a la Bill Gates or Steve Jobs, but I would just laugh.
Things like paying off debt & all the mortgages in my family didn't even occur to me to list. It's, like, okay...what am I going to do with the other $424M after that's done? Buy a few world islands in Dubai?
Post by littlemisssunshine on Nov 27, 2012 14:04:06 GMT -5
My husband would immediately walk out of work. I own my own business, so I would keep it going low key for a while before the traveling made me fold it up.
I'd tithe 10%, so pay off my church's mortgage and distribute the rest to other charities.
Pay off my mortgage, but no one elses. Does this make me mean? I also wouldn't give out any hand outs beyond helping family members with college. Just because family members have made poor financial decisions doesn't mean I have to help them out.
Travel a lot, always fly first class. Spend a lot of time flying around visiting family and friends.
I'd probably never cook again and always eat out. Hire a maid.
H's father and step mother have money and haven't worked since their 30's. Their life is rather boring. Yes they travel and have lot of 'toys', but they watch a tv shows 6 hours a day, and generally waste their lives. I would want to volunteer at my church with the youth, and maybe find some other charities to get involved in on a part time basis. I think the biggest concern of mine is the possibility the husband would turn into a video game playing zombie. I enjoy working and being productive and wouldn't want that to change.