Winning the lottery is a lot like opening a pack of gum: everyone comes out of the woodwork asking for a piece.
But what if those people were your own family? Would you still share the wealth then?
When one man decided to keep his money for himself, he was left with a million-dollar question: is he a jerk?
He began by sharing that he and his wife are both 24 years old. Each month, they buy a lottery ticket for fun. Well, one month they won big — $5.6 million big, to be exact.
This includes student debt, their mortgage, and car loans. This left them with five million dollars and a big question mark on what to do with the rest of the money.
Since he works in the financial sector, he doesn't want to be just another statistic. He also wants to parlay their money into early retirement.
"With the 2 million we ended up buying a 5 million dollar apartment complex that cashflows and will give a high return with low risk," he wrote.
When the Redditor told his family, he assumed they would be excited over him being so financially responsible.
But instead, they talked about the ways that they were getting a piece of the pie.
The Redditor had other plans. "I explained 5 million is a lot but not enough where I will be giving it away to family and they got pissed."
The Redditor later clarified that these family members include his older brothers, sisters, cousins, and aunts and uncles.
His father isn't alive and his mother walked out on him as a kid.
As a result of everything, the Redditor believes that he's in the right because he's doing what’s best for him and his wife. But still, he pondered whether he's in the wrong here by taking his dilemma to Reddit.
"You’re no longer welcome in the family because you didn’t give them your money? The entitlement is nauseating. NTA," one wrote.
Another wrote that, if anything, the Redditor's family should be happy for them.
"Your family has shown you that blood is not thicker than money," another added.
This is all entirely dependant on how much you like your family. For instance, "Personally, I would have thrown my family at least 100k each as a one-time payment," one user commented.
In the end, it's pretty clear to see that money can be a burden!
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