I just won the lottery, what should I do?

[Gaer]

This would be one of the worst hexes that could befall me.
The rest of my life does not include deciding how to spend money.
What a terrible waste of time.

 

[NorthernLight]

We wouldn't have to hide, nobody knows who the hell we are anyway.

We wouldn't even close our door behind us when we left.

This is what I meant. I'd have no qualms about breaking ties if necessary (and it probably would be necessary) and moving on.

 

[win231]

Hire people to handle your new volume of mail & answer your phone.
And enjoy all your new friends.

 

[charry]

"I just won the lottery, what should I do?"​

Speak to no one and tell no one. Hire a financial advisor and a lawyer, then go into hiding at an undisclosed location.

yep…..and preferably a tax haven

 

[charry]

I doubt if millions , would help our situation ….or change our way of life
but we could help all the animal charities……
and the Benevolent society's, ……
plus lots more….

 

[chic]

Win those big bucks in a mega lottery, and the world knows who you are.

True. In my state they do that. They should allow mega jackpot winners to remain anonymous but they don't.

 

[HoneyNut]

The rest of my life does not include deciding how to spend money.

I find I have to do a lot of deciding how to spend the limited money I have already, I'm not sure it would take more time to spend more money, decisions would be a lot faster ('can I afford to buy that' - 'YES'). I might even make meringue and angel food cake and other dishes that use lots of eggs!

 

[Nemo2]

The rest of my life does not include deciding how to spend money.
What a terrible waste of time.

There's virtually nothing that we want, but we chuckle about making 'plans' to give it away......it's all changed now, since his wife died, but as one example among many, about 40 years ago I envisioned taking my best friend and his wife out to the most expensive restaurant in town, ordering the highest priced wine, running up a ginormous tab.

Then...when the bill was presented...saying "Oh, I forgot my wallet, can you get this?"

And then, when he hummed & aaahd, saying "You cheap bastard, with all the money you've got?"......followed by "Oh geez, I forgot to give you this".

After all, if we're giving this money away we should get some laughs out of it.

(But mainly, now, it's taking the granddaughters on 'ground level' trips so that they can get some real life experiences.)