On keeping your friends after winning the lottery - Page 2

 

Lenona wrote


Completely routine with the well organised lotterys.

 



It depends on where you win.  For example, in German lotteries it
is common to keep the winner's identity a secret, possibly even
from their spouse.  On the other hand lotteries in some US states
*require* the winner to be identified publicly.  Here is a link to
their FAQ which pretty much says you can't remain anonymous:

http://www.valottery.com/faq/kb_detail.asp?type=category&category=1&id ‰

Bill Ranck
Blacksburg, Va.

 

billnomailnospamx@yahoo.com says...
 

OTOH, the kind of people who "need help" have contributed
absolutely nothing to my life, and therefore there isn't any
legitimate sense of debt to them.

The fact that someone is poor at managing money is their problem,
not mine.  And they will never, ever, have any gratitude or
appreciation of the fact that, giving them stuff would be a
sacrifice for me.

Also, I have found that, it is best to never accept ANYTHING from
any acquaintance/"friend," no matter how small.  Because they
will later blow it out of proportion, and act like I owe them a
much larger amount of favours/resources.

It is also important to beware of people who will claim that,
merely spending time associating with me, is some kind of service
incurring an economic debt from me to them.



Or maybe consider whether you would really want the keep the kind
of "friends" who be cause problems if they found out about the
money.



Right up until they know (or just think) that you have an
economic resource that they want.


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