Anonymous wrote:I always fantasize how I'd give my money away to family. How much would I give to siblings/parents? Cousins? Cousins kids? DH is from a poor town in Appalachia. I would start 529 plans for all of their kids and even allow them to use the money for their own educations. I would give each family $500k to buy a house/pay off theirs and get new cars or do whatever. They have to promise not to mooch any more. I'd give parents and siblings $10M each. I'd want to stay in my current house but may quit my job. I don't know what I'd do all day though.

Anonymous wrote:I don't anymore because I'm very down to earth. I'm really getting to the point with my finances where I have more than I need and want.
Beside being comfortable, all else seems to be going well also. The other day I made $5k in under a week. It wasn't a fluke and I can do it over and over again. I'm too busy waiting for the 2nd opportunity which will come. All this really puts dreaming about lottery on back burner. Nobody needs $600 million or whatever it is after taxes. Couple of million is nice and I'm working towards it and enjoying the process.

Anonymous wrote:Honestly if I could move somewhere with a bathtub and a dishwasher I'd feel like I won the lottery!

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Anonymous wrote:It's becoming obsessive. I'm so displeased with my current options in life that I just think through elaborate but practical fantasies of what we'd do if we won the lottery. My current fantasy involves moving to another city where we have friends but don't know too many people, because then we could start over at our new socio-economic level without the weirdness of moving way up in wealth in our current friend circle where it's sure to create awkwardness. Once we got DC settled at school and were settled in our house, DH and I would pursue our passion projects, which for him I think would be getting a PhD in something esoteric and for me would involve starting a business making beautiful things (either a flower shop or maybe interior design).

Currently trying to figure out if we'd buy a home with a pool or just buy a nice house near a great pool club. We really like hanging out at the pool and DC loves to swim.

Also trying to decide if we'd get a great house in the middle of the best walkable neighborhood, since that's the lifestyle we'd want, or something further out near nature, as we've always fantasized about being able to go hiking right from our backyard. So now I get why people wind up with "country homes." But inherent in all of these fantasies is the idea that we need to be practical about how we spend money and also not adopt a lifestyle that requires a massive roster of employees to manage. We do best at a smaller scale.

Anyway, this is what I've been doing all morning instead of, you know, my job.

I don't even buy lottery tickets, folks. My DH does occasionally. I just do the fantasizing.

You can always move to a new state, get a side gig to earn extra to achieve some of the goals, seek therapy to keep focus on reality etc. That being said, you already won a lottery, by being born in US, not having a disability, having education, being married, having healthy children, being employed. More than 90% of humans are less privileged. Keep a gratitude journal.

Anonymous wrote:Sometimes I buy a ticket just to legitimately fantasize. I bought a ticket last week and randomly the first two numbers were my birthday and I thought it was a sign. Sadly, not.

As a single parent who has faced serious health challenges, all I’m asking for is just a couple million to make life smoother. But if I won the whole thing I have fantasies of flying first class to some amazing places I’ve always wanted to visit and then coming back to the dMV and buying a huge Victorian house that’s completely renovated inside and helping foster kids. Maybe a few rescue cats and dogs, too since I could afford the vet bills.

Anonymous wrote:It's becoming obsessive. I'm so displeased with my current options in life that I just think through elaborate but practical fantasies of what we'd do if we won the lottery. My current fantasy involves moving to another city where we have friends but don't know too many people, because then we could start over at our new socio-economic level without the weirdness of moving way up in wealth in our current friend circle where it's sure to create awkwardness. Once we got DC settled at school and were settled in our house, DH and I would pursue our passion projects, which for him I think would be getting a PhD in something esoteric and for me would involve starting a business making beautiful things (either a flower shop or maybe interior design).

Currently trying to figure out if we'd buy a home with a pool or just buy a nice house near a great pool club. We really like hanging out at the pool and DC loves to swim.

Also trying to decide if we'd get a great house in the middle of the best walkable neighborhood, since that's the lifestyle we'd want, or something further out near nature, as we've always fantasized about being able to go hiking right from our backyard. So now I get why people wind up with "country homes." But inherent in all of these fantasies is the idea that we need to be practical about how we spend money and also not adopt a lifestyle that requires a massive roster of employees to manage. We do best at a smaller scale.

Anyway, this is what I've been doing all morning instead of, you know, my job.

I don't even buy lottery tickets, folks. My DH does occasionally. I just do the fantasizing.