Anonymous wrote:2 years ago we walked out of our house and found an envelope full of cash. And another. And another. It was over $3000. We called the police and reported it and turned it in. They held it for 90 days and then called us when nobody claimed it after that and said it was legally ours.

you've posted this several times now - we get it!

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Anonymous wrote:Found $1000 on the street (10 $100 bills). I had just moved to a HCOL city from a LCOL city and had had to wait several months for my new job to start... it was amazing.

Hopefully it belonged to a drug dealer and not someone who needed it desperately. I lost a $100 bill on rent day once. My mom was able to wire me $100 a couple days later, but I was charged a $175 late fee, and had to eat food pantry donations the rest of the month.

Uhh, ok.

1. I guess you missed the part where I explained that I kind of needed it desperately?
2. I'm sorry for your struggle but if you kept better track of your belongings none of that would have happened. Same can be said for the person who dropped $1000 on a busy Brooklyn sidewalk.

2 years ago we walked out of our house and found an envelope full of cash. And another. And another. It was over $3000. We called the police and reported it and turned it in. They held it for 90 days and then called us when nobody claimed it after that and said it was legally ours.

I was born as a white male to a loving, functional, upper middle class family in a developed nation.

By far the luckiest thing that has ever happened in my life.

IVF worked on the first try, healthy and smart Kindergartener now. I also one two airline tickets anywhere in the country at the office xmas party. TWO years in a row. No it wasnt rigged, just luck!

My parents. Not even a question. I've had a lot of good fortune in my life, but their support and encouragement of my interests and decisions has been at the root of most of it.

Anonymous wrote:These are amazing, but I must be much 'luckier' than most people. I have had divine interventions many times in my life, saving my life and bringing such good fortune to me. I am not religious but I always believed God is watching out for me. There are so many things are beyond luck.

Please go on!

I met my husband by complete chance, so that was pretty lucky. He's amazing and I'm super lucky to have him.

I got pregnant without really trying (although we knew we wanted a kid) and had a textbook healthy pregnancy. I am so lucky for that, I know.

We make good money (we're not rich, but we have enough to live the way we want to) and our daughter is healthy and happy.

I have a good relationship with my sister and my parents. I have two grandparents still alive (they are 103 and 93).

I've got a ton to be thankful for! I know that was more than you asked for, but I just got on a roll.

Meeting my husband. I have financial stability that I never knew as a child and always longed for. We are not rich, but we will never do without and that is largely due to my DH and inlaws. (Oh, and he’s really sweet and loving and a devoted family man.)

I cheated death a few times: skidded out on black ice on 495 and lost control of my car, did a figure 8 across all lanes until I finally stopped. Didn't got another car or any of the concrete highway barriers. Just drive away.

Another time I was diagnosed with a massive tumor that would hit my brain stem and kill me. Surgery and recovery went amazingly well.

Another time, the person standing next to me was stuck by lightning. It was awful, I remember the disgusting smell. He survived but the paramedics said if I had been struck, I'd have died because I was so small.

So I might have used up 3 of my nine lives. But I think I'm most lucky because my kids are lovely people and before I had kids I didn't know that I loved being their mom so much

These are amazing, but I must be much 'luckier' than most people. I have had divine interventions many times in my life, saving my life and bringing such good fortune to me. I am not religious but I always believed God is watching out for me. There are so many things are beyond luck.

This is kind of a mixed thing, but I still consider it amazing. My mom was dying, I bought a ticket home to see her. I didn't realize until I got to the airport it was randomly first class (I was a poor law school student, the ticket was cheap, I have no idea what happened).

I got on the plane and was a mess. The person who sat next to me was the President of MD Anderson. He essentially held my hand the entire flight (which was like 6 hours) and comforted me and answered any questions I Have. He then agreed to take on my mom's case.

Sadly there wasn't anything he could do, but I still felt it was all a crazy stroke of luck.

Modern medicine.

Many of us, including myself, would be dead without it.

At five months shy of the big 5-0, I have had zero health issues which I have never taken for granted.

I was adopted from a foreign country as an infant & have zero info on my biological parent’s health history.
I always assumed that any + every disease ran in my family.

But I have been pretty blessed these past fifty years.
Hopefully the next fifty are just as blessed.

My children have also been healthy as well.

I currently am a Mommy to two cats who are older, have never been to the vet yet are still alive and healthy.

These blessings mean more to me than any material object.

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Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:Found $1000 on the street (10 $100 bills). I had just moved to a HCOL city from a LCOL city and had had to wait several months for my new job to start... it was amazing.

Hopefully it belonged to a drug dealer and not someone who needed it desperately. I lost a $100 bill on rent day once. My mom was able to wire me $100 a couple days later, but I was charged a $175 late fee, and had to eat food pantry donations the rest of the month.

Uhh, ok.

NP here, and it could have been an uhh, ok situation. Also likely it wasn't. Setting aside the real possibility that someone who desperately needed the money may have lost it, in some parts of the country, it's illegal to keep found money.