A TV producer who won a $44 million jackpot sparked outrage after refusing to share the winnings with her boyfriend of four years.
The woman bought herself a lottery ticket for her 35th birthday to “memorize” her first birthday without her grandmother, who passed away two weeks ago.
To her surprise, she received news last month that she had won a life-changing amount in the lottery.
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Her country of origin is unknown, but she said jackpot winnings are not taxed in her country.
The woman said she was in “no rush” to claim the money because she was living very comfortably in a rented apartment while her 53-year-old boyfriend was paying off the mortgage on his home.
“In our relationship, who usually pays? We're both 50-50, sometimes I pay, sometimes he pays,” she said in a Reddit thread .
“I'm not the kind of woman to have a man pay me every time. We're both financially stable, so that's fine.”
She has up to six months to collect her winnings, but her partner has started asking her what she plans to do with the money.
“I told him I was looking at a new warehouse for about $1.3 million and showed him how to convert it into an industrial loft,” she said.
“I had my eye on that warehouse even before I won. It's one of my daydreams.
“Both of our cars were paid off…but he asked about my car and I said I might buy a new one but I was going to keep the old one because it was my first car. I did.”
Suddenly, her boyfriend, a TV director, started suggesting things to her that she could use the money for.
“He said he had previously called the bank and asked how much money was left on the full settlement for the house, and the banker told him he owed another $230,000…I kept quiet. “I was there,” she said.
And he revealed he likes the new Toyota Corolla Cross Hybrid, which starts at $38,000 in Australia.
“I told him I wasn't going to include him in the winning calculations,” she said.
“Actually, we don't have anything planned yet. He said that even if I gave him $1 million, it wouldn't affect the amount of money I was about to receive.
“After four years together, he can't believe that I have no intention of sharing the wealth.”
valid reason
The girlfriend said she had good reasons not to share the winnings with him.
“In the first few months of our relationship, he told me that if something happened to him, like death, the house would belong to his 17-year-old son,” she said.
“So when I received that answer, I thought I was done with this house (finally going to my son). I'm not going to negotiate anything out of the house. That's his son. If it is, that’s it.”
Before winning the lottery, she had asked her partner to call the bank and get a “rough number” of how much she owed on her mortgage so she could “better plan for the future”.
“I wanted him to gauge our financial plans to see if that would be our financial plan if we got married in the future,” she said.
“But he thought it was too much trouble…I think winning the jackpot hastened a long-awaited job.
“So when I won and he told me about the mortgage, I was kind of surprised.”
I was surprised
The lottery winner said she was surprised when he started talking about what he could do with the money.
“I want to offer him something, but I was also a little hurt to think that he would assume that,” she said.
She said she knows her good fortune is “just luck.”
But now she feels torn apart because her boyfriend “suddenly” left the house because he didn't care about money.
“He's not mad, just annoyed…”He didn't call me an a******, but I'm an a****** I feel that way,” she said.
“I never set out to keep all the money to myself.
“However, since I suddenly won, I haven't thought about it yet, and I haven't decided what to do with the money yet.
“I know I need to sit down properly to plan everything out.”
have to hire a lawyer
Her post received more than 1,200 comments, with many asking her to immediately consult a lawyer or financial advisor.
“Plan before the money arrives. When you have this much money coming into your life, there will always be people coming out claiming to be related to you or your best friend ever.” “Don't let anyone make you feel like you owe them or anyone else anything,” one person advised.
Another suggested, “Money does weird things to some people…I'm not going to ignore him and make a claim.”
One person added: “Why does he think you should pay off the mortgage and buy him a car?” Greed begets entitlement, and entitlement begets greed. ”
“He's not unreasonable.”
However, not everyone agreed with her decision.
“I couldn't imagine not sharing it with someone I thought I'd loved for years,” one person said.
Another person explained: Of course, I will also pay off my partner's mortgage. She got a large settlement, and because she loves her boyfriend and they plan to start a life together, she puts half of it into a bank account in case of emergencies that her boyfriend might encounter. I put it in. ”
On the other hand, one person suggested: He didn't even ask for half of it. It's not unreasonable to think that the person you've been with for four years will use the huge financial benefits to forgive your debt.
“He's not wrong to be upset that you never thought of him. If I were in his shoes, this is where I would start making plans for a future without you.”
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