If you won £56 million you would..

[Crimson Dynamo]

lose every friend you have now.

You could not keep them. Even if you gave them money you would soon have so little in common with them they would drift away.

Would you trade them?

[Patrick]

I wouldnt need friends tbf.

[Stacey.]

yes, definitely. :)

[Crimson Dynamo]

I wouldnt need friends tbf.

rubbish

you would need them even more

[Crimson Dynamo]

yes, definitely. :)

nice

[setanta]

I'd keep it to myself to be honest with you. Never openly admit to winning that kinda money. Hard to keep a secret of it mind you.

[Stu]

Speak for yourself, LT. Although I would jump country straight away it is possible to keep friends.

I really wouldn't live that differently, rather use the money for lots of little things. I couldn't care for mansions and sports cars but the idea of being able to buy ten DVD's a day and all the classic guitars I want appeals to me quiet a lot.

I wouldn't change my lifestyle, rather use my fortune as an on tap supply of free money to supplement my existing lifestyle.

[Novo]

Clear of Rangers debts

[Crimson Dynamo]

Clear of Rangers debts

It crossed my mind too. but not until we win the miracle treble on no money


hoho:dance:

[arista]

lose every friend you have now.

You could not keep them. Even if you gave them money you would soon have so little in common with them they would drift away.

Would you trade them?



No I would Invite Everyone I know
to my Island.

[Princess]

Money doesn't buy happiness.... I'm with Stu,I'd buy a house sure but I'd just spend the rest on loads of TopShop clothes and Take That concerts. You need your friends.

[Crimson Dynamo]

No I would Invite Everyone I know
to my Island.

I think Ireland is not for sale.

[Captain.Remy]

I think Ireland is not for sale.

Iceland was, on Ebay 2 years ago when they got hit by the financial crisis. It didn't even last 24 before it got banned. :hugesmile:

[LemonJam]

Cliché and soppy I know, but I'd donate most of it to charity. I'm living fine how I am right now.

[Beastie]

I'd keep it to myself to be honest with you. Never openly admit to winning that kinda money. Hard to keep a secret of it mind you.

I think I am with you. I would keep it to myself, there are money obsessed people out there. Well I would definately want to give some to my mum and dad.. but if I won that kind of money I would not want to be plastered on the news.

I would want to travel the world with the money though, buy cds and dvds :) and buy a small house. (Would not want a big one because it would take ages cleaning and I don't want a cleaner invading my privacy) I would also buy a voltswagon hippy van! Sorted :D

[Beastie]

Cliché and soppy I know, but I'd donate most of it to charity. I'm living fine how I am right now.

Yeah I would donate some to charity too and save some! 56 million is a hell of a lot! However I think some of my friends or family will be over me like a leach if I said I won that kind of money.. will have to be careful.

[WOMBAI]

Yeah I would donate some to charity too and save some! 56 million is a hell of a lot! However I think some of my friends or family will be over me like a leach if I said I won that kind of money.. will have to be careful.

You couldn't hide winning that amount of money! You would be tempted to buy the finer things in life - you wouldn't be able to help yourself! That amount of money would take over anyone's life - however much they thought it wouldn't!

[Beastie]

You couldn't hide winning that amount of money! You would be tempted to buy the finer things in life - you wouldn't be able to help yourself! That amount of money would take over anyone's life - however much they thought it wouldn't!

Nope.. I would not want to buy massive big fancy things.. I think some of my family would want to do that though.

[Crimson Dynamo]

it would bring trouble and lots of it.

money earned is money that works

[Captain.Remy]

There was a show about it on French TV 2 months ago. It was about the biggest lottery winners and it was rather interesting to see who they told. They have orders to follow such as not telling everyone but a small group of people to keep the confidentiality in order not to get into any trouble.

To be honest, I'd of course say it to my parents and my 2 sisters then my closest closest friends I have known for ages. I think I'd do a world trip on my own, inviting my friends and family on whatever country I am in so they can enjoy themselves. I'd buy a house to my parents, pays fashion school fees to my sister and give some money to my older sister so she can raise her 2 children easily.
I'd financially help my rugby team a lot because I own everything to them and I'd open an orphanage in poor countries.

And that's it, I'd keep the rest of the money to buy a nice car and buy an amazing house in UK or Switzerland.

[King Gizzard]

I'd set up some sort of business and employ all my friends. mwaahaha

I'd hate to win 56 million, as weird as it sounds

i'd want 1m max


Would have people asking for money all the blaady time

[setanta]

You couldn't hide winning that amount of money! You would be tempted to buy the finer things in life - you wouldn't be able to help yourself! That amount of money would take over anyone's life - however much they thought it wouldn't!

You'd be surprised though. I'm sure it's easier to keep under wraps than you suspect.

[Crimson Dynamo]

You'd be surprised though. I'm sure it's easier to keep under wraps than you suspect.

no chance

and doing that creates even more disharmony as people start to think, hang on they must have won/inherited money and not told anyone

[arista]

I think Ireland is not for sale.


No it is not
and I would never have €uro Nation, anyway.

[Tom4784]

I wouldn't drastically change my life, I'd keep the money a secret and just improve things bit by bit. Big houses and sports cars are for people who feel the need to prove something.

[setanta]

no chance

and doing that creates even more disharmony as people start to think, hang on they must have won/inherited money and not told anyone

Yeah, but sure I'm fairly certain of the people that I'd want to hold onto. I don't think it would effect any important relationships in my life. As for the rest... feck them.

[arista]

I wouldn't drastically change my life, I'd keep the money a secret and just improve things bit by bit. Big houses and sports cars are for people who feel the need to prove something.




Yes Secret is Best.


Via a Trusted Paid Lawyer.

[King Gizzard]

I'd of course want an open plan house

use to love making them on sims, houses with no walls (obviously have a bathroom still though)

[Stu]

Absoloutely no reason why you wouldn't be able to keep it under wraps if that's what your intention was.

[Crimson Dynamo]

I wouldn't drastically change my life, I'd keep the money a secret and just improve things bit by bit. Big houses and sports cars are for people who feel the need to prove something.

this is the mythical answer


"I wouldn't drastically change my life"


People have no idea what 56 million is and its no bad thing.


it would change you

get it the right way round

[Tom4784]

Speak for yourself, LT. Although I would jump country straight away it is possible to keep friends.

I really wouldn't live that differently, rather use the money for lots of little things. I couldn't care for mansions and sports cars but the idea of being able to buy ten DVD's a day and all the classic guitars I want appeals to me quiet a lot.

I wouldn't change my lifestyle, rather use my fortune as an on tap supply of free money to supplement my existing lifestyle.

Basically this, If I had that amount of Money I'd get myself a Laptop and a Ps3 and that'd be it for the moment. I like my life how it is so I wouldn't change anything apart from the little things.

[Crimson Dynamo]

Absoloutely no reason why you wouldn't be able to keep it under wraps if that's what your intention was.

I agree with the sentiment. I would try and so the same but I just do not think it would be possible

what a blast trying though

[Crimson Dynamo]

the temptation to not build a small igloo out of high grade cocaine would be a real bitch

[Stu]

What a waste of good cocaine.

[Tom4784]

this is the mythical answer


"I wouldn't drastically change my life"


People have no idea what 56 million is and its no bad thing.


it would change you

get it the right way round

No it wouldn't, I like where I live and I like my life. Why would I move away to some posh house miles away from everyone I know? The lifestyles of the rich don't interest me, I'd just like the comfort and the security the money would provide to my current lifestyle.

[kjtnation]

Buy loads of Apple Computers (iMac's)

[_Seth]

I'd rather have the money. :) At least I realise that's amazingly shallow, though.

[Fom]

I wouldn't lose my friends, I have decent friends. I would rather friends than all that money tbh... money isn't important too me.

[*mazedsalv**]

Tbh with so much honesty, i would LOVE to have that money, but i would choose friends ove rmoney, i would be hated and unloved, which is the biggest fear nowadays.

I wouldnt want to live away, i would just buy 2 houses abroad but i would live in the same place because i wouldnt want to be away from my friends.

[WOMBAI]

I would emigrate to Australia and buy a lovely property in Sydney Harbour! I would pay for all my family and friends to come and join me!

[setanta]

I would emigrate to Australia and buy a lovely property in Sydney Harbour! I would pay for all my family and friends to come and join me!

Yeah, I think you would have to move eventually.

[Beastie]

I would emigrate to Australia and buy a lovely property in Sydney Harbour! I would pay for all my family and friends to come and join me!

Ooo very exotic :)

[WOMBAI]

Ooo very exotic :)

My idea of heaven! :hugesmile:

[Crimson Dynamo]

Having been to Sydney (like being in England in the 1930s) i would not bother. Its empty.

[Twilight]

I would (well my mum would:P)
buy a house, do it up,buy everything we want:P,give like a million to all family members,keep the rest.

[Dr.Gonzo]

No I would Invite Everyone I know
to my Island.

I'll bring some dancing midgets and my purple tophat :)

[Crimson Dynamo]

how many people have current friends who are millionaires, who have pots and pots of money?

[sooty]

I will buy and run a dance hall for old people.

Entrance fee will be very small or free. Elegant deco and tea and biscuites.
I will hire male and female student dance teachers for people without partners.

Free group lessons regullary. (ballroom, sequence, old time, etc.)

Halls we used to go, owners would cancell dance sessions suddnely for wedding or other functions. Huge disappointmnet for regulars like us.

If I own the hall, it well never happen. :spin:

[Stu]

how many people have current friends who are millionaires, who have pots and pots of money?
What your hoping for here is the inevitable no answer, to which you will take it as some sort of proof that millionaires can't have non millionaire friends, are my right?

[WOMBAI]

I will buy and run a dance hall for old people.

Entrance fee will be very small or free. Elegant deco and tea and biscuites.
I will hire male and female student dance teachers for people without partners.

Free group lessons regullary. (ballroom, sequence, old time, etc.)

Halls we used to go, owners would cancell dance sessions suddnely for wedding or other functions. Huge disappointmnet for regulars like us.

If I own the hall, it well never happen. :spin:

That is a nice, original idea! :dance:

[Niamh.]

I would emigrate to Australia and buy a lovely property in Sydney Harbour! I would pay for all my family and friends to come and join me!

Sounds great! I think I'd have houses in a few different countries and rotate!

[sooty]

That is a nice, original idea! :dance:

:)

[xDramatick]

Speak for yourself, LT. Although I would jump country straight away it is possible to keep friends.

I really wouldn't live that differently, rather use the money for lots of little things. I couldn't care for mansions and sports cars but the idea of being able to buy ten DVD's a day and all the classic guitars I want appeals to me quiet a lot.

I wouldn't change my lifestyle, rather use my fortune as an on tap supply of free money to supplement my existing lifestyle.

Same here.
The only major expense that I would do is buy me and my partner our own place, because we both really want one but it looks like we'll have to house-share for a few more years.

Otherwise, I'd just use it to be able to get all concert tickets, CDs/DVDs, food etc that I want.

Most of my mates probably wouldn't care tbh, I'd be quite open with it and happily pay for their drinks when we go clubbing and stuff. They're the sorta people who can't bear not to pay you back so I doubt they'd let me anyway.

[atieah2009]

No I will give my very good family (5people) £3m each, my best friends (6people) £2m each.
Now were all rich.

[rapunza1977]

how many people have current friends who are millionaires, who have pots and pots of money?

3 all in however one is a familty member who is a premiership footy player so there is no way I can relate to the cash they have

the other is an old scchool friend wuith a very very successful business - very down to earth chap

the other is me boss but very close

[rapunza1977]

i would see all my family right - ensure brothers and sisters are financially secure

financially secure my mums brothers and sisters and my dads small family - pay off friends mortgages etc and give cash towwards kids schooling etc and nice new family cars of their choice

all in all just make my own life more financially secure and those i love around me

[rapunza1977]

Having been to Sydney (like being in England in the 1930s) i would not bother. Its empty.

Absolute piffle.

[Crimson Dynamo]

Absolute piffle.

true dat


its a hole

[Crimson Dynamo]

Psychologist: lottery win may spell misery

The couple who scooped a record-breaking £56 million on the EuroMillions lottery may be facing a life of despair, a money psychologist has warned.

Nigel Page, a handyman, and Justine Laycock, a senior sales negotiator at an estate agent, are celebrating their EuroMillions windfall and have both since quit their jobs.

Dr Chris Boyce, an economic psychologist, argued that: “Money, as the age-old truism goes, does not buy you happiness”.

He said that “suddenly acquiring lots of money disrupts every aspect of our lives”.

“Someone who lives in a modest home with a close circle of good friends and neighbours may take one of several courses of action when he wins the lottery”, said Dr Boyce.

“He may think it judicious to stay in his familiar surroundings, but upgrade his run-down semi with a millionaire makeover, installing a pool in the back garden and planting several flashy new cars on the drive.”

But Dr Boyce commented: “I suspect he’ll quickly discover that his neighbours will resent the flashy accoutrements and be consumed with envy”.

Press reports say the family plan to move from their £235,000 three-bedroom semi in Cirencester, Gloucestershire, to a six-bedroom detached, ideally with a pool. But they want to stay in the same area where their children enjoy school and have lots of friends.

But the psychologist argued that moving house will leave the couple’s friends “no less jealous”.

Dr Boyce commented that the couple, in quitting their jobs, will certainly lose “another vital component of a joyful life – connection with other people”.

He said: “We do not appreciate – until we don’t have it any longer – how important this day-to-day commerce is. How will Mr Page and Mrs Laycock fill their days from now on?

“Without the discipline and structure provided by their jobs, there is a very real danger that their lives will lack purpose; their sense of self-worth will plummet”.

Dr Boyce added that his own research had shown how “psychologically devastating the loss of a job can be”.

He said: “It so often results in depression brought on by the sheer sense that life has lost its purpose”.

He added: “I’d suggest that most of us who enjoy our work are driven more by the rewards of achievement, by that inner glow of satisfaction that comes from doing a job really well, than by the money we earn. All that is lost to the lottery winner.”

In January one of Britain’s youngest lottery millionaires was found dead alone in his home.

Stuart Donnelly, who was 17 when he won £2 million in 1997, had become a recluse as he struggled to cope with his new found wealth.

In a 2003 interview Mr Donnelly said: “It was very hard to deal with all the attention I got”.

“It put a huge strain on me and my family”, he added.

In November last year a national newspaper cited a survey of 30 of the biggest jackpot winners and said it branded the lottery “Britain’s biggest marriage wrecker” when it found that a third of respondents said their lives had been blighted by their new found fortune.

Families had fallen apart, marriages had ended and envy had destroyed friendships, the survey reportedly revealed.

Since the start of the National Lottery a number of jackpot winners have admitted misery because of their windfall.

Last year Callie Rogers, 22, who won close to £1.9 million as a teenager in 2003, revealed that she is now facing bankruptcy.

She admitted her life was a “shambles” and the money she won had not made her happy.

Michael Carroll, a former dustman, won £9.7million in 2002 but claimed it had made him miserable.

After he won the jackpot, his wife Sandra left him and took their baby daughter with her. Mr Carroll turned to cocaine, was jailed and was later served with two anti-social behaviour orders.

In 1999 Stephanie Powell won £7.2million, but her family life began to break down as a result.

Her partner Wayne Lawrence walked out on her, claiming the stress of her riches as his reason.

Research published last summer warned that the lives of lottery winners could be cut short due to excessive alcohol-fuelled partying.

In 1999 Phil Kitchen, a jobless carpenter, won £1.8 million but two years later was found dead in his £500,000 home after drinking himself to death.

[30stone]

I would try keep my close friends.

I would try keep it secret.. just throw a bit of money around..

If i bought a new car just say parents got it for me..

Id also buy the house i want and probably rent it until i was ready to move in.


Wonder what my relationship would be like... i could imagine it ****ing up really.

[Crimson Dynamo]

problem is close friends are close friends because of similarities. much of the similarities are based on your finances one way or another...