Let's daydream....

Swazzle · December 2013

The Mega Millions is up to $586 million.

If you play and were to win, what would you do with the money?

If you don't play, why not?

buddysmom80 · December 2013

I put money in for a pool with the people I take a commuter shuttle with. We all give one person $20 at the beginning of the year and just put that money towards any high payout lotto games. So, I am playing and if I did win:

I'd quit my job

Pay off my house

Buy a bigger house cash

Invest some money

Buy a condo in Mexico

Take a long vacation

Donate like a million bucks to my favorite cat shelter in town

Spend the rest of my life drinking, watching Maury, popping out babies and adopting cats

I'd probably find some sort of part time job that would coincide with something I enjoy doing. Like work at Michael's or a knitting store or something. Enough work that it keeps me busy, but not so much that I start hating my job, you know?

Swazzle · December 2013

First, I'd quit my job. Then, I'd pay off my student loans and happily tell Sallie Mae to go fuck herself.

I would buy a compound for my family.

I would buy another compound/winery for my NEY sister-wives.

I would travel EVERYWHERE.

I would donate a nice chunk of change to colon cancer research.

I would start a clinic for stray cats.

labro · December 2013

Swazzle said:

The Mega Millions is up to $586 million.

If you play and were to win, what would you do with the money?

If you don't play, why not?

BF puts money in a pool at work sometimes. If we were to win we would:

- Sell our house and most of our belongings and take a multi-year vacation

- Quit our jobs

- Invest the money in order to guarantee a comfortable income to do whatever we want with for the rest of our lives

- Pay off our student loan debt

- Pay off our parents' debt

- Buy BF's dad his dream truck.

- Give some of the money to charity..preferably to things like AIDS/HIV outreach, malaria vaccine research, diabetes research

Dignity100 · December 2013

WHEN I WIN

First - Contact a lawyer and a financial adviser - until everything is all secured and that first check comes, go on as usual.

After the first check came:
Quit my job (at least take a leave of absence and go part time - I do like what I do...)

Pay for my family to come out to my wedding (but I'd still keep the current plans - I include FI's family in the 'my family' umbrella)

Pay off / Sell my current home

Get a nice chunk of land and build my dream home

Give some of it to family and friends - those that aren't finished with school would first have to complete college (which I would pay for) and work in the real world so they know the true value of money and just don't blow it all. If they opted not to go to college, they'd have to wait longer to get at the funds.

Buy a custom RV type thing so my dogs (and other pets) can come on vacations with us!

I'd actually like to set up a charity to help those who have pets with cancer. I lost my first dog to a terminal cancer and I know how much those bills piled up. There's a lot that's not looked at besides just surgeries and potential chemo - there's the day-to-day medicines, special diets, holistic treatments, etc etc etc. Even if it's just helping get the animal a better food, it all adds up and can help out!

I know FI would like to start his own small business as well.

ShallowSeas · December 2013

Pay off all our debts
Drop down to part-time at my job. ( i like it too much to quit) Maybe just work a couple days a week.
Buy a nice house
Buy ourselves nice cars
Pay off our parent's debts
Pay off my sister and brother-in-law's debts
Book a fancy-shmancy honeymoon and vacation for the next year
Invest some
Up our wedding budget
Donate some to charity's and hospitals
Travel!!!!!!

ShallowSeas · December 2013

Oh, I would also buy a jellyfish tank and an octopus.

Blackbird230 · December 2013

I would...

Quit my job.
Pay off FI's student loans.
Put aside money for the wedding.
Buy a house.
Rescue a horse or a wild Mustang.
Get a house with a barn or very close to a horse barn.
Help horse rescues.

hikebikebemerry · December 2013

severmilli12 said:

Oh, I would also buy a jellyfish tank and an octopus.

I want a jellyfish tank so badly!!

FI just rolled his eyes, and asked me where I would find space with the dogs, chickens, and goats that I want to own. Whatevs, I can dream.

GoldenPenguin · December 2013

Call #1: Lawyer.

Call #2: Accountant.

Call #3: Sallie Mae. (I hate that fucking bitch.)

After that's taken care of, I'd buy THIS island (LINK)

And, since a house in Maine needs to be balanced with a house in Aruba, THIS.

Give a lot of money to cancer research - probably St. Jude's, and the Maine Breast Cancer Coalition. Also, Camp Sunshine in Maine.

Buy my parents BOTH new vehicles, because they need them, badly.

Buy season tickets to the Red Sox & Patriots, because, duh.

[Deleted User] · December 2013

I honestly never buy lotto tickets. It just seems like such a waste of money to me. H almost always buys a ticket for the big pots though, so I guess we even each other out. If I won through H we would probably:

Pay off all our debt (we're almost there already - 1 more year)
Have H quit his job and open his own business
Go on a big family vacation
Purchase a house & start a family

I really wouldn't want to do much more than that because so many people that win big jackpots end up bankrupt. I'd hope we'd be smart and save/invest most of it for our future.

bethsmiles · December 2013

I've never bought a lottery ticket,no really reason though I just haven't.

If I were to play and win I would:
* Pay BF's student loans
* Pay for my brother's college
* Pay off my parents' mortgage
* Buy land to build the cabin BF and I have always wanted
* Eventually design/build my own house (not sure where BF and I want to live so I wouldn't do that immediately)
* Have exactly the wedding I want then a kick-ass honeymoon in New Zealand and Australia
* Definitely would plan on saving a lot of it and just living a pretty normal life

Peaseblossom55 · December 2013

@swazzle can I hang out in the NEY sister-wives winery????

I'm not sure if I would quit my job right away. I'd pay off the mortgage on the house and the condo. Buy a new car for FI, I'd buy a new mercedes for me :-)

We would definitely add a lot more special things to the wedding.

We would also do a lot more traveling. I'd consider buying an apartment in Paris.

I'd have a child and consider adopting another from China.. I love my home so much I'm not sure I'd want to move or upgrade either.

Definite plans on donating to arts funding and local animal shelters, perhaps setting up foundations. I'd like to be able to help out friends/family if needed too.

Hummingbird125 · December 2013

- Pay off BF's student loans

- Buy new cars for both of us, and for our parents

- Go HOUSE SHOPPING! No idea where though - probably Long Island or northern NJ.

- Take all my family and best friends on an awesome vacation.

- Get another dog so Kaya can have a full-time friend

- Hire a chef/nutritionist to make me delicious low-calorie meals so that I can diet without thinking about it

- Buy a horse, duh

Swazzle · December 2013

@Peaseblossom55 - OF COURSE!

smalfrie19 · December 2013

I would,

Pay off FI's debt

buy land a build a dream house and buy a few horses and build a state of the art barn with a heated tack room and gorgeous indoor arena

travel to all the places we dream of going

invest some so that we can live comfortably

have a gorgeous wedding.

Peaseblossom55 · December 2013

Swazzle said:

@Peaseblossom55 - OF COURSE!

Yay!!!!! One of these I will meet you all!!!

KeptInStitches · December 2013

I'm off to Cat Island, where I shall cover myself in catnip, sit down, and wait for the kitties.

After I get tired of that, I'm buying a modest house, quitting my job, perhaps going back to school to be a professional student, and investing the rest.

loves2shop4shoes · December 2013

In short, I would buy ALL.THE.THINGS.

And travel.

And buy all the pretties.

And travel.

And visit youbitches.

And be rich.

suzie211 · December 2013

I would buy a couple vacation homes, and maybe a big fat brownstone in the Gold Coast.

I would then host lots of G2G at said homes.

I'd quit schlepping medical devices.

I'd open a fab boutique with all the clothes and shoes, so I could play dress up every single day.

I'd buy my parents a house, and actually give them something to retire off of.

audrewuh · December 2013

I would:

- Go in on NEYnery, for the love of my sister-wives

- Move to Boston ASAP and go to school

- Quit my job and go straight to volunteering, or working for no pay at a different place

- Buy a horse

- Pay off student loans

- Set my mom up with a nice monthly allowance

Swazzle · December 2013

It's up to $636 million!!!!!

GoldenPenguin · December 2013

I would for sure buy a farm and a million horses.

Okay, maybe not a million, but at least two or three.

This place, please: LINK

GoldenPenguin · December 2013

I changed my mind. I'm going to keep some life here in NY. I'll take this one instead. Mostly because it's closer to drunken brunches with @swazzle, @hummingbird125, and @buddysmom80.

LINK

KeptInStitches · December 2013

Swazzle said:

It's up to $636 million!!!!!

All right, that's it. I'm getting a ticket tonight. No more dreaming, I'm making this shit real.

CLoGreenEyes · December 2013

So, I don't play. It just never occurs to me to buy a ticket, but damn, $636 million is pretty tempting!

If I won, I would (approximately in this order):

-Pee myself

-Pay off mortgages for Mom and Dad and the brothers

-Probably pay the mortgages for all the rest of my aunts and uncles too, just 'cause

-Buy myself a nice house near a beach somewhere, and have an awesome time decorating, especially since I will have a library!

-Finish nursing school with the relief that I don't have to stress about tuition or books anymore, just because I could, and then go to grad school for something slightly different (maybe Genetic Counseling, or Pathology Assistant, or something still vaguely healthcare related but not necessarily "nurse-y," ya know?)

-Get alllllll the massages and facials and fancy haircuts, and go shopping whenever

-Check off everything on my travel list - first one would definitely be Italy

-Take as many dance, music, and theater classes as I could, just because I enjoy those things and the people who do them well

-Have plenty of awesome G2Gs with various friends

-Invest a good portion, and use the earnings from that as well as my leftovers to fund a scholarship and/or sizable repeat donations to a few different charities I support

Hummingbird125 · December 2013

Oh yeah, I'd totally donate a shit ton of it to charity. I'm not a very charitable person, to be honest, but there is no way in hell I will ever (responsibly) spend that much money, so it just makes sense to get rid of some of it in a good way.

natswild · December 2013

Here in Canada, the 6/49 lottery was 40 million, won by a retired guy in Calgary, Alberta, who GAVE IT ALL AWAY

Swazzle · December 2013

Honestly, I could never give it ALL away.

Sorry not sorry.

cu97tiger · December 2013

Round 1

Quit my job

buy a house in Phoenix

buy a house in Richmond

buy new cars (not NEW but new to us)

pay off my sister's house

buy my parents a house (or two... one in Richmond, a condo in Rochester)

Round 2

Pay off my student loans

pay off the credit cards

take a trip to Germany

take a trip to Bora Bora

Start a trust fund for our niece and nephew

Round 3

Start using fertility meds/get IVF

Set aside $ for our aunts, uncles and cousins

Put ~$200 million in the bank so we can live off the interest

Become part of a private jet co-op (we don't need to own our own jet)

Round 4

Pay someone to be my personal shopper and buy a whole new wardrobe

Get a personal trainer

Run a marathon

Do an olympic triathlon

Volunteer at habitat for humanity

Give to/work at charities that encourage girls to dream big

Hummingbird125 · December 2013

@cu97tiger - I love that you're being smart about your money and just doing a jet timeshare. I'm stealing that plan for when I inevitably win!

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