(A big
sigh or phew or however you spell it.)
I am so
glad I did not win the big power ball lottery.
(Full
disclosure) I did have a ticket.
While we
enter these games of chance and wonder what we would do if, by chance, we would
win, most of us think not of the consequence.
If we had
won, the phone would never stop ringing for days, perhaps even weeks. Relatives
you never knew you had would be in touch. Friends you never knew you had would
be inviting you to dinner, lunch, breakfast and a meeting to meet a friend who
has a great and lucrative idea.
People you
don’t know would find your number and email and offer you untold opportunities
to invest, donate, and contribute to hundreds of worthy causes.
Investment
bankers and money planners would be on your doorstep with innumerable
opportunities to help you spend your new found riches, for a fee of course. You have to have a lawyer with those kind of riches and the per-hour rate
The term, “nouveau
riche” would take on a new meaning in your life and the lives of your family.
Your
religious affiliation would be looking for an appropriate “tithe” to help all
that is. You think you get a lot of requests for funds now, wait until you name
gets into the papers and on the internet as a big, big winner.
Yep, I’m
almost glad I did not win.
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