I don't envy these two. They are a perfectly nice, ordinary, sensible pair of 22 year olds who have just won £45 million on the Euro Lottery.
"Bet you wish it was you, really!" I hear you say. Well, believe it or not, I don't. I would love to win a couple of million on the lottery. But I really wouldn't want this much, and I'll tell you why.
If you win a couple of million quid these days, it makes a significant difference to your life but at the same time nobody really notices. You can have a nice house and car and not have to worry about much. It's nice and comfortable.
If you win £45 million it can wreck your life. This couple would like a nice house, but it probably won't be in their neighbourhood because they don't build them there. The Aston Martin is going to look a bit conspicuous next to their mates' motors in the pub car park.
And how will you tell who are your real friends and who likes you for your money?
Then there's children. Their family when they have one is going to need protection. Would you kidnap their baby for a million quid ransom? You know they can afford it. Do I want my wife driven around by a guard in case someone snatches her for the money and sends me her finger in the post?
No, I don't want to live behind a fence and have security staff taking my kids to school. I don't want to go and live with the other multimillionaires because they're not my sort of people. I don't want to be forced change who I am and how I live to accommodate my bank balance.
I genuinely wish this couple well and sincerely hope I'm wrong about the downsides, but I don't envy them one little bit...
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Well put Dioclese,-your advice should be dished out with the dosh to all big time winners,-I wonder how unbiassed is the counselling they get with the cheque.
I presume that there is a "no publicity" option available, and they can avoid having the photos taken.
If you want to retain a vaguely normal life, just don't let the MSM tell the world you are minted.
I was confused as to why they went public as well, Mick. She said on the Beeb that it was because word was going round their friends and family anyway so they thought they might as well - but personally I am cynical enough to believe that a couple of 22 year olds could easily be pressured by the ad men.
I think that's pretty much the impression I'm getting from the Ignoble Caledonian as well?
Personally I would want to avoid all publicity, even going to the point of trying to get them to state I live a goodly distance away from where I actually reside and furthermore claiming a religious exemption to having my photograph taken. Mind you, as per the old joke on the subject, to get in that position I'd have to actually buy a lottery ticket...
I do envy them. We have no children to worry about and would be more than happy living on a cattle ranch in Texas
At least in Texas you can defend yourself with a firearm, Bucko.
That's one of the reasons. That and the big hats
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