The Student Room Group

If you won the lottery, who would you tell?

if anyone?

I would first tell my close family... and I think I would eventually tell my best friends but ask them to keep it a secret. I imagine it would become obvious after a while that you'd come into money

Scroll to see replies

Reply 1
My parents and my best friend.

I know if I went public, I'll have about 100 'friends' suddenly start talking to me again :lol:
whom
Original post by the bear
whom

Who(m) !
I'd hide washing machines in parks for relatives to find and take Bart on a zero gravity ride and stuff.
Reply 5
Just close family

wouldn't even tell my friends, listen carefully - money and friends do not mix!

trust me, no matter how damn close you are, most of them change when one of you becomes a little more wealthier
Reply 6
Original post by the bear
whom


this is in the chat section not the English linguistics section :tongue:
Reply 7
Original post by Nerry
Just close family

wouldn't even tell my friends, listen carefully - money and friends do not mix!

trust me, no matter how damn close you are, most of them change when one of you becomes a little more wealthier


Can't the same be said of family?
Original post by Moura
this is in the chat section not the English linguistics section :tongue:


if you won the lottery you could employ an English tutor.
Reply 9
Original post by Moura
if anyone?

I would first tell my close family... and I think I would eventually tell my best friends but ask them to keep it a secret. I imagine it would become obvious after a while that you'd come into money


my boss (and of course quit)
Only my parents probably, my dad's smart and would advise me on good investments and I could pay them back for everything they've done for me
Reply 11
Original post by the bear
if you won the lottery you could employ an English tutor.


I'd rather get a tutor in a language that isn't my own
Original post by Moura
I'd rather get a tutor in a language that isn't my own


you could afford any number of tutors if you won the lottery :h:
I'll tell no-one.

The deserving will be secretly given a hand out.

The non-deserving won't waste my time hassling me for money.
Original post by ThePricklyOne
I'll tell no-one.

The deserving will be secretly given a hand out.

The non-deserving won't waste my time hassling me for money.


That sounds like a pretty decent idea to be fair.

Id tell my family.
Im not sure if id tell my friends or not.
Reply 15
Original post by Moura
Can't the same be said of family?


if you don't trust them then yeah don't tell them. but luckily i know what my close family members are like and what their views are on money so thats why i'd tell them
my family only but i wont tell the exact amount
My family and some of my friends
I wouldn't tell anyone. I would give people that have been good to me a share (parents, grandma, a few others) if they agreed not to tell anyone where it came from
No-one, obviously.

Quick Reply