it just sounds so stupid and fake, with all her issues financially, who would donate 3M and than ask for help. She's getting scam by that loser and I think she's just lying about the lottery. It just don't make any sense.
lol if you was spoilt all your life with no sense of money what-so-ever you would just throw away money just like that and sometimes when you alwaysh ave been spoilt with money you wouldn't really tell anyone that you have won at first, you would wnat to spunk it all and until you have a few left, you then tell the family
man thats really shitty ...... imo burn that bridge .... do that 3 palm hit thing like they did back in the day to get rid of family relationships ......xD jk ................... but imo .. let her do what she wants and leave her be ..... she cant always count on family ... she needs to learn through her mistakes ... just hope she gets poor then heart broken by that user cool story bro
Actually, for her to donate 3 million; she would have had to have won 6 million as the first half is automatically deducted as taxes up front. So if she says she won 3.12M, she wouldn't have had 3M to donate, but about 1.56 at the very most. Thus, this is another scam. But honestly, when I first read the story, I was like, "damn, what an idiot..." But after having my coffee and thinking about the whole thing, I'm sorry that I'd taken that tact. I began to realize that the woman is really in serious need of professional help. Anyone who concocts such grandiose tales and tells them with a straight face clearly has personality issues. Neg, I hate to say this, but I suspect your sister may be badly in need of therapy.
Even so, would one not realise that 3million isn't a small figure. If I won 3million, I would first buy what I want and then if family need help, I would use that money, then use the remainder for investment (bank interest per annum would gain like X percentage...) There is of course an opportunity cost lost as the money could have been spent on something else. Such as investing into a business (as a shareholder).etc blah blah Your a neek lol.
^ http://www.national-lottery.co.uk/player/p/serviceguide.ftl Well lets hope if I won a millionaire or 2 I won't get taxed lol
^ well i just remember that an gambling winnings you don't get taxed on because you "won" it and not "earning" it so there's no slavery in that so it can't get taxed for the council and our pensions that's why i wanna go on Deal or No Deal and hopefully get around £35k
In the US, the government is afraid that you may flee with your earnings so it taxes and collects right away, to ensure that they get their legal share. Further, another thing that remains unmentioned, is that most lotteries in the US are actually annuities, meaning that the total is paid out over the course of 20 years. So, for someone to have won 3 million, after tax, the 1.5 million is further divided into 20 payment of $75,000 a year for the next generation. The primary reason for this is the lottery funding itself; the government in truth, didn't yet have 3 million; but rather a much smaller amount that then accumulates over the course of 20 years of compounded interest to reach 3 million. So, if a winner chooses to "lump sum" and take all the principle money up front, it would be substantially less (the amount depending on the interest rates) than the 1.5 million after 20 years. Thus, even if lump summed, the "winner" in this case would probably only have had access to about $500,000 (or somewhere thereabouts). *see Akki's correction below Damn, I can't believe I'd forgotten all this... -sleep
Well .. my wife already said no and she doesn't want me to confront her over it to avoid hurting our sibling relationship. So I won't follow up on it for now. I am not so much angry as to what she did with her money if indeed she won the lottery .. I am pissed that she threw her winning money away (if true) and now asking her younger sis-in-law for help; not for herself but her "boyfriend". Since when is "BF" a part of the family????? The important thing is how come they can't RENT if they can't afford to buy .. the bf has a house too .. so what if the market is slow .. you gotta do what you gotta do .. any mature adults would know how to take care of themselves .. they're not desperate .. they have plenty of options .. sigh .. it's pitiful that my sis is acting this way and honestly, my wife and I are very worry about her being off on her own too ..
Even if it was for her and not her BF, I wouldn't sign. You should never get legally entangled in other people's financial affairs as this opens up an avenue of debt collection, and destroys your own good credit. Throw on top of that, your sister's self-centeredness, I would say that you're doing the right thing in saying absolutely not. <_<
The bit i have highlighted can be debatable. The BF is part of the family if the whole family has accepted him, in your case he's not but in my family my bf is part of the family. Every family is different i guess. Also maybe you need to avoid your sister, you can;t convince other members of your family to but you can with you and your little family that you have. Don't have anything to do with her and let her drop to rock bottom whether by lack of money or being ditched by her bf with the intention to use her (or not). Sometimes you can't worry too much because you do need to let people to go rock bottom by themselves in order to learn a good life long lessons, maybe harsh for some but it is the only way.
that is debatable in and of itself there are cases in which the BF(s) (plural if we are referring to more than one female family member), that are highly accepted by the family (i.e. they are constantly invited over for dinner, for events etc), however are not considered family members just yet. being part of family, in most culture, refers to having tied the knot
neg, definitely do not involve yourself in that mess. Ralph, the lump sum amount is the amount after tax but if you choose the yearly option they tax less so you would actually get closer to the winning amount.... e.g: 100 million prize: Roughly, Installments over 20 years would equate to roughly 75-80 million..... and lump sum 55-60 million.
Well .. all depend on family and culture. My family is a bit traditional so yeah .. BF is not family. Bringing the guy/gal home for dinner often doesn't translate into "family" per se; just meant the relationship is "serious with marriage potential". As for my sis, I am not gonna get involved with anything for now. She's stupid, gullible, naive, and whatever, still my sis and if I can help her (if all her resources have been exhausted and desperate), then I am gonna do so to the best of my ability ...that's family. When people reach out to you for help especially your immediate family member, you just can't turn your back on them.
Really? Thanks for the correction then I agree. If you saw that she was starving and destitute, that's one thing. But for a BF that simply wants to move up in life without having to do the work? No way.
