Husband Gifts Cousin $5 Lottery Ticket That Wins $50,000, But Wife Wants Him To Take It Back
Money makes the world go round and can make people lose their minds, too.
How many of you love scratching lottery tickets? It's the most fun thing to do, even when you know your chances of winning are one in a million.
That said, when a person wins the lottery, suddenly everything changes—even the person does. There are many examples of how people go from humble to downright bratty after bagging a substantial amount from the lottery.
Take the example of Curtis Sharp, a dishwasher who won a $5 million jackpot in 1982. He went from being a dishwasher to hosting larger-than-life parties, hanging around with women, and buying new houses and cars.
Unfortunately for him, the lottery curse hit him hard, leaving him with barely anything to hold on to. He's now a minister, but he still buys lottery tickets.
The point is, money changes people in unimaginable ways, and only a true gem of a person remains the same, no matter how much money they're looking at. You're going to see this exact example in Redditor No_Minimum_7226's story.
Every Christmas, No_Minimum_7226's family participates in gifting each other $10 worth of gifts. No_Minimum_7226 did what he always does—he bought lottery tickets for all the adults.
While the most they've won from the lottery tickets was when their uncle cashed in $50, this year was extra special. His 23-year-old cousin won $50,000 from the ticket No_Minimum_7226 gifted him!
Of course, everyone was elated—everyone except No_Minimum_7226's wife. She wasn't happy that her husband's cousin had won $50,000 from a ticket that her husband had gifted him.
The curse of money... we'll let No_Minimum_7226 explain.
This is how it all began.
No_Minimum_7226It's one of the best experiences of life, honestly.
No_Minimum_7226Greed takes over his wife.
No_Minimum_7226
Told you about a true gem of a person, right? He's one of them.
No_Minimum_7226
Exactly. I wish the wife saw things the way he did.
No_Minimum_7226
Wow. The audacity...
No_Minimum_7226
Yep, good point.
No_Minimum_7226
OP should not talk to her until she realizes the greed.
No_Minimum_7226
The wife is wrong.
No_Minimum_7226
Exactly. It was a gift.
No_Minimum_7226
OP says she's the sweetest person on the planet... I wonder why she became greedy then.
No_Minimum_7226
OP is thoughtful, for sure.
No_Minimum_7226
A gift is a gift.
No_Minimum_7226
Sure, you bought it, but you gifted it. You can't take back a gift.
No_Minimum_7226
You spent $5—nothing more, nothing less.
No_Minimum_7226
This is a good point.
No_Minimum_7226
OP needs to be careful about how he approaches this situation.
No_Minimum_7226
Some? The cousin owns the entire $50,000.
No_Minimum_7226
Exactly.
No_Minimum_7226
Facts.
No_Minimum_7226
Things will escalate quickly then.
No_Minimum_7226
Good point.
No_Minimum_7226
She needs to accept that the ticket was a gift.
No_Minimum_7226
Sounds fair.
No_Minimum_7226
Exactly.
No_Minimum_7226
Even if the cousin won $5 million, he owns it all.
No_Minimum_7226
In Summary...
I hope OP's wife will realize that it's wrong to take back a gift just because it comes with a lump of money.
What if she won $50,000 on a lottery ticket that someone gifted her? Would she be okay with returning it if the person who gifted her the winning ticket asked for it back?
I'm sure she wouldn't even want to think about it. OP's wife, I hope you understand that you're wrong in asking your husband to take back a gift.
What are your thoughts about this situation?
