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Hellobee Boards Topic: if you won a million dollars...what's the first thing you would do? https://boards.hellobee.com/ Pregnancy, Baby and Parenting blog, by Hellobee en Mon, 20 Apr 2026 13:04:35 +0000 JoJoGirl on "if you won a million dollars...what's the first thing you would do?" https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/if-you-won-a-million-dollarswhats-the-first-thing-you-would-do/page/2#post-360573 Thu, 25 Oct 2012 14:07:38 +0000 JoJoGirl 360573@https://boards.hellobee.com/ Ugh. My first instinct is to quit my job and go on a 6 month vacation (and then get another job when I return), but realistically we'd probably pay off my student loans and 2 cars, sell our condo and buy a house and pay it off immediately. Although I don't know if $1m could pay off a whole house around here so we'd probably just put like 60% toward a down payment. alayaya on "if you won a million dollars...what's the first thing you would do?" https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/if-you-won-a-million-dollarswhats-the-first-thing-you-would-do/page/2#post-360494 Thu, 25 Oct 2012 13:42:23 +0000 alayaya 360494@https://boards.hellobee.com/ I would pay off my student loan and then buy us a small family home in a nice area... Then I would invest the rest (wouldn't be much leftover though). Mrs. Tricycle on "if you won a million dollars...what's the first thing you would do?" https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/if-you-won-a-million-dollarswhats-the-first-thing-you-would-do/page/2#post-360484 Thu, 25 Oct 2012 13:38:27 +0000 Mrs. Tricycle 360484@https://boards.hellobee.com/ I'm with @Minnie_Girl: I've run this scenario through my head a few times, and hiring a financial planner is at the top of the list. Now only if we played the lotto . . . DillonLion on "if you won a million dollars...what's the first thing you would do?" https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/if-you-won-a-million-dollarswhats-the-first-thing-you-would-do/page/2#post-360480 Thu, 25 Oct 2012 13:37:54 +0000 DillonLion 360480@https://boards.hellobee.com/ Pay off all of our debts, buy two new cars with cash, put enough money away to pay for LOs college, invest a chunk, and then go shopping (re-decorate my house, buy a new wardrobe)!!! Rock n Roll on "if you won a million dollars...what's the first thing you would do?" https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/if-you-won-a-million-dollarswhats-the-first-thing-you-would-do/page/2#post-360477 Thu, 25 Oct 2012 13:36:08 +0000 Rock n Roll 360477@https://boards.hellobee.com/ I'd quit my current job and finish my Master's full-time so I could graduate early. Buy a house in the neighborhood next to ours that I love but won't buy in because we'd have to send the kids to private school. Then I'd save/invest the rest and send the kids to private school! Also, probably take my whole family on a vacation somewhere for fun. Oh, and buy a bigger car/sell my current one because I want a minivan or SUV when we have a third child down the road. mole on "if you won a million dollars...what's the first thing you would do?" https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/if-you-won-a-million-dollarswhats-the-first-thing-you-would-do/page/2#post-360452 Thu, 25 Oct 2012 13:28:31 +0000 mole 360452@https://boards.hellobee.com/ I'd buy a cute house with a yard in our neighborhood! I'd also splurge on some new furniture. The rest of the money I'd save -- some for the future, some for an awesome vacation. mrs. wagon on "if you won a million dollars...what's the first thing you would do?" https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/if-you-won-a-million-dollarswhats-the-first-thing-you-would-do/page/2#post-360411 Thu, 25 Oct 2012 13:10:46 +0000 mrs. wagon 360411@https://boards.hellobee.com/ Pay off debt then invest the rest! But of course I'd also do a little splurge... something along the lines of jewelry and handbags. :) PurplePumps on "if you won a million dollars...what's the first thing you would do?" https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/if-you-won-a-million-dollarswhats-the-first-thing-you-would-do/page/2#post-360219 Thu, 25 Oct 2012 12:06:30 +0000 PurplePumps 360219@https://boards.hellobee.com/ Is that 1mil after or before tax? Pay off the house, then invest what little is left. Boogs on "if you won a million dollars...what's the first thing you would do?" https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/if-you-won-a-million-dollarswhats-the-first-thing-you-would-do/page/2#post-360208 Thu, 25 Oct 2012 12:04:03 +0000 Boogs 360208@https://boards.hellobee.com/ A million dollars won't go far here. I would buy our dream home, buy us new cars. After selling off our current home I would also buy some investment property. Then, stash away a safe amount for LO's college and save the rest. Mrs Checkers on "if you won a million dollars...what's the first thing you would do?" https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/if-you-won-a-million-dollarswhats-the-first-thing-you-would-do/page/2#post-360117 Thu, 25 Oct 2012 11:31:57 +0000 Mrs Checkers 360117@https://boards.hellobee.com/ Pay off all debts, invest, and give some away. Mrs. Blue on "if you won a million dollars...what's the first thing you would do?" https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/if-you-won-a-million-dollarswhats-the-first-thing-you-would-do/page/2#post-360102 Thu, 25 Oct 2012 11:25:39 +0000 Mrs. Blue 360102@https://boards.hellobee.com/ Pay off our student loans and then invest, invest, invest. Alivoo01 on "if you won a million dollars...what's the first thing you would do?" https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/if-you-won-a-million-dollarswhats-the-first-thing-you-would-do/page/2#post-360000 Thu, 25 Oct 2012 10:55:58 +0000 Alivoo01 360000@https://boards.hellobee.com/ Pay off all debts, invest/save a bunch of it, then get me and the hubby some nice clothes! We practically live in work and lounge clothes since we hardly go out due to our work schedules. JennyLayneAZ on "if you won a million dollars...what's the first thing you would do?" https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/if-you-won-a-million-dollarswhats-the-first-thing-you-would-do/page/2#post-359997 Thu, 25 Oct 2012 10:54:39 +0000 JennyLayneAZ 359997@https://boards.hellobee.com/ Pay off all our debt and get me a new vehicle. Um, and get a financial adviser and invest LOL sarac on "if you won a million dollars...what's the first thing you would do?" https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/if-you-won-a-million-dollarswhats-the-first-thing-you-would-do/page/2#post-359990 Thu, 25 Oct 2012 10:53:13 +0000 sarac 359990@https://boards.hellobee.com/ I'd set up a trust so that my father's widow wouldn't have to worry about money. Then I'd put a chunk aside for my baby's education, and a big chunk to finish our emergency savings. Then I'd get a financial planner to help us do whatever with the rest. But I'd take a few thousand and go on a huge shopping spree. kml636 on "if you won a million dollars...what's the first thing you would do?" https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/if-you-won-a-million-dollarswhats-the-first-thing-you-would-do/page/2#post-359945 Thu, 25 Oct 2012 10:38:59 +0000 kml636 359945@https://boards.hellobee.com/ quit my job! no doubt! DpeachLu on "if you won a million dollars...what's the first thing you would do?" https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/if-you-won-a-million-dollarswhats-the-first-thing-you-would-do/page/2#post-359940 Thu, 25 Oct 2012 10:37:42 +0000 DpeachLu 359940@https://boards.hellobee.com/ quit my job - because I would be able to pay off all of MY debt & still have some $ left. I basically only work right now to pay my debt. DH takes care of all other expenses. Minnie_Girl on "if you won a million dollars...what's the first thing you would do?" https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/if-you-won-a-million-dollarswhats-the-first-thing-you-would-do#post-359904 Thu, 25 Oct 2012 10:24:52 +0000 Minnie_Girl 359904@https://boards.hellobee.com/ Hire a financial planner. That's once-in-a-lifetime seed money! polkadots on "if you won a million dollars...what's the first thing you would do?" https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/if-you-won-a-million-dollarswhats-the-first-thing-you-would-do#post-359878 Thu, 25 Oct 2012 10:14:30 +0000 polkadots 359878@https://boards.hellobee.com/ @MrsBrewer: its crazy how money is different based on where you live. We live in a very inexpensive place compared to the cost of living in say New York . MrsBrewer on "if you won a million dollars...what's the first thing you would do?" https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/if-you-won-a-million-dollarswhats-the-first-thing-you-would-do#post-359866 Thu, 25 Oct 2012 10:10:33 +0000 MrsBrewer 359866@https://boards.hellobee.com/ @MamaMoose: Ahh very true, yea with 1 million I wouldn't stop working. Well maybe I would take like 1 year break and just travel for a little bit with the money! blackbird on "if you won a million dollars...what's the first thing you would do?" https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/if-you-won-a-million-dollarswhats-the-first-thing-you-would-do#post-359857 Thu, 25 Oct 2012 10:08:43 +0000 blackbird 359857@https://boards.hellobee.com/ Purchase a new home, pay it off, sock it away so it can collect interest, set up college accounts for the kids...go on vacation :) MamaMoose on "if you won a million dollars...what's the first thing you would do?" https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/if-you-won-a-million-dollarswhats-the-first-thing-you-would-do#post-359856 Thu, 25 Oct 2012 10:08:34 +0000 MamaMoose 359856@https://boards.hellobee.com/ @MrsBrewer: I think what people mean is, if you win $1mm after taxes it's not like you could just quit working and be comfortable for the rest of your life. Don't get me wrong, I'd love to have it... but it doesn't make you financially set for ever. It's not like if you won $100mm and you could spend frivilously and not worry. We would probably invest it all. Our interest rates are low enough on our house and cars that I think we'd net out a better return with investing. MrsBrewer on "if you won a million dollars...what's the first thing you would do?" https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/if-you-won-a-million-dollarswhats-the-first-thing-you-would-do#post-359828 Thu, 25 Oct 2012 09:59:05 +0000 MrsBrewer 359828@https://boards.hellobee.com/ It's funny to see some people say 1 million isn't that much. Man here in the midwest where I live a million is a crazy amount. We bought our house for only $77k, so after paying that off, we would still have a crazy amount left to work with! yoursilverlining on "if you won a million dollars...what's the first thing you would do?" https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/if-you-won-a-million-dollarswhats-the-first-thing-you-would-do#post-359816 Thu, 25 Oct 2012 09:54:37 +0000 yoursilverlining 359816@https://boards.hellobee.com/ Pay off our mortgage, invest a chunk and use a chunk as a downpayment on some investment propery (3-4 unit apartment buiding). Arden on "if you won a million dollars...what's the first thing you would do?" https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/if-you-won-a-million-dollarswhats-the-first-thing-you-would-do#post-359804 Thu, 25 Oct 2012 09:51:01 +0000 Arden 359804@https://boards.hellobee.com/ We have no debt, so I would donate 10% to a charity to stop human trafficking, and then buy a small house abroad. Maybe in rural Italy, or Spain, or Morocco. I would probably go on a $5,000 shopping spree for some really lovely classic, quality clothes and shoes as well. regberadaisy on "if you won a million dollars...what's the first thing you would do?" https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/if-you-won-a-million-dollarswhats-the-first-thing-you-would-do#post-359802 Thu, 25 Oct 2012 09:48:39 +0000 regberadaisy 359802@https://boards.hellobee.com/ Oh! We've talked about this a million times! First we would pay off everything: student loans, house, cars, etc. put money into a savings acct for M and all our nieces and nephews. MOney into savings. Then take all our family on a cruise. Then my husband and I would go to Europe for a month! If there's still decent money left I think I will finally get a pair of Jimmy Choos and he'll probably buy his dream car. Which I believe is a Shelby GT? Smurfette on "if you won a million dollars...what's the first thing you would do?" https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/if-you-won-a-million-dollarswhats-the-first-thing-you-would-do#post-359788 Thu, 25 Oct 2012 09:44:34 +0000 Smurfette 359788@https://boards.hellobee.com/ Sell our condo for a loss just to be done with it. Buy a house. Pay off my car and get DH a new one. mamabolt on "if you won a million dollars...what's the first thing you would do?" https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/if-you-won-a-million-dollarswhats-the-first-thing-you-would-do#post-359785 Thu, 25 Oct 2012 09:44:14 +0000 mamabolt 359785@https://boards.hellobee.com/ Pay off our house, student loans, and auto loans. Mrs. Bee on "if you won a million dollars...what's the first thing you would do?" https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/if-you-won-a-million-dollarswhats-the-first-thing-you-would-do#post-359784 Thu, 25 Oct 2012 09:43:57 +0000 Mrs. Bee 359784@https://boards.hellobee.com/ pre taxes or post? because that's a different story! Sammyfab on "if you won a million dollars...what's the first thing you would do?" https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/if-you-won-a-million-dollarswhats-the-first-thing-you-would-do#post-359780 Thu, 25 Oct 2012 09:42:34 +0000 Sammyfab 359780@https://boards.hellobee.com/ We would probably move across the country and buy a dream house and a cottage. My #1 goal in life is to win the lottery except I never buy tickets. Oops. oliviaoblivia on "if you won a million dollars...what's the first thing you would do?" https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/if-you-won-a-million-dollarswhats-the-first-thing-you-would-do#post-359777 Thu, 25 Oct 2012 09:41:39 +0000 oliviaoblivia 359777@https://boards.hellobee.com/ We'd just invest it. Boring.