https://boards.hellobee.com/ Pregnancy, Baby and Parenting blog, by Hellobee en Sun, 03 May 2026 21:34:42 +0000 https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/spinoff-what-would-you-do-if-you-won-the-100-million-dollar-lottery#post-24943 Wed, 30 Nov 2011 22:51:55 +0000 Mrs. D 24943@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>Pay off all our debts.<br /> Buy a big house in the country and furnish it.<br /> Buy a Condo in the city.<br /> Pay our parents debts.<br /> Buy a new car for each of us.<br /> Take a big trip seeing the places we've always wanted to see.<br /> Put money in RESP for our baby<br /> Donate to Cancer Research<br /> Donate to Diabetes Research<br /> Donate to Epilepsy Research<br /> Donate to church<br /> Save for retirement (RRSP) </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/spinoff-what-would-you-do-if-you-won-the-100-million-dollar-lottery#post-24929 Wed, 30 Nov 2011 22:33:28 +0000 tequiero21 24929@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>sigh. i dream about this all the time. </p> <p>first and foremost, i'd like to get my parents out of debt so they could finally retire. </p> <p>pay off my (and hubby's) immediate family's debts.<br /> set up college funds for nephew and my future kids.<br /> hire a financial planner/investment manager to make sure our assets keep growing.<br /> donate to charities and 10% to church. </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/spinoff-what-would-you-do-if-you-won-the-100-million-dollar-lottery#post-24917 Wed, 30 Nov 2011 22:25:36 +0000 rachiecakes 24917@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>-make sure my dad could retire and buy my parents a place near us<br /> -take care of my little brother (house, car, etc)<br /> -get our dream house/condo (not extravagant, trust me, lol)<br /> -invest well so that we can continue to live off the winnings forever </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/spinoff-what-would-you-do-if-you-won-the-100-million-dollar-lottery#post-24768 Wed, 30 Nov 2011 20:09:16 +0000 Mrs. Pickle 24768@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>I would pay off our house, buy a second car, travel, help out our families in various ways, and invest a good chunk to make sure my husband never has to work again. I'm sure there would be way more that I would do, but I can't think of anything. </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/spinoff-what-would-you-do-if-you-won-the-100-million-dollar-lottery#post-24721 Wed, 30 Nov 2011 18:55:36 +0000 Mrs. Sunglasses 24721@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>I would </p> <p>1- pay off my debts (and house)<br /> 2 - pay off my sisters, mom, dad and my inlaws debts including mortgage.<br /> 3- I would travel to Europe<br /> 4- go on a shopping spree<br /> 5- buy my mini cooper<br /> 6- go on a family trip (all 25 of us)<br /> 6- invest my money<br /> 7 - donate </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/spinoff-what-would-you-do-if-you-won-the-100-million-dollar-lottery#post-24718 Wed, 30 Nov 2011 18:48:38 +0000 Witz 24718@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>OMG I think about this all the time -- ha ha! I am glad to know others do too...</p> <p>I would start by paying off all of our debt and any debt of my parents and siblings. I would repay my parents for the cost of my college and graduate school that they helped me out with. Then I would buy us an awesome home in Capitol Hill in Seattle and also a house for my sister and her family in the same neighborhood (and make them move to Seattle and live in it -- ha ha!). And one for my brother too. I would quit my job and set up a charity, and administering that charity would be my new job. And I would set up a trust for my future children and also a trust for my nieces/nephews to pay for school. And then I would start having babies immediately! And not stop until we have 4 or 5 kids! Oh, and I would take my whole family on a vacation to Maui too. And... possibly buy a condo on the beach in Maui and one in Whistler B.C. And then live happily ever after! </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/spinoff-what-would-you-do-if-you-won-the-100-million-dollar-lottery#post-24706 Wed, 30 Nov 2011 18:31:53 +0000 ecogirl 24706@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>I would:</p> <p>Pay off my parents home<br /> Pay off my brothers college loans<br /> Pay for my sister's wedding<br /> Take all of our families to Disney for a big family vacation!<br /> Build a big animal shelter that takes all animals and is no kill<br /> Make my husband retire!!!!! </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/spinoff-what-would-you-do-if-you-won-the-100-million-dollar-lottery#post-24700 Wed, 30 Nov 2011 18:27:12 +0000 loveisstrange 24700@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>I would:</p> <p>-Pay off my student loans<br /> -Buy a nice but reasonably modest house<br /> -Pay off my parents mortgage or buy them a new house, their choice<br /> -Put away a nice college fund for our kids and my niece.<br /> -Donate a nice chunk to local animal rescues<br /> -Take my family on a nice vacation (this includes my parents and siblings)<br /> -Hire an accountant/investment manager and invest/save the rest </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/spinoff-what-would-you-do-if-you-won-the-100-million-dollar-lottery#post-24696 Wed, 30 Nov 2011 18:23:28 +0000 Rosie Girl 24696@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>I would pay off our debt, my parents' debt, and my sisters' debt. And my In-laws :) I would also go on a super nice vacation, get DH a dependable and nice truck, and buy a different house. The rest I would invest. </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/spinoff-what-would-you-do-if-you-won-the-100-million-dollar-lottery#post-24678 Wed, 30 Nov 2011 17:58:35 +0000 BSB 24678@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>Yeah, 100 million scares me too. I would probably give most of that away to charity first. Then split up the money and give my close family members a portion of it. Then save the rest of it in the bank for college and retirement. I would pay off my car. Buy a modest home. Pay for an accountant to make sure I pay the taxes. I probably would travel but I would still work a full time job. Maybe not asked to be paid for my job. I enjoy my job. </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/spinoff-what-would-you-do-if-you-won-the-100-million-dollar-lottery#post-24566 Wed, 30 Nov 2011 16:10:20 +0000 Andrea 24566@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>I would be scared to have that much money. It seems like a curse. I would take a more modest sum like $20 million. :-) Help out all my family members, donate to charity, pack up and move to Hawaii. </p> <p>I don't play the lotto but I always find that it's a waste of time to daydream about these things. Just work hard, be grateful for what you have. But I have never been homeless or starving or anything so maybe that is easy for me to say. </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/spinoff-what-would-you-do-if-you-won-the-100-million-dollar-lottery#post-24560 Wed, 30 Nov 2011 16:07:27 +0000 mediagirl 24560@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>Ok, well if the lottery was 100mm when we won it, we would get approximately 25mm after taxes and the lump sum. We would do the following:</p> <p>Take out 2 years of our current salaries to live off of for one year.<br /> Put the rest into a high interest (haha) savings account and live off of that interest.<br /> Pay off our mortgage and put our house up for sale.<br /> Pay back our parents for our college costs.<br /> Donate to the rescue where we got our dogs.<br /> Travel.<br /> Buy a house on a lake with plenty of land to roam with no neighbors to see or hear us. </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/spinoff-what-would-you-do-if-you-won-the-100-million-dollar-lottery#post-24559 Wed, 30 Nov 2011 16:06:28 +0000 Rubies 24559@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>I would donate half of it immediately. Then I would give 5mil each to my parents, my in-laws, my BIL, and my brother. Then I would pay off the debts of my friends. Then I would take a vacation. Then I would come back and figure out what to do next.</p> <p>At this point, I wake up from my dream. SIGH. </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/spinoff-what-would-you-do-if-you-won-the-100-million-dollar-lottery#post-24557 Wed, 30 Nov 2011 16:00:50 +0000 LuLu Mom 24557@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>We actually talk about this a lot :)</p> <p>1) rent a plane and take our friends and family on a trip to hawaii. The only "unreasonable" thing we would do.<br /> 2) Pay off all debt of ours and immediate family.<br /> 3) College funds for all nieces<br /> 4) Build our dream home, along with houses for my parents &amp; inlaws. Buy houses for my one sister/pay of mortgage of the other two siblings.<br /> 5) Donate to our favorite charities<br /> 6) invest the rest of it. </p> <p>And I always joke that I would get a FABULOUS new wardrobe after a shopping trip with my 3 best friends. My husband said that would make us back to being "poor" ;) haha </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/spinoff-what-would-you-do-if-you-won-the-100-million-dollar-lottery#post-24549 Wed, 30 Nov 2011 15:49:51 +0000 mekarual 24549@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>I dream about this all the time. Of course, if you don't buy tickets you can't win anything, and I never buy tickets. Oh well.</p> <p>I would pay off all our debts (mortgage, student loans, etc). Buy a house close to us for my Mom. Pay off in-laws home. Buy myself a really nice car. Put away for college fund for my daughter (and any future children). Take everyone in my family on a really nice vacation to Hawaii. Go on a vacation with just my husband to Europe. Donate to my favorite charities. </p> <p>The remainder I would invest/save so that my husband can retire early and we can enjoy traveling the world and being grandparents (hopefully!). </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/spinoff-what-would-you-do-if-you-won-the-100-million-dollar-lottery#post-24542 Wed, 30 Nov 2011 15:45:07 +0000 themcmom 24542@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>Run away from certain members of my family before they killed me for the money... :)</p> <p>1. Quit my job<br /> 2. Buy a bunch of acreage<br /> 3. Build container houses on it spaced far enough apart so we wouldn't annoy our sibs who'd live in the other houses<br /> 4. Buy my Grandma a white house with a tin roof like she's always wanted (actually I'd do this right after I quit my job)<br /> 5. Something that I can't post on the interwebs<br /> 6. Invest<br /> 7. Get my PhD </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/spinoff-what-would-you-do-if-you-won-the-100-million-dollar-lottery#post-24528 Wed, 30 Nov 2011 15:34:05 +0000 mrsjyw 24528@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>Pay off all our, my parents, brother, ILs' debts. Gift my aunts/uncles to help with their debts. Gift everyone in our extended family to spoil themselves for a short while. Put away for future babies' education. Donate to charity and/or setup a charity of our own (DH &amp; I've always wanted to do this in the future). Buy a house for my parents. Buy a vacation home in St. Thomas, Vail, and Hawaii. Buy a new "forever home" and new cars for DH &amp; I. Visit family in Korea for an extended period of time. Take a leave of absence from work and travel the world with DH. Pay for law school and finish the last 2 years. Pay for MBA and finish that program. Come up with a brilliant idea for a small business and help DH fulfill his dream of being his own boss. Buy a bakery/restaurant and run it to fulfill my dream job.</p> <p>Everything else, I'd invest and set up trusts for kids, my kids' kids, etc.</p> <p>After that I'd go back to work at my company now and hope that our side businesses flourish :) so that I could eventually retire early and volunteer and take art classes. </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/spinoff-what-would-you-do-if-you-won-the-100-million-dollar-lottery#post-24527 Wed, 30 Nov 2011 15:33:33 +0000 Rescuemom10 24527@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>Oh yes, DH and I have had this convo before. </p> <p>Pay off my parents house<br /> Buy house close to us for his parents<br /> Pay of our house and debts<br /> quit work and go back to school and change fields<br /> DONTATE considerable amounts. I would like to live how we do now, in the same home and everything and just "do good" with the rest<br /> as well as INVEST a lot for our future generations in our family. </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/spinoff-what-would-you-do-if-you-won-the-100-million-dollar-lottery#post-24522 Wed, 30 Nov 2011 15:28:54 +0000 DillonLion 24522@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>1. Hire a financial Planner</p> <p>2. Invest most of it</p> <p>3. Donate some of it to charity</p> <p>4. Buy big stuff later, once my money has had chance to grow in value </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/spinoff-what-would-you-do-if-you-won-the-100-million-dollar-lottery#post-24520 Wed, 30 Nov 2011 15:27:10 +0000 Mrs. Bee 24520@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>I constantly fantasize about this, as I'm sure many of you have as well!</p> <p>If I won the $100 million dollar lottery... </p> <p>I would pay off my parents' mortgage and buy my mom a diamond ring.</p> <p>I would buy Mr. Bee's parents a house very close to us.</p> <p>I would buy Mr. Bee's brother a condo.</p> <p>I would buy a townhouse for us here in Park Slope, and a cute little cottage upstate we could escape to on the weekends.</p> <p>I would buy a stationwagon - my dream car.</p> <p>I would donate to children's and animal charities.</p> <p>Other than those big purchases, I wouldn't really change my day to day life. I would save most of it, and help support our parents and family members.</p> <p>What would you do if you won the 100 million dollar lottery? </p>