https://boards.hellobee.com/ Pregnancy, Baby and Parenting blog, by Hellobee en Wed, 29 Apr 2026 21:07:24 +0000 https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/what-would-you-do-with-15million#post-512839 Fri, 18 Jan 2013 10:36:05 +0000 Mrs. Blue 512839@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>(1) Give 10% to our church and make donations to some other special charities.<br /> (2) Immediately pay off all of our debt.<br /> (3) Buy a normal house (not one that screams that we just got 15 million dollars).<br /> (4) Buy one new-to us car because mine sucks.<br /> (5) Invest everything else into a business or two, some stocks &amp; bonds, etc. </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/what-would-you-do-with-15million#post-512755 Fri, 18 Jan 2013 10:09:39 +0000 littlek 512755@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>Invest, pay off our mortgage, buy DH a dream car, fully fund LOs education and then give the rest to charity. </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/what-would-you-do-with-15million#post-512747 Fri, 18 Jan 2013 10:08:27 +0000 Smurfette 512747@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>Buy our dream home, pay off my parents mortgage, buy DH some ridiculous sports car that he usually drools over, give a lot to charity/church and then save a ton. </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/what-would-you-do-with-15million#post-512731 Fri, 18 Jan 2013 10:05:06 +0000 T.H.O.U. 512731@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>@ladyfingers: I agree, "hire a friggin cleaning lady." </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/what-would-you-do-with-15million#post-512721 Fri, 18 Jan 2013 10:03:50 +0000 Foodnerd81 512721@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>Buy a condo in the city and in a few years, buy a dream house in the suburbs or city outskirts, buy a vacation home... somewhere. Put aside enough for 2 kids colleges and weddings. Have the cleaning lady come weekly instead of monthly. </p> <p>The rest, probably invest. I'm going to stop working in July when the baby gets here so I don't know if I'd stop sooner, and DH would probably keep working anyway, but devote more time to managing our now huge investments. Oh, and he'd join a golf course for sure! Donate a bunch to charity but we'd have to really figure out which one. </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/what-would-you-do-with-15million#post-512686 Fri, 18 Jan 2013 09:56:35 +0000 Alivoo01 512686@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>Oh man!! I'd buy/build our dream home, hire a housekeeper and chef, pay off all our debts, invest in commerical real estate, donate some to charity and help out family where needed, save a bunch for the kids, and travel the world!! </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/what-would-you-do-with-15million#post-511928 Thu, 17 Jan 2013 21:42:11 +0000 mrsjazz 511928@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>Buy homes in NY, New Orleans, Fort Lauderdale, and abroad (maybe Spain?). Also buy a home for my sister and mother.</p> <p>Pay off my student loans, invest, save for LO. My husband says he would still work as a teacher. Take some trips. Pay someone to fan me and eat grapes. </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/what-would-you-do-with-15million#post-511926 Thu, 17 Jan 2013 21:42:07 +0000 ladyfingers 511926@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>Oh man, what wouldn't we do. Probably pay off our parents' debt, give MIL a chunk, pay off our debts, buy DH a new car (which is on our to-do list anyway), figure out a way for one of us to stay at home with LO, and put the rest in savings. And maybe build a deck and take care of the other nagging home improvement stuff that's already built up.</p> <p>ETA and hire a friggin cleaning lady. </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/what-would-you-do-with-15million#post-511920 Thu, 17 Jan 2013 21:41:33 +0000 PurplePumps 511920@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>Pay off the house, update the house, buy a new car, buy a few handbags, get a hot tub, travel a bunch, and then put the rest away. </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/what-would-you-do-with-15million#post-511894 Thu, 17 Jan 2013 21:36:15 +0000 Mrs. Bee 511894@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>buy a home and hire a cook! </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/what-would-you-do-with-15million#post-511886 Thu, 17 Jan 2013 21:35:32 +0000 allison 511886@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>Travel! I love @Arden 's idea to have houses in different countries. I'd settle for apartments, though. And I would eat really good food while travelling. </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/what-would-you-do-with-15million#post-511833 Thu, 17 Jan 2013 21:24:15 +0000 Arden 511833@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>- Donate 10% to a great organization that helps children that have AIDS.</p> <p>- Buy several small and simple homes in different parts of the world.</p> <p>- Both of us would go back to graduate school part time, so we could switch off who takes care of the kids and who is in class. I'd get my Ph.D. in Midwifery.</p> <p>- Build a Birth Center/Midwife Training Center in some place like Somalia, and teach women to be midwives. </p> <p>- Adopt several special needs kids with expensive needs that we could suddenly afford to cover, like ones that require surgeries or pricey medications.</p> <p>- Buy an awesome wardrobe for each family member. :) </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/what-would-you-do-with-15million#post-511798 Thu, 17 Jan 2013 21:18:38 +0000 prettylizy 511798@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>I'd build my dream house, stop working, pay off all of my families mortgages, buy an awesome horse and start a charity of some kind! </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/what-would-you-do-with-15million#post-511784 Thu, 17 Jan 2013 21:15:42 +0000 shopaholic 511784@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>Gosh, DH and I would probably put it all into savings and investments, and live at about the same or slightly higher standard of living off interest. DH would quit work though and we'd probably travel more &amp; open some kind of small business to keep us busy. Don't you love wishful daydreaming? </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/what-would-you-do-with-15million#post-511777 Thu, 17 Jan 2013 21:13:58 +0000 Bao 511777@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>Pay off debts, buy a home, donate to charity, give to friends and family, take a vacation and save! </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/what-would-you-do-with-15million#post-511763 Thu, 17 Jan 2013 21:12:10 +0000 chopsuey 511763@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>ahhhhhhhhh I hate that we don't have cable. I'm gonna have to catch Grey's on abc.com tomorrow!</p> <p>15 mil. We'd keep 8 and give away 7--to our church and family.<br /> Build our dream house, travel, save for our kids' education, hire a chef and housekeeper ;) </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/what-would-you-do-with-15million#post-511754 Thu, 17 Jan 2013 21:09:31 +0000 mrsjyw 511754@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>Just saw the opening scene of Grey's... what would you do if you were awarded $15million? </p>