Sad story, and a cautionary tale.
>> They had $27.20 to their name, but he decided to drive to the Circle K on Trouble Creek Road in New Port Richey and spend $5 on Lotto.
Was it Adam Smith that called lotteries a “tax on stupidity”?
A close friend of my DIL lost her husband and got quite a big settlement from the company he worked for and he had a lot of life insurance.
Not long after the settlement she came to my DIL and wanted to know how much money she wanted. My DIL asked her what she meant, well it seems that many of the people who helped her out after her husband died also hit her up for money later. My DIL told her that she didn’t want anything but she called her back later and told her she wanted one thing and that was for her to get a financial advisor the next day.
She listened to my DIL and her financial advisor and the mooches are no longer in her life and she is doing quite well and should continue to do so.