[exDemMom]

I don’t think I would tell my family at all.

We’d just quietly pay off our bills and have a new house built. Certainly nothing extreme or extravagant.

[21twelve]

I imagine it would be possible to give anonymously to family? Of course - some family would use a million or two wisely, others it might ruin them.

[Diana in Wisconsin]

Yeah, us too.

I think I would re-build the barn on a quicker schedule than the one we’re on, finish the metal roof on the house (though Beau is making good progress...now that the roof IS leaking!) and dig that Root Cellar I’ve been lusting after.

It’s The Simple Things that matter. :)

[Notthereyet]

exDemMom,

Not telling the family only works if the lottery involved is willing to handle the ticket redemption privately. Many demand it publicly because of the wonderful PR involved.

If you win, I wish you well. Seeing you as ‘exDemMom,’ I feel you’re not in the wasting-money mindset. That is wonderful, right there!!

[cherry]

we have a lot of things to fix at our house...need new floors and a new deck...I like where I live but the taxes are horrible..

certainly will be very generous with the kids and grandkids....will certainly remember brothers and sister and their spouses and their kids....