If You Won The Euro Millions......

Big Nasty · 25-05-2011 08:41PM #1

Now this thread is a little different than the usual lotto type thread. The way things are these days if you did win the Irish lotto you would barely have enough to pay off your debts, buy a nice house and have a savage holiday.

If you won the Euro Millions however it would be quite a different story: Champagne would fall from the sky, you could buy multiple houses, cars, maybe a modest 'plane or pleasure cruiser, have coke and hookers for breakfast, etc. - you get the picture.

So picture this: you are in a long term loving relationship, married or 'partner' status, with or without kids but strong ties and planning to spend the rest of your lives together, then you win the Euro Millions with a ticket you bought yourself for yourself.

Can you see yourself staying with your current partner in this scenario?

jive · 25-05-2011 08:43PM

Yes because I am with my partner because I like them not because I am not wealthy. Don't be mad just because you settled for an ugly bitch

Aoifey! · 25-05-2011 08:43PM

Yes, why would the money make a difference to your relationship?

Ghandee · 25-05-2011 08:44PM

MCMLXXV wrote: »

Now this thread is a little different than the usual lotto type thread. The way things are these days if you did win the Irish lotto you would barely have enough to pay off your debts, buy a nice house and have a savage holiday.

If you won the Euro Millions however it would be quite a different story: Champagne would fall from the sky, you could buy multiple houses, cars, maybe a modest 'plane or pleasure cruiser, have coke and hookers for breakfast, etc. - you get the picture.

So picture this: you are in a long term loving relationship, married or 'partner' status, with or without kids but strong ties and planning to spend the rest of your lives together, then you win the Euro Millions with a ticket you bought yourself for yourself.

Can you see yourself staying with your current partner in this scenario?

If I win the euro millions nothing will change, as regards my love for my wife!

But by fcuk I'd miss her!

KeithM89_old · 25-05-2011 08:44PM

Why have one hooker for life when you can have one hooker a week??

Abi · 25-05-2011 08:45PM

Fuck no.... I'd be gone like a fart in the wind >_> [/AH]

Not really. It would do everything I've wanted to do, and would love him to be there with me, and enjoy it all

TheZohanS · 25-05-2011 08:46PM

Aoifey! wrote: »

Yes, why would the money make a difference to your relationship?

More holidays!

I'd stay with my current g/f, she's a proper lady and it's true, Irish girls are the best.

Eric Cartman · 25-05-2011 08:50PM

it depends, if shell let me have hookers and take exotic trips to foreign brothels then id keep her

OutlawPete · 25-05-2011 09:00PM

Honey, I won the Euro Millions, pack your bags!
Oh my God baby, where are we going??
We are going nowhere, I said pack YOUR bags.

Think if I was in love I would stay with who I was with, threesomes would become more interesting though.

Big Nasty · 25-05-2011 09:00PM

jive wrote: »

Yes because I am with my partner because I like them not because I am not wealthy.

Same as that!

My OH is loving, caring, thoughtful, stable, pretty, on my level, i.e. all the good things with pretty much none of the bad. In fact I can't think of any petty reason, let alone a good reason why I wouldn't want to spend the rest of my life with her.

If I suddenly had €100 million in my back pocket I would hope that things would stay the same - but would they really? In fact half that €100 million would be hers so things would change massively for both of us!

It's a very hypothetical question obviously but realistically, if it happened to you and your lifestyle changed completely and every door was open to you could you honestly see your outlook on life remaining the same?

RachaelVO · 25-05-2011 09:01PM

I'd be staying with my husband, giving my kids everything they will ever need (not necessarily want, they do have to learn some morals). There will be trips all over the world (with private tutors for the kids), and I would have the time of my life, for the rest of my life!

jive · 25-05-2011 09:08PM

MCMLXXV wrote: »

It's a very hypothetical question obviously but realistically, if it happened to you and your lifestyle changed completely and every door was open to you could you honestly see your outlook on life remaining the same?

In terms of lifestyle it wouldn't make that much of a difference to me. I might buy some stupid **** and ridiculous cars but at the end of the day I'd probably go home to the same house equipped with a theatre and ****. I'd still live in the same area, be with the same person and do the same things. I would take more holidays and the likes and buy properties around the world but I'd still go to college and work in the summer. It's not fun sitting on your ass doing nothing regardless of having money or not. You get used to everything - if I drove a lambo it might be cool for a while but after a few months it'd be just normal to me.

7sr2z3fely84g5 · 25-05-2011 09:09PM

When the money goes to your head-
http://www.dailymail.co.uk/news/article-1249209/Lotto-lout-Michael-Carroll-dole-squandering-millions.html

Show Time · 25-05-2011 09:12PM

MCMLXXV wrote: »

Now this thread is a little different than the usual lotto type thread. The way things are these days if you did win the Irish lotto you would barely have enough to pay off your debts, buy a nice house and have a savage holiday.

If you won the Euro Millions however it would be quite a different story: Champagne would fall from the sky, you could buy multiple houses, cars, maybe a modest 'plane or pleasure cruiser, have coke and hookers for breakfast, etc. - you get the picture.

So picture this: you are in a long term loving relationship, married or 'partner' status, with or without kids but strong ties and planning to spend the rest of your lives together, then you win the Euro Millions with a ticket you bought yourself for yourself.

Can you see yourself staying with your current partner in this scenario?

As i am single i would be more worried then ever about gold diggers.:)

ShamoBuc · 25-05-2011 09:16PM

Gone like shít out of a goose..... but I'd be back!

Big Nasty · 25-05-2011 09:20PM

jive wrote: »

In terms of lifestyle it wouldn't make that much of a difference to me. I might buy some stupid **** and ridiculous cars but at the end of the day I'd probably go home to the same house equipped with a theatre and ****. I'd still live in the same area, be with the same person and do the same things. I would take more holidays and the likes and buy properties around the world but I'd still go to college and work in the summer. It's not fun sitting on your ass doing nothing regardless of having money or not. You get used to everything - if I drove a lambo it might be cool for a while but after a few months it'd be just normal to me.

You win the Euro Millions and you would still go to college? For what exactly? Just to learn for the sake of it?

I can see myself changing very little if I won the irish lotto but with Euro Million type money, no matter how down to earth you are you're just going to project yourself to a different level than your buddies!

Have none of you really thought about this?

strokemyclover · 25-05-2011 09:20PM

That's some shallow, cold-hearted sh*t right there!

jive · 25-05-2011 09:21PM

Ronnie Short Windshield wrote: »

When the money goes to your head-
http://www.dailymail.co.uk/news/article-1249209/Lotto-lout-Michael-Carroll-dole-squandering-millions.html

or when you're just a dumbass

cena · 25-05-2011 09:23PM

I would invest into a company in the states so I could get a green card, and the mighty ducks team the real one, and a nice house.

jive · 25-05-2011 09:24PM

MCMLXXV wrote: »

You win the Euro Millions and you would still go to college? For what exactly? Just to learn for the sake of it?

I can see myself changing very little if I won the irish lotto but with Euro Million type money, no matter how down to earth you are you're just going to project yourself to a different level than your buddies!

Have none of you really thought about this?

Because 1) it's something to do, 2) college is fun and 3) I'd rather do something worthwhile with my life than sit on my arse because I got lucky.

The only reason you would project yourself into a different level is if the money changed you. There's more important things than money and I know for a fact that I wouldn't get along with most rich people because when most people become rich they become snobs; snobs aren't fun.

Samba · 25-05-2011 09:26PM

I would buy boards.ie and ban users from posting "If You Won The <insert name> Lotto" threads.

/evil grin

JOCookie · 25-05-2011 09:28PM

The usual stuff,

go traveling for a while, than build my dream house and try and set up a business. something i enjoy don't really need to make a profit just breakeven,!!:p

Minstrel27 · 25-05-2011 09:34PM

Ronnie Short Windshield wrote: »

When the money goes to your head-
http://www.dailymail.co.uk/news/article-1249209/Lotto-lout-Michael-Carroll-dole-squandering-millions.html

I'd say he was an idiot before he won the lottery. He gave £1 million to a football club?

25-05-2011 09:40PM

Winning the EuroMillions would be the death of me, I honestly wouldn't be able to manage to keep myself grounded. I don't really have any wish to win that much cash.

Bruthal · 25-05-2011 09:40PM

MCMLXXV wrote: »

You win the Euro Millions and you would still go to college? For what exactly? Just to learn for the sake of it?

I can see myself changing very little if I won the irish lotto but with Euro Million type money, no matter how down to earth you are you're just going to project yourself to a different level than your buddies!

Have none of you really thought about this?

Im already on a different level to my buddies, but i would overtake them, and pass them out if i won.

starviewadams · 25-05-2011 09:43PM

I wouldn't change much I don't think,I'd just be a lot less stressed!I'd buy a house in Dalkey,quit my ****ty office job and relax!

Probably buy a house with a pool in Florida or somewhere too and go there during the Irish winter.If I had a wife/gf I wouldn't dump her just because I won the lotto,I'm not a prick!

Krusader · 25-05-2011 09:46PM

I'll still love my GF, i'll always love her even if i won it but
I'll miss her.

cosmicfart · 25-05-2011 09:48PM

Probably by a plane, Airforce 1.1

Big Nasty · 25-05-2011 09:48PM

strokemyclover wrote: »

That's some shallow, cold-hearted sh*t right there!

Is it fcuk - it's the truth!

Picture it:

Yourself and herself have been together for say 5 years. She's a lovely girl, pretty enough but no model but you like her well enough. In fact she's also a really good person to boot and you would be happy enough to be together for life. You've got a nice gaff in a fairly decent area, no kids yet but planning on same, maybe a couple of cats, or a dog, neither of you are on the dole or anything but struggling a little like us all.

Then all of a sudden BAM! You win €100k Million! First thing you do is round up all your buddies, family and friends for an all in session and before you know it there is 2000 in attendance and you don't know 90% of them but you're paying for their beer.

That over you buy a nice little gaff in Dalkey, not too far away from Bono, another 'Cribs' type residence in the Hollywood Hills, maybe an apartment in Monaco overlooking the GP Track and a small little cabin in the Swiss Alps.

While your friends are still struugling to pay their mortgages or are in council accomodation you are swannnig around in an Aston Martin, the wife in an M3 convertible and you've got your V12 whatever just for the weekend. You're gonna fine dine every fcukin' night of the week just because you can and all the while your buddies are still in their Fiat Punto and having Lidl brand fish fingers for dinner.

Do you think you'll be on the same level for long?

cosmicfart · 25-05-2011 09:50PM

MCMLXXV wrote: »

Is it fcuk - it's the truth!

Picture it:

Yourself and herself have been together for say 5 years. She's a lovely girl, pretty enough but no model but you like her well enough. In fact she's also a really good person to boot and you would be happy enough to be together for life. You've got a nice gaff in a fairly decent area, no kids yet but planning on same, maybe a couple of cats, or a dog, neither of you are on the dole or anything but struggling a little like us all.

Then all of a sudden BAM! You win €100k! First thing you do is round up all your buddies, family and friends for an all in session and before you know it there is 2000 in attendance and you don't know 90% of them but you're paying for their beer.

That over you buy a nice little gaff in Dalkey, not too far away from Bono, another 'Cribs' type residence in the Hollywood Hills, maybe an apartment in Monaco overlooking the GP Track and a small little cabin in the Swiss Alps.

While your friends are still struugling to pay their mortgages or are in council accomodation you are swannnig around in an Aston Martin, the wife in an M3 convertible and you've got your V12 whatever just for the weekend. You're gonna fine dine every fcukin' night of the week just because you can and all the while your buddies are still in their Fiat Punto and having Lidl brand fish fingers for dinner.

Do you think you'll be on the same level for long?

BONO I pay real money just to live no were near him

Abi · 25-05-2011 09:56PM

Ronnie Short Windshield wrote: »

When the money goes to your head-
http://www.dailymail.co.uk/news/article-1249209/Lotto-lout-Michael-Carroll-dole-squandering-millions.html

Fucking oxegen stealer is all he is.

What a hero. He's trying to make out he likes being on the dole again. His missus left him and took their daughter with her. Now he wouldn't get a ride in a stampede.

If You Won The Euro Millions......

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