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I had to wait in line longer than usual at my favorite "quick stop" to buy my caffeine fix for the day. Apparently, everyone in town thinks they are going to be the lucky ticket owner and at the drop of a ball be a millionaire.
When there's an opportunity to win millions by shelling out a couple of bucks — many of us say "I do!" to the question of who wants to be a millionaire.
Thanks, but no thanks.
I'm not against gambling or getting rich by chance, but I would be afraid of who I might turn into if I were to become filthy rich overnight.
My boyfriend spent $15 trying his luck, and I was relieved to see his tickets crumpled up in the trash the next day.
Dad, on the other hand, buys several tickets, proceeds to hide them, and then forgets about them. Who knows if he won or not?
I bought a scratch off ticket once and won 10 bucks. It scared me enough not to play anymore.
I thrive on the challenge of balancing and juggling so I don't have too much month at the end of the money and being a millionaire doesn't sound like that much fun.
The Powerball has been up to $300 million and who in their right mind would want to instantly have that kind of wealth?
It's a definite "no thanks" for me.
Life would never be the same, and I happen to like mine just fine. If you won that much money all your dreams would become a reality so then what would you look forward to?
No more shopping the bargain racks, going to garage sales or eating frozen pizza. The lazy days of summer would never have the same meaning because every day would be a lazy day.
Chances are, if you won that much money, your kids would never know the true meaning of being broke, but they probably would become a lot friendlier and come to visit more often.
Society would expect you to quit working if you won that kind of money. What kind of life would it be to retire way before your time? You'd never have the feeling of finishing your career, plus you'd miss out on the retirement party and the nifty pen set or coffee mug they would send you off with.
The simple thrills in life would be over.
Finding $20 in your back pocket, that has been washed and dried a couple of times, the day before payday or digging through the bottom of your purse and finding more quarters than dimes. Free concerts and cheap sunglasses would be replaced with operas and those funky one-armed spectacles.
Using the excuse of waiting until your next paycheck to get yourself fixed up — such as on bad hair days — won't work anymore and going to the dollar stores to buy cheap jewelry would not be as much fun. They say life would be simpler with enough money to pay all your bills, move into a larger house and never have to work another day. But would it?
I don't need to play the lottery to become wealthy because my life is already rich enough.
I'm loaded with the one thing money can't buy — love sweet love.
Sandy Turner lives in the Kansas City area and writes this column for GateHouse Media.
I had to wait in line longer than usual at my favorite "quick stop" to buy my caffeine fix for the day. Apparently, everyone in town thinks they are going to be the lucky ticket owner and at the drop of a ball be a millionaire.
When there's an opportunity to win millions by shelling out a couple of bucks — many of us say "I do!" to the question of who wants to be a millionaire.
Thanks, but no thanks.
I'm not against gambling or getting rich by chance, but I would be afraid of who I might turn into if I were to become filthy rich overnight.
My boyfriend spent $15 trying his luck, and I was relieved to see his tickets crumpled up in the trash the next day.
Dad, on the other hand, buys several tickets, proceeds to hide them, and then forgets about them. Who knows if he won or not?
I bought a scratch off ticket once and won 10 bucks. It scared me enough not to play anymore.
I thrive on the challenge of balancing and juggling so I don't have too much month at the end of the money and being a millionaire doesn't sound like that much fun.
The Powerball has been up to $300 million and who in their right mind would want to instantly have that kind of wealth?
It's a definite "no thanks" for me.
Life would never be the same, and I happen to like mine just fine. If you won that much money all your dreams would become a reality so then what would you look forward to?
No more shopping the bargain racks, going to garage sales or eating frozen pizza. The lazy days of summer would never have the same meaning because every day would be a lazy day.
Chances are, if you won that much money, your kids would never know the true meaning of being broke, but they probably would become a lot friendlier and come to visit more often.
Society would expect you to quit working if you won that kind of money. What kind of life would it be to retire way before your time? You'd never have the feeling of finishing your career, plus you'd miss out on the retirement party and the nifty pen set or coffee mug they would send you off with.
The simple thrills in life would be over.
Finding $20 in your back pocket, that has been washed and dried a couple of times, the day before payday or digging through the bottom of your purse and finding more quarters than dimes. Free concerts and cheap sunglasses would be replaced with operas and those funky one-armed spectacles.
Using the excuse of waiting until your next paycheck to get yourself fixed up — such as on bad hair days — won't work anymore and going to the dollar stores to buy cheap jewelry would not be as much fun. They say life would be simpler with enough money to pay all your bills, move into a larger house and never have to work another day. But would it?
I don't need to play the lottery to become wealthy because my life is already rich enough.
I'm loaded with the one thing money can't buy — love sweet love.
Sandy Turner lives in the Kansas City area and writes this column for GateHouse Media.
