Friend wins the lottery because of you and won't share. your reaction?

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Let's say it's your friends Birthday, and on his/her Birthday you bought him/her $100 worth of Lottery Tickets. One of the tickets happens to be the winning ticket of a $50 million dollar jackpot. Your friend also mentions to you that he/she has no intention of sharing any of the winnings with you. How do you respond to this?

I'd be furious for not being able to take part in the winnings. 28
It honestly wouldn't bother me at all. It's his/her gift. 32
I would end the friendship. I can't stand selfish people. 29
I'll try to cut a deal with him/her to get in on the winnings. 28
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  • dom180
    12 years ago

    S/he doesn't have to share. You shouldn't have bought the ticket if it was going to make you feel this way. I wouldn't have even asked for the money. If I needed it, I know that a good friend would let me have some, and if I didn't need it, I wouldn't want any money.

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    • reality84
      12 years ago

      I agree it is a gift;why give someone something if you expect something in return.

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  • willshakeslova
    12 years ago

    50 million and they can't even share a dime? That's pretty rude. i wouldn't say anything or ask for money, but I would probably think differently of them if they never thanked me with anything. If I spent $100 on them for their birthday, they must be a really good friend of mine. I was the reason they won the lotto. I can understand them rejecting other friends and family with giving away money, but with me they wouldn't have even had the money in the first place. I don't care if that's selfish of me, it's more selfish of them.

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  • [Old Memory]
    12 years ago

    It was a gift! Why on Earth would I expect something in return? I can't believe people are so selfish!

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    • reality84
      12 years ago

      I agree

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  • Ihadtomakeyetanotheraccountffs
    12 years ago

    It's their ticket, so it's up to them how they spend the winnings. I couldn't help feeling somewhat used if they didn't share any with me though, I'm only human.

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    • AngAnders112
      12 years ago

      i agree, I think i would feel/do the same.

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  • kevn101
    12 years ago

    You shouldn't care because you bought the tickets as a gift. You knew that buying the tickets that there was the chance they could win. BUT as a friend they should give you some of the earnings out of respect. I wouldn't keep the friendship with them because it really shows what kind of person they are. But i would not hold a grudge i would just realize that the person cares more about money then a friendship

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  • [Old Memory]
    12 years ago

    You don't have a right to any of the money. The tickets were a gift.
    Say if someone bought another person a car and then said to you "Well I paid for the car so you should drive me anywhere and everywhere I want to go whenever I want". Does that seem fair? No.

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  • buntaboss25k
    12 years ago

    blackmail

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  • college
    10 years ago

    Let's just say she's buying whenever we go to lunch.

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  • RomeoDeMontague
    10 years ago

    You bought them a gift. Its there gift. You cant ask for it back. Secondly it sounds cheap to buy your friend nothing but lottery tickets for their birthday.

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  • LovelyMay
    10 years ago

    They probably wouldn't be my friend in the first place.

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  • ?Tiemeup?
    12 years ago

    It will show who your real friends are don't hang out with him/her.

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  • CarsGirlsGunsMoneyMade
    12 years ago

    I wouldn't buy lotto tickets for a friend to begin with, 'cause if this scenario happened, he'd be in the ground, with a nice marble tombstone...

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  • KokoroComplex
    12 years ago

    I'd be upset, to be honest, but at the same time, I wouldn't act upon it or care.

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  • LiveNLearn
    12 years ago

    If it was a good enough friend that I'd spend £100 on their birthday present, I'd expect them to be generous too. Not saying I think I'd be entitled to a share, but I'd like to think a good friend would want to share.

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  • BraveNewWorld
    12 years ago

    I wouldn't end the friendship because of the fact he wouldn't give me a part of the money, but because he mentions it, in a (seemingly, I can't think about a situation in which it wouldn't be) Smug or mean manner.

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  • erwcat
    12 years ago

    depends on how much money.
    if it's 200pounds,then it's ok
    but if it's 20million then i will never see him again

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  • Shackleford96
    12 years ago

    At least let me drive the new lambo...

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