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If it makes anyone feel any better I had to borrow 200 dollars from my son on Monday so my wife and I could make it through the week. My life is like that and worse alot of the time and has been for y

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Money can buy security, which for some means happiness. Sure money eliminates stress and worry to a degree. Both things to be happy about, but true happiness comes from inside. Its a feeling that goes

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OK, OK, we get it !

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When I was working as a heating and cooling tech for those many years we would go home to home repairing and replacing peoples systems day after day. I met many great people but this one lady in particular touched me in an incredible way when my wife and I needed it most. I was at her house to do a repair on her cooling system. She was 80 ish very thin and frail but had every one of the marbles left God gave her and lived alone. She was sick and knew she probably didn't have long to live but was telling me during a long conversation we had how she has been fortunate in her life and has money and it gives he pleasure help others. She knew from our conversation that my wife and I had major financial problems. The engine had just blown in our only car and we couldn't afford to fix it amongst many other issues. When we finished talking and I finished the job she signed the invoice and handed me a 20 dollar tip. I have gotten many tips and that is considered very generous for a tip and I was so happy. Then she got out her checkbook and was writing a check. I told her that she didn't owe anything because this was all warranty work. She said "don't worry about it". She tore the check out of the checkbook and handed it to me. A 2,000.00 check it was. I told I can't take it and went on and on but she insisted. She said "Kenneth if you don't take this check and fix your car I will be offended". "All I have left is to help others and it would make my day to help you and your family". I took the check and called my wife. I sent my wife over to see her and talk to her about it and she went of course. They had a "moment". My wife was crying when she got home and we did used the money to replace the engine in the car. We sent the lady flowers and a card thanking her for everything but never saw and heard from her again. The most touched I have ever been by anyone. A perfect stranger and her incredible generosity...... :sigh: :rose: :boohoo:

 

That is a wonderful story. :heart:

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Principled Man

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Most causes of unhappiness are money related.

 

And then there are the cases where money can destroy your life.....if you let it. Money can definitely help people have good lives, but when those people have no character or integrity, money will do nothing but put them on the fast track to misery.

 

 

Andrew Jackson “Jack” Whittaker, Jr. (born c. 1947 in Jumping Branch, Summers County, West Virginia, USA) is the winner of a 2002 lottery jackpot. When Whittaker won $314.9 million in the Powerball multi-state lottery it was, at the time, the largest jackpot ever won by a single winning ticket in the history of American lottery. After winning the lottery, he had several brushes with the law, as well as personal tragedies.

 

Whittaker was the 55-year-old president of Diversified Enterprises Construction, a contracting firm in Putnam County, West Virginia, when he chose the winning numbers for the December 25, 2002 drawing. Whittaker already had a net worth of over US$17 million before his Powerball windfall. Whittaker purchased the winning Powerball ticket at a supermarket in Hurricane, West Virginia, where he had stopped for a deli breakfast sandwich and to get fuel for his vehicle.

 

The jackpot that day was a $314.9 million annuity or US$170.5 million cash. Whittaker chose the cash option and received a check for US$113,386,407 after tax withholdings.

 

On August 5, 2003, less than a year after winning the lottery, thieves broke into Whittaker's car while it was parked at a strip club in Cross Lanes, West Virginia. The thieves made away with $545,000 in cash that Whittaker carried around in a suitcase. When asked why he would carry that much money around with him Whittaker responded "because I can". In another incident, two employees at the club, the general manager and a dancer-manager who were romantically linked, were arrested and charged with a plot to put drugs in Whittaker's drinks and then rob him.

 

On January 25, 2004, thieves once again broke into his car, this time making off with an estimated $200,000 in cash, but this was later recovered.

 

On September 17, 2003, Jesse Tribble, an 18-year-old on-and-off-again boyfriend of Whittaker's granddaughter Brandi Bragg, was found dead in Whittaker's home in Teays Valley, West Virginia. A coroner's report indicated that he had died from overdosing on a combination of oxycodone, methadone, meperidine, and cocaine.

 

On December 20, 2004, Brandi Bragg, 17, was found dead on the property of a male friend after being reported missing on December 9. Her body was wrapped inside a plastic tarpaulin and dumped behind a junked van. No one was charged with a crime and the death was ruled an overdose.

 

At an October 11, 2005 hearing related to his January 2003 DUI, a visibly shaken Whittaker lashed out at local law enforcement agencies for focusing on his troubles while failing to arrest anyone in relation to his granddaughter's death.

 

“Go after whoever killed my granddaughter with as much zealous [sic] as these butt holes are trying to convict me of something I didn’t do.”

 

Whittaker was later sued by Caesars Atlantic City casino for bouncing $1.5 million worth of checks to cover gambling losses. Whittaker also countersued, claiming that his losses were supposed to be credited due to a slot machine he developed and that they in fact owed him money.

 

On January 11, 2007, a legal complaint against Whittaker alleged he claimed that on September 11, 2006, thieves took all of his money. The thieves, according to the account, went to 12 branches of the City National Bank and cashed 12 checks. The incident came to light because Whittaker had not been paying money to a woman who had previously sued him. Kitti French filed the complaint earlier in the week, requesting court costs and money from Whittaker.

 

On July 5, 2009, Ginger Whittaker Bragg, Whittaker's 42 year old daughter and the mother of Brandi Bragg, was found dead in Daniels, West Virginia. No explanation was given but officials did not expect foul play.

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If you think you have problems or issue because of a lack of money, they multiply when real wealth arrives

 

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Please give some examples of how problems multiply when wealth arrives. I am asking sincerely; not meant to be read sarcastically.

 

Never mind Tomb. I read Principled Man's post.

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RushCanuck

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Kenny, you are right.

 

I've been well off.

 

Now I am poor.

 

Problems that are small become monumental when you have no money. Not to mention illness.

 

Money doesn't solve all of life's problems, but it sure helps alleviate a lot of them.

 

What I hate the most if that when you tell someone "I don't have the money" they equate it to what that would mean to them, which doesn't even come close to what you mean.

 

Right? When I say I can't afford it, I mean I have $0. They mean, it would be best if I didn't spend this money because one of our four vacations this year we would be stuck at home.

 

I hate hearing things like, "The Beamer is in the shop, looks like I'll have to take the Jag".

 

When I'm thinking, "My Kia is in the driveway, out of gas, looks like I'll have to take the bus".

 

Do you think I am any better off? That's what I mean too. We have NOTHING. No security whatsoever. When I die, they will probably just throw me in the river. Or I'll sit on some mortician's shelf till the end of the world. If our homes burns down, we can just pitch a tent in the middle of the property because there is no way to replace it.

 

I would never have thought I would have fallen so low. My parents worked so hard to give me the best of everything.

 

I was agreeing with you. I meant the people around me. My kids play hockey which id typically a rich person's game due to how expensive it is.

 

Sadly, my bonus, which used to come in September (when hockey fees are due) will not be coming this year. On October 1st I may have to have the conversation with my 15 year old son, who has been playing ice hockey since he's been 6, to tell him we may not be able to afford it this year. He's already 3 weeks into his season.

 

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Sorry mate. That's harsh.

 

What makes it worse is my 5 year old stud, will continue to play. His fees are much cheaper and he's really f-ing good. He goes to a different rink and THAT rink will definitely let me space out payments to keep him playing. They don't want to lose him. He's kind of a stud.

 

My 15 year old will take it like a man, say he understands and be very cool about it. Somehow that makes it worse. :(

I'm very sorry KennyLee. Doing without something for yourself is one thing, but when it impacts your children, it's the worst.

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Tombstone Mountain

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If you think you have problems or issue because of a lack of money, they multiply when real wealth arrives

 

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Please give some examples of how problems multiply when wealth arrives. I am asking sincerely; not meant to be read sarcastically.

Everyone who comes to you wants something, and it's not friendship.

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If you think you have problems or issue because of a lack of money, they multiply when real wealth arrives

 

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Please give some examples of how problems multiply when wealth arrives. I am asking sincerely; not meant to be read sarcastically.

 

Never mind Tomb. I read Principled Man's post.

Those problems were all caused by industrial strength stupidity, not by money.
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