If you get one piece of financial advice, let it be this: never tell anyone if you win the lottery. While your accountant and your wife of 40 years might be exceptions to that rule, it's one that you must apply to every other relationship in your life. It doesn't matter if you win $2000 or $200 million; people change when they find out you have money burning a hole in your pocket. You might trust your friends and loved ones not to be greedy, but it's always best to be safe. Soon enough, you'll get calls rolling in about so and so's credit card debt and someone's son's college fund, and if you give in, you won't have any of your lotto winnings left for your credit card and college debt. The woman in this story learned a lesson about her boyfriend's priorities after she told him she won a $50,000 jackpot.
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