A man instantly became rich by tens of millions of dollars: why does he feel unhappy

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A man who won tens of millions in the lottery shared that along with financial freedom, it brought him great sadness and stress.

The Mirror writes about it. After winning, he immediately quit his job and started investing his millions. He invested half of the winnings in real estate – one where he now lives with his partner, and the other – in the city where he grew up. Wanting to share his wealth, he gave his mother and sister two million each, and set aside another million for close friends whom he wants to help.

But while the money has brought him financial freedom, he says it is “stressing him out” as his family wants more and more from him. He wrote on Reddit: “We have a million in our joint bank account for property taxes and living expenses since we quit our jobs.

The rest of the millions are sitting in a high-yield savings account, and we can live on the interest for the rest of our lives (it's a smaller amount than you think) without touching the initial winnings. We want the main gain to go to our future children. Our financial advisor was great. The problem is that my sister and mom think we're being selfish because we don't give them more money. They're asking for a family beach house on top of the money we gave them, but we honestly don't want to do that.” began to appear after hearing about his jackpot like snow on the head.

He added: “They keep asking me for money and it's causing me great anxiety. My family, for the most part, has good jobs, and my sister is a vice president in her department at a well-known technology company. My mom has retirement savings that exceed the money I gave her.

I'm just bursting at the seams and now I know why they say more money means more problems. I don't want to continue to feel like an ATM in the family. I've heard them say I'm stingy and it hurts a lot. I am also expected to pay for all dinners and that is fine. But I don't understand why winning money makes people treat you this way and not another way when someone inherits it from family? Everyone feels that they have a right to my money and my partners.”

In the comments, people offer their advice. Yes, one user said: “I think two million each is more than enough and maybe even too much. You will have to either close it and set clear boundaries, or move and change the number. If you don't, it will never stop.”

Another user added: “You won the lottery so you can choose where the money goes. You decided to give each of them two million, which is already a lot. And now they demand more from you and call you selfish? You've already given them more than enough out of the goodness of your heart and you have the right to call it quits.” And a third person said: “Tell them if they want a family house on the beach, they can buy it for the money you have already given them. As for extended family, politely let them know that if they ever really desperately need money, of course you will help them, but outside of that situation, the money is for you and your future, not them.”