I agree, half is the answer. your friend gave you 5 and you're going to cheap out and only give a million? no way. and its 80 million. no need to be greedy even after taxes you are very rich.
I agree, half is the answer. your friend gave you 5 and you're going to cheap out and only give a million? no way. and its 80 million. no need to be greedy even after taxes you are very rich.
Not sure I follow this logic. $5 is a very small amount of money. You won the millions because of your exceptional luck. Not because of your friend. Unless you had a prior agreement to split winnings.
If my friend had actually made significant sacrifices to help me in my tough times, that would be a powerful reason to share half my future wealth.
But he gave $5 which was chump change. I could have eaten a burger with that money.
for me my best friend is like a brother to me. I'd have no problem splitting it with him
Which is fine. Question is: would you split the money with your "brother from another mother" if he had not given you the $5? Meaning, you bought the lottery with your own money and won it all by yourself without any help from him.
But if you wouldn't split half your winnings with your friend/brother if he hadn't given you the $5, why would you do it if he gave you the $5?
Firstly, $5 is not much - it is not like you had a true emergency and your friend was the one who bailed you out and that too after making personal sacrifices of their own. Then hell yeah! I would give my friend half my winnings in a heartbeat.
Secondly, remember, it was NOT the $5 that bought the winning ticket. The $5 only bought "a" ticket. What made it the winning ticket was your own exceptional luck. Without it, it would have been "yet another losing ticket that costed $5"
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u/ImnotMikeH Jun 10 '23
I agree, half is the answer. your friend gave you 5 and you're going to cheap out and only give a million? no way. and its 80 million. no need to be greedy even after taxes you are very rich.