A woman maintained she never told her husband for eight years that she had won a big lottery prize. The woman shared this story on the Reddit platform.
The woman said that she chose not to reveal her good fortune to her spouse, since he has a tendency to waste money quickly, as reported in the newspaper The Sun.
The winner obtained more than £424 thousand pounds sterling (about $557,424 dollars) in the lottery in August 2014, only two months before marrying her childhood sweetheart, Mike.
But instead of being delighted with her newfound wealth, the woman panicked and feared that their lives would be complicated by the large amount of money.
The player realized that, as she still she was legally single, she could accept the prize without telling anyone else.
She successfully managed to keep her winnings a secret from her husband, friends and family, and instead decided to invest your prize wisely.
Your publi Posting on Reddit read: “My husband tends to spend on things we don’t need and aren’t going to benefit us in the long run, so I didn’t want our money to be quickly spent on stupid things like cars and clothes.”
“I opened a new bank account with a national credit union and deposited the check. I started with a financial advisor who guided me to invest in local businesses and real estate. And that’s it. It’s been that way ever since, just growing,” added the wily winner. 161,300 dollars) thanks to a smart investment in a company of energy.
Her husband finished learning the secret eight years later, when he saw a text message from the woman’s financial adviser on her phone. The player says that her husband got angry for not saying anything to him for so long.
The husband went to sleep for a few days at a friend’s house, upset about the situation, but after thought better of things, he came back.
The woman says that her partner understood that he would have spent the money on nonsense and told her that he is happy that she keeps it.
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