“I won the type of money where you could pay cash for a three-bedroom, two-bath house with .36 acres in a county where housing prices were below the national average and then have nothing left. Yes, it’s specific because that’s what I did. I never told any family … The purchase of that home happened when I was 25, so 11 years ago. Since then, I got married and had a kid and have an all-around nice and pleasant life.”
“About a year ago, my oldest sister was going to be near where I lived (several time zones away from family) for work and she wanted to visit me so she could meet my daughter and catch up. Against better judgment, I agreed … At one point during dinner on the 2nd night, she asked about what my mortgage must be like, since she paid $900 in rent for something much smaller and with no yard. My wife scoffed briefly, unaware that my family didn’t know of my financial windfall.”
Source: https://www.buzzfeed.com/angelaandaloro/10-real-stories-of-how-winning-the-lottery-changed-peoples