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Murphy,
At the present time I am having to reevaluate my expenses and seeing where I can cut back.
Thanks for your caring………..I guess a lot of Older Americans are suffering the same situation.
I’m thankful my home is paid for. It’s just the monthly expenses that are enormous.
I would pay off debts, then I would give a huge chunk of money to my Mum. Because she has been both Mother & Father to us for years!. She was the rock that held us together when my Dad went to jail…. She was the arms that held me to her body when my kid brother died at 24 and rocked me to sleep despite her own pain.
She was the one who clapped the loudest & longest when my sister graduated from Law school. It was her beautiful hand that I clung to when I was in labor with my son, even when my husband was to afraid to cut the umbilical cord, she just sniped it without a thought, and held my boy to her & sang Happy Birthday to you, and kissed him, and said ‘Welcome to the world,…we’ve been waiting for you’. She used to be just "my world’…..now she’s ours.
Ali,
I hope your Mother reads your post. Often times Mother’s don’t know how much they are appreciated.
She sounds like a great Mother and you are a lucky daughter…………
The odds of winning the lottery are roughly one in 18 million. The odds of being elected President are roughly one in 10 million. Seriously. If you look at it from a mathematical viewpoint, it makes very little sense. See http://pilarski.casinocitytimes.com/articles/14700.html http://www.pbs.org/wgbh/pages/frontline/shows/gamble/odds/california.htm…
Obviously one’s odds would increase from a number of things in either endeavor, like putting your name on the ballot of collecting a hundred million warchest to run on. [Or conversely, buying more and more lottery tickets, quickpicks.] But I have known people whose lives were turned upside down by gambling and they were not thinking with the analytical parts of their brains. Or they would have figured out the odds were pretty bad.
I’m sorry someone you know has had a gambling problem. However, I will say, more than likely financial issues are really what turned the individual’s life upside in the first place — then gambling might have been their solution and it got out of control. I think most people are very aware of the odds (they are printed on the tickets) — for most people, it is a fun fantasy thing.
I have a family member that has a gambling problem. I agree with what you said about they usually know the odds. With our family member it is more an addiction, because this person also has other addictions. The person in question was financially stable at the time it began, but unhappy in general and was looking for something to fulfill the gap. Unfortunately, they took a wrong path. After losing everything (including a business) they know now they made a mistake, but just can’t seem to get past it and try to regain what was lost.
We have all tried to help, but to no avail. This person has even tried professional help. Gambling is like most other things - It’s fun as long as it’s not abused. People who have tendencies to addictions, should beware.
http://pilarski.casinocitytimes.com/articles/14700.html That is the link that explains the President election odds for the typical person.
I suppose I just do not get the "fun fantasy" of a game in which you are unlikely to win, that consumes your time and money; why not spend your time and money on something where you are more likely to win, or at least less likely to lose? The only way buying lottery tickets could be fun is if you had any expectation of winning. I don’t.