The most anti-climatic (quite literally) relationship I have ever had is the one I have with money. We all treat and view money in different ways. The way I see it, it's either there or it isn't. If it's there then I take care of necessities(food, house, car, medicine), spend a bit on clothes, and save the rest for travel or big purchases. That's it. No secret mathematical equation that makes me happy or keeps me worried. When you grow up hearing the phrase "no hay dinero para eso,"(we don't have money for that) you end up spending your adulthood living by it. I don't exactly budget, but I don't overspend. If I have the money saved to take an expensive vacation, I do it and spare no expense. If all I have enough for is food and rent, then I keep my ass at home eating cereal, rice and beans until I have more to do more. That simple. (My husband's relationship with money is a bit different, so we have had to learn compromise)
BUT...
IF I hit the jackpot tomorrow...what would I do??? Well, I know what money can do to people, how it changes people, so I'd actually not want to physically see the money. So, here's an impromptu poem on what I would do if I hit the jackpot (cause I choose to be frugal with my words)
Don't show me the money
Cause I want to give it away
I want my mom to have a new house
And pay for my sister to open up a store
to sell her designs
Don't show me the money
Cause I want to give it away
Named after my grandfather
so kids can have books, and supplies
running water and uniforms
Don't show me the money
Cause I want to invest it
wisely
so i'll have more later
Don't show me the money
Cause I want to give it
to my cousin
the one who can't afford
the bus ticket to go to
school
because she needs it more
than I do
Don't show me the money
Cause I'll spend it on a house
I won't have the energy to clean
And on a nanny who's mean
Don't show me the money
Because at the end of the day,
I'd give it all away
to help find a cure