Ponder this. In an attempt to assist the continuing quest to fund your child’s college education, a friend gives your graduating high school senior a lottery ticket as a gift. So, what if you hit the jackpot? Would you share the proceeds with your friend? Would you buy your friend a lavish gift? Conversely, would you do anything at all to acknowledge the gift and the winnings? If you had given the gift, would you accept part of the winnings or the lavish gift?

This set of events actually transpired in our house this past weekend – well not the jackpot part, but we did win two dollars! This gift prompted a let’s say energetic conversation around how we would have handled a big win.

I don’t want to sway your opinion so I won’t tell you yet where we came out. What would you do?

[And by the way, thanks Laurel both for the gift and the blog topic which also counts as a gift to me!]