Here's a thing. My husband bought a $25 ticket and won grand prize in a club. $13K.

@Classified we have kind of a financial problem. He says we couldn't finish house reno because he doesn't have coin. Here comes money but he wants to give it away.

@Classified i have no idea yet what he'll do with the rest of it. I'm not sure what weird stuff he's thinking of.

@Classified In fairness, your spouse and family should come first, though. Treats are fine and dandy, IF you have the basics covered first.

I haven't treated myself in months, not because I don't have the money - but because I might need the money I have to stay afloat when I leave here.

The same is true for OP, sure, a treat would be nice - but £800 would more than cover a 2 week holiday for me and I'm sure that this money would be better invested in things that would make life more enjoyable for his family.

@GunFinger So a large part of the winnings could go into finishing the renovation of the house. That would be a good idea.

It's a bit weird to want to give away a bottle of $800. However to me it feels like those bottles are part of an old dream he's finally able to fulfill now and wants to share that dream with the club. I would imagine he acts very happy when he talks about those plans (unless he's reserved about other people's opinions).

Of course I can be wrong, but that's how I imagine it.

@HootyTheNightOwl To me that that goes two ways. Not spending $800, so that instead it goes the the benefit of my family would be a fine choice. Supporting someone that wants to give away a product of $800 (and in this case still have 10K left) is also a choice that someone could make for their family (on a different level than material wealth obviously). Also trying to have that $800 go to the family can be a choice to make for the family.

@Classified It all depends on the living standards of your family, though... if you're not comfortable enough to do renovations and whatever on a routine basis, then it makes sense to do the treat more modestly and hold back more of the money for your own needs.

Spending that much is okay if you are reasonably on top of your home maintenance - which it sounds like he is not... aside from that, he does need to think about his family and their needs more than a nice gesture for the club.

Our poster highlights the need for a kitchen renovation, which isn't usually cheap at the best of times.

@HootyTheNightOwl It's a lot and I don't know how big the need is. The much larger part is not spend however (at the time gun made her post, I don't know what's up now) so that can still go to renovations.

Let's see what else he wants to do with the winnings. To me it isn't strange that he wants to enjoy it. To not enjoy it at all, but to use it only responsibly, can make winning boring in my opinion and can make something that should be really really fun into something sad even. If now money goes into renovation and maybe a dinner with gun, then it sounds like both fun and responsible has happened and it's a win win.