March 10, 2025 at 11:35 pm

She Told Her Brother She Wouldn’t Split The Money Evenly With Him If She Won The Lottery, And He Didn’t Take It Very Well

by Matthew Gilligan

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I’ve had these hypothetical conversations with friends and family members before about what we’d do if any of us won the lottery.

It’s fun to dream, right?

But I think we all know that  it’s not gonna happen, unfortunately.

So why get worked up about something that has a .00000001% of happening?

A woman took to Reddit to ask readers if they think she did anything wrong when it came to what she said to her brother.

Check out the story below!

AITA for Telling My Brother I Wouldn’t Split Lottery Winnings With Him?

“I would like to preface my post by saying that I have not won anything.

My older brother (36m) and I (35f) were recently talking about our financial situations and how nice it would be to win the lottery.

He said that if either of us wins anything we would split the winnings in half with each other.

Ummm, I don’t think so…

I responded that I wouldn’t do that.

If I won enough, I would certainly help pay off his debts and provide him with a comfortable savings, but I am not splitting it halfway.

I am planning to get engaged, married, and have kids with my boyfriend soon.

If I win a lottery, making sure I secure a safety net for my future family and kids would be my priority.

We also have aging family members that I would like to pay for in-home care for, if I am ever in the financial position to do so.

My brother would not be my priority.

I also told him that I urge him to do the same if he ever wins.

I’m not entitled to any money he wins just because we’re family.

He reacted completely shocked and called me a total ***** and that you have to help family out if you win the lottery.

She’s not on board with this idea!

While I agree, I don’t think anyone is entitled to the winnings of another person.

I restated that I would help pay off his debts if I ever won, but he seemed hurt and shocked that I wouldn’t split it evenly between us.

For some background information, we have a rocky history where we have argued and fought over differences for a lot of things.

He has stolen money from me in the past (wrote himself a check from my checkbook to purchase a new computer monitor – which I never got back).

He has borrowed (and even just taken) money from me countless times in our childhood (from my allowance) and never paid me back.

Whenever I asked about it he would get very annoyed and tell me that he will (never did), or get aggressive and deny borrowing money altogether.

When I just graduated college and got a job, he tried to get me to co-sign a $25K loan for him when he was struggling to pay bills.

I refused and hung up.

I said that I can help him here and there, but I was absolutely not putting my credit on the line for him.

That was a whole fight itself.

There are other personal issues we have where we have both felt disrespected and hurt by each other, but I won’t get into that here.

AITA?”

Check out what folks had to say on Reddit.

This person said she’s NTA.

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Another individual didn’t hold back.

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This person spoke up.

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This person made a good point.

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And this individual said she’s NTA.

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It’s safe to say he wasn’t too happy with her response.

But honestly, who among us would expect different?

If you liked that story, read this one about grandparents who set up a college fund for their grandkid because his parents won’t, but then his parents want to use the money to cover sibling’s medical expenses.