Top 10 Lottery Horror Stories

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Not very many people win the lottery, but of those who win, many lose all their winnings and end up with less money than before they won. Some winners were simply foolish, some were greedy, some had greedy relatives and friends, and some fell prey to thieves and crooks. Here are the stories of 10 people who won the lottery then lost it all.

#1 Evelyn Adams

In 1985 AND 1986, Evelyn Adams won the lottery – equaling a total winning of $5.4 million. However, today – she has no money “Winning the lottery isn’t always what it’s cracked up to be,” says Evelyn Adams, who won the New Jersey lottery not just once, but twice (1985, 1986), to the tune of $5.4 million. Today the money is all gone and Adams lives in a trailer. She lost money in slot machines, and couldn’t seem to say no to relatives and friends. Evelyn’s big win ended in a big loss.

#2 William Post

In 1988, William Post won $16.2 million in the Pennsylvania lottery but now lives on his Social Security. Post’s former girlfriend sued him for a share of his winnings and one of his brothers was arrested for hiring a hit man to kill him, hoping to inherit a share of the winnings. His relationship with his other siblings was also strained and he spent some time in jail. Within a year, he was $1 million in debt and eventually declared bankruptcy. He now lives on only $450 a month and food stamps.

#3 Suzanne Mullins

In 1993, Suzanne Mullins won $4.2 million in the Virginia lottery. Now she’s deeply in debt to a company that lent her money using the winnings as collateral. She borrowed $197,746.15 from this company, but eventually stopped making payments on the loan. She blamed the debt on the lengthy illness of her uninsured son-in-law, who needed $1 million for medical bills. Needless to say, her lottery win did not end in happiness.

#4 Ken Proxmire Ken Proxmire won $1 million in the Michigan lottery. Within 5 years he filed for bankruptcy after moving to California and starting a car business with his brothers. He has now returned to his job as a machinist.

#5 Willie Hurt

In 1989, Willie Hurt of Lansing, Mich., won $3.1 million. Only two years later he was broke and charged with murder after spending his fortune on a divorce and crack cocaine.

#6 Janite Lee

In 1993, Janite lee of Missouri won $18 million. Lee was generous to a variety of causes, including various political organizations, education programs and the community services. According to published reports, eight years after winning, Lee had filed for bankruptcy with only $700 left.

#7 Southeastern Family

In the early 1990s, a Southeastern family won $4.2 million. In almost no time at almost all of their winnings were spent on a huge house, cars, and various requests from family members. They bought a huge house and succumbed to repeated family requests for help in paying off debts. Eleven years after winning, the couple got divorced, the house was sold and what was left of their lottery winnings had to be split.

Finding My Heart – Interactive Romance Game To Enjoy Your Free Time

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Do you like romantic stories? How about trying out interactive one? Finding My Heart is an awesome adventure game, where you’ve got to learn emotions to get back your love.

The game starts with a short introduction, where your girlfriend throws you out the door because “you” (the game character) only play the computer games and don’t devote any time to her! (Sounds familiar? Anyone?) Now, you have to learn to express your love to bring love back into your relationship and fix up the broken love.

The characters in Finding My Heart are extremely lively, cute and memorable. While they don’t talk real language, the emotions they express through the body language and the small speech bubble icons are very understandable and you’ll find yourself enjoying those little scenes and laughing on how cute this looks. The storyline is quite touching and won’t leave anybody indifferent.

The aim of Finding My Heart is to learn 6 different communication skills and use them to convince your girlfriend to get back together. At the start of the game you only have 1 skill – talking. But that’s obviously not enough. It’s funny to see how that doesn’t work with the hobo – click him and he’ll start talking, click your talking skill – and both of them will start talking not listening each other. That’s a perfect cartoonish and funny example how it often happens in real life, so you might even learn something from the game!

To learn new skills, you have to use those skills you already know in the correct order on different characters – every character has 1 skill for you to learn, so keep trying different combinations on different characters to get what you need. Once you get all the skills, go back to your girlfriend and use all your skills to win her heart again!

There are secret coins hidden throughout the game – a total of 5. Once you finish the game, click the “skip” arrow on the “The End” screen to go to the game shop, and there you can use your game coins to buy some funny stuff from the game. I recommend you looking at the Sketch Pad – how the game was created, it’s a fun things to see. If you’ve liked the game characters, you can also get the Avatar Pack, Icon Pack, Desktop Image or Music Pack.

All in all, this is a great game, and is definitely recommended to everyone! You have nothing to lose – it’s free, it doesn’t take much time, and it’s really fun! Just load up the game and see if you like it.

Get Back Together With Ex 3 Steps to Rebuilding the Attraction

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There are times in any relationship that the passion wanes and the relationship dwindles. If this trend continues unabated, break up inevitably occurs. But breaking up is not the end of the relationship. In fact, it would be more advisable to be friends with your ex after all your issues have been resolved. If you want to get back together with ex, you can follow these three steps to rebuilding the attraction.

Naturally, you should still have the connection with your ex. It means that you have forgiven each other and recognized that both of you committed mistakes and displayed immaturities. When you have arrived at this level of understanding, then it means that you are also open to the possibility of rebuilding the attraction between you.

The first step you should follow to get back together with ex is to start enjoying each others company. It could be a dinner date for old times sake or an informal get together at a local bagel shop or bar. When you get together, it means that you have resolved your issues and you have no hang ups with each other. Bitterness is a difficult thing to handle. You had better let go with such feelings. You will not be punishing the other person if you harbor bitterness, you are punishing yourself. Why dont you let go of those bitterness and instead try to get back together with ex through these three steps to rebuilding the attraction.

Secondly, when you get together, you can reminisce about your good times together. This is a good way for you to remember the feelings you used to have with each other. When you go to places you used to go, the emotions and the passions you used to have for each other would start welling back into the surface. Naturally, there will also be times that old wounds may open again. In this regard, both of you should have the maturity and the openness to deal with them without fear and squirming. The past is the past and no amount of dealing and wallowing with them will change what happened. This leads us to the third part of the three steps to rebuilding the attraction.

Be honest with your feelings with your ex. Since you still love her, why dont you tell her so? You have to be careful though and be sensitive to her situation. Do not be oversensitive though as it might take you forever to get back together with ex.

Are You In A One-sided Relationship – Are You Still You After All This Time

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While some people can immediately identify a person with whom they would never be compatible, many suffer from low self-esteem and end up changing their own personalities, wants and actions to fit their partner. It is true that almost any successful relationship requires a certain amount of flexibility and compromise; but if a person is required to alter themselves greatly in order to maintain the relationship often something is wrong. The changes that occur in many of these cases can be so subtle and over such a great length of time, that often the people changing are unaware of how different they have become.
In order to understand how a person can be involved in such a relationship, it is important to remember that many of the people who experience this had a problem before the relationship began:

Insecurity: Many people in our society suffer from one form of insecurity or another; abnormal physical traits; lack of proper education; difficulty with communication and poor support network are just a few of the causes of such feelings. In order to have a strong enough sense of self that a person would never allow themselves to be overhauled by another person they must, for the most part, like who they are. The image that many people have of themselves is a very poor one and this makes it easy for others to prey upon their weakness. Unfortunately, in many cases, the addition of a stronger partner allows the more insecure person to hang all of their self esteem on the fact that their partner would have them; this is not a healthy way to depend on another person for support and in most cases will lead to disaster as it does not usually help to create strength and confidence.

Psychological Damage: A problem that often stems from an abusive relationship, a damaged psyche makes for an excellent weakness for others to prey on. We have heard this referenced many times in society by referring to the ugly duckling syndrome i.e. a person who once thought of them self as unattractive and became so used to dealing with this poor self image that when they became more attractive, by society’s standards, they did not act in the normal way an attractive person would. This by many people’s definition is an attractive person who retains a poor self image; therefore the person will have lower standards when it comes to dating. Many different types of trauma can cause a person to feel unworthy of attention and react in an unhealthy way when it received; this makes a perfect breeding ground for people who are looking for a person that they can control in a relationship; because they lack the self esteem to refuse.

Not all one-sided relationships are obvious or extreme, in fact more often the problems are numerous but very subtle. This can create an underlying feeling that something is wrong with the relationship, though many people struggle to understand exactly what that problem is. There are a few large and regular parts of relationships that are reoccurring and therefore when dominated can create an ongoing problem:

Where you live: In relationships where one person is dominant evidence of this imbalance can be seen in the home they share. The more dominant person will often choose everything from wall paint to major appliances; none of which seem to reflect the weaker person’s personality. To assume that dcor is an indication of such a relationship would not be completely accurate as in some cases one person does not have strong feelings about their belongings; however even those with little or no interest often have some reflection of their personality in their home.

What you do: Often in a one-sided relationship most or all of the activities the couple participates in revolve around one person. This allows for even greater destruction of the original, weaker partner and ultimately a great path to depression. Enduring this kind of change is difficult because not only does the weaker partner watch their own interests dissolve; but often they do not feel as close to the person they love as they cannot share their true desires with them.

Conversation: Whether you’re out with friends or staying at home in a relationship of this kind one partner rarely communicates what they are thinking or feeling. Often friends or relatives will notice when these changes occur because they can see a person retreating not just into themselves, but into their partner’s thoughts and feelings. Often the weaker partner will only speak when discussing issues that their partner finds interesting, giving up entirely on what they once find enjoyable or exciting.
If you have felt that any of these situations apply to your own relationship review this quick checklist to see some of the most typical points of view from those who observe this kind of behavior:

1.I always or often speak only about the things my partner is interested in.
2.I always or often only talk about my partner.
3.All or most of the things I do for fun I do with my partner.
4.All or most of things I do for fun are because of my partner.
5.If I look around my home I see little or no sign of my own taste.
6.When spending money on frivolous items they are usually for my partner.
7.My partner does most of the talking when we are together.
8.I do not often tell my partner how I feel.
9.My partner does not usually notice when something is bothering me.
10.My partner never or does not often compliment me.
11.I never feel happy/I only feel happy when my partner is giving me attention.
12.I have little or no interests outside of my relationship.
13.My partner does not often or never gives me gifts that are only for me.
14.My friends and/or family think that I have changed a lot since entering my relationship for the worse.
15.My other relationships have weakened since entering the one with my partner.
16.When asked what I want I usually look at my partner.
17.I no longer resemble who I was when I met my partner.
18.I tend to think of my partner before I ever think of myself.
19.I dress in the way my partner prefers even if I do not.
20.I no longer know what makes me, me.

If you find that any of these statements are true it might be a sign that either you need change your relationship, or you need to break it off. Enduring this kind of life is not healthy nor does it have much of a chance of making you happy. It is possible that your partner did not mean to become the dominant presence in your relationship and if brought to their attention they might be eager to help you become a stronger person. There are many different ways in which a person who finds themselves in this situation can change things, try to figure out what works best for you and take the necessary steps to make your life better.

Trust those who know you best: Outside of your relationship it is good to have at least one person with whom you can be honest and trust completely. Asking this person how they view your relationship and the changes that have occurred during the time you’ve been in it can be an excellent way to gain the insight required for change.

Perfection Reflection: Write down what you believe the basics are for an ideal relationship and see how they compare with your current one. Though no relationship is perfect and they often take a great deal of work, this should be equally divided amongst both people, not hoisted onto one.

Self Image: Begin an activity or project that has nothing to do with your partner, but is something that you are interested in. As this interest grows in something outside of your relationship you might find a little of the old you returns. Learn to like who you are and the wonderful qualities that make you unique; this may be difficult at first and might even require some changing (again,) but in the end you must be able to like yourself if you hope to remain who are.

Speak with your partner about how you feel: Whether or not you believe you can make your relationship work it is often helpful to tell your partner how you feel about the situation. Though you might not find the support you hoped for it is advisable to know where you partner stands on making you happy. Give your partner the opportunity to help you feel better about yourself and your relationship, or the very least know that they are a large part of how you ended up feeling the way that you do.

Without taking steps to reconstruct yourself in happier, healthier way you may never be able to enjoy life in or out of your relationship. Though it can be difficult to muster the courage to change your life, the knowledge that a happier you could exist might give you the strength need to take action. Good luck and much strength to all of you who are brave enough to take on the challenge.

Make Your Own Invitations With DIY Pocket Wedding Invitation Kits

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Pocket invitations are a popular choice these days when it comes to inviting people to any event. More and more people are investing in these small sized invitations because they are easier to carry, easy to make at home and save you money. In most cases, they also turn out to be significantly less expensive than their larger more traditional counterparts – the white cardboard invitations.

Pocket wedding invitations have become such a favorite with people that it has become a lucrative business for many people. You will find thousands of websites offering readymade pocket invitation kits. However, these can be quite expensive, especially if you are ordering hundreds of them. The best option here is to buy DIY pocket wedding invitation kits and make them in your own style.

Although you have a bit more work to do with the DIY kits, you can create more customized invitations with them when compared to their readymade counterparts. For example, you get to choose the color and designs. You can choose what else you want to include such as small gifts. In other words, it allows you to stand out from the others and do something with the invitations that only you can do with respect to the designs.

DIY pocket fold wedding invitations kits generally come with all the accessories that you will need to design a cracker of an invitation. For instance, you can cut them out according to your own size without disturbing the overall shape of the jacket and the invitation. You can make your own designs with ribbons and custom colorings. Also, the number of pockets on the jacket can be changed according to what you want to include.

Moreover, readymade invitation kits may not allow you to have photos of the bride and groom anywhere you want. They will be at the standard places. With DIY pocket wedding invitation kits, you can choose where the photos go and how big they are. You can even weave a sketch of the two people instead of printing them for a more personalized effect.

If you are going for a particular theme with the wedding, you might not find readymade invitation kits to suite it at online stores. In that case, a DIY kit will give you the standard design and then allow you to color the invitation and jacket according to the theme and give it the fonts that best match the theme.

With a DIY kit, you get the freedom to put your ideas on the invitation an express them. Moreover, you can customize each invitation to suite the guests. It is a great feeling when people receive your wedding invitation and it is made especially for them, with their name printed in special fonts rather than just written generically by hand.

Here is the thing. If you have to design and fill pocket invitations from scratch, it takes a lot of time and creativity. If you go in for readymade invitations in bulk, you don’t get to do much with them other and fill in the blanks with the names of the bride and groom and the venue. These DIY pocket wedding invitation kits give you a nice balance, where you can customize the invitations without having to spend too much time on them.