"The moment I got it, I divided it among my family," Tirabassi told The Spec: $1 million to her parents, and $1.75 million among her four siblings.
She was generous with others, too, buying houses and renting them out at low rates, paying people's rent, offering loans for bail and business ventures.
"All of that other stuff was fun in the beginning, now it's like ... back to life."
That other stuff included vacations in Cancun, Florida, Las Vegas, California,
and the Caribbean, as well as four cars:
a Hummer, a Mustang, a Dodge Charger
and a custom Cadillac Escalade.
Tirabassi was a single mother, recently off welfare and newly employed as a personal care provider, when she struck it rich on Easter Weekend in 2004. As a teenager, she had lived in shelters, and all that money didn't come with instructions. Tirabassi didn't hire a financial adviser; she didn't even keep close track of her account balance.
Suddenly, with just $750,000 left, Tirabassi woke up: "that was just time for fun to stop and to just go back to life."
Tirabassi's husband, Vinny, who brought
three kids of his own to the marriage,
shares her stoicism about the couple's
lost fortune. He says he lived simply his
whole life and is used to not being rich.
Recalling the post-winning entreaties of
suddenly interested friends, some of
whom came asking for favors and then
disappeared, Vinny says, "Money doesn't buy you happiness. It caused her a lot of headaches." His wife had a hard time saying no to those she thought of as in need: "That's the way I was brought up," she says. "Help those who can't help themselves."
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million-194200861.html

Aww, c'mon!! You didn't mean you blew $10m in less than ten freaking years! Money won't buy you happiness.. 'More money more problem' **Sleep well B.I.G**

this a lesson to some of us. noted

Easy COME Easy GO

Sorry to hear about that.

tellwisdom: Y'all expected her to keep that peanut forever??

$10million a peanut? you need help

tellwisdom: Y'all expected her to keep that peanut forever??

The evil dat men do live with dem

Ponel: Easy COME Easy GO

Not necessarily true.

pro01:
Not necessarily true.

But its true in this case.