Woman refuses to share lottery winnings with husband

A woman has taken to the internet to admit that she doesn’t want to share her recent lottery winnings with her husband.

Taking to the popular Am I The A–hole forum, she explained that she’d rather spend the prize on solo travel.

However, her husband believes she should put the money into the couple’s joint savings.

Of course, people had thoughts about the nuances of the dilemma, including whether or not the husband was ‘legally’ entitled to her winnings or not.

Taking to the thread, user @GasBiscuit-13 recounted their situation with the headline: AITA for not sharing my lottery winnings with my husband?

The woman began by explaining that she had recently won the lottery from a Scratchie and was “very excited”. She didn’t disclose how much she won but indicated that it was “semi-life-changing money” to the tune of “tens of thousands of dollars.”

Immediately, the woman knew that she wanted to use the money to go traveling on an overseas holiday.

Her husband, on the other hand, had other ideas and thought she was being unreasonable.


He insisted that she should add the money to the couple’s joint savings account so that they could continue saving for things like a house and a car.

But the woman says, “That doesn’t seem fair to me since I bought the ticket, scratched it, and cashed it in for the money myself.”

“We have a joint account but also separate accounts for spending,” she explained, so argued that her winnings were ‘her’ money and she could do what she likes with it.

Her husband has become increasingly upset with her decision, but she’s stayed firm on her position. She now wants to know if she’s in the wrong or not.

He insisted that she should add the money to the couple’s joint savings account so that they could continue saving for things like a house and a car.

But the woman says, “That doesn’t seem fair to me since I bought the ticket, scratched it, and cashed it in for the money myself.”

“We have a joint account but also separate accounts for spending,” she explained, so argued that her winnings were ‘her’ money and she could do what she likes with it.

Her husband has become increasingly upset with her decision, but she’s stayed firm on her position. She now wants to know if she’s in the wrong or not.

“My husband isn’t owed half of the money just because we are married,” she insists.

Culled from  Nypost