Okay, say for instance you have won the lottery. You've won so much that you don't have to work or worry about a career for the rest of your life. You invested much of the money into stocks, property, and mutual funds. You've also donated to charity. Basically, you've kept it on the down-low, because it's hard to explain to people the magnitude of money that you have and you want to remain somewhat modest.
Basically, your friends are all college dropouts in which you will be friends with forever, but you weren't so popular with them, I mean, they called you, but not so much, they all moved elsewhere, and you went to the bottom of their friend list, so to speak. No one really called you, therefore it seemed no one really cared.
Then, you win the lottery, and you buy a fairly contemporary home in an undisclosed community, near some friends who stuck it through with you. So, you are wondering how to treat these friends, but not treat them too much to the point that they expect to be treated everytime. Say for instance, you go out to eat with say, 2 friends, and they are hard working college students, one works 2 jobs while one is currently unemployed. Now, you paid for the bill at the restuarant of course, because, 50 bucks is nothing to you, and they really have to watch their money. But now, your worried that they will expect you to do this everytime. And to be quite honest, you've paid for their things several times, on specific days like, thier birthday or christmas. But, your worried that they will start to think that your their "sugar-mom/dad". On several occasions, they will nonchalantly ask for rent money, such as $475, which really made you mad. Also, you are starting to recieve phone calls and actual contact with the "friends" who abandoned you when they moved away. This makes you angry, because you seem to think that ever since you've gotten rich it seems people are more interested, hence you think all they are interested in is the money you've acquired. You really don't know how to treat them back and you are somewhat hurt by this. I mean, how would you feel if an old crush called you out of the blue and says "We should go out to dinner sometime soon.." when 2 years ago, he turned you down, and wouldn't include you in things?
Basically my questions are stated above, but I will put them more simply if you don't feel like reading...
1. If you go out to eat with friends, should you offer to pay, and should this be something you offer everytime?
2. What would you say to people who basically excommunicated themselves with you for several years and are all of a sudden calling?
3. How can you feel comfortable and explain to people how you've acquired the things you have?
4. How can you let your guard down basically, like, when your thinking people are only hanging out with you because you have money and nice things?
5. For instance, say your in best-buy, and this clown you are with jokingly asks you if you would buy him a new laptop, what would you say back?
6. People in which wouldn't ever even give you the time of day before are calling you and wanting to hang out...what should you say? I say yes, but don't let them take advantage of you...
7. How do you make yourself feel better when you are constantly feeling used, and people keep saying "lighten up" but they have no clue what your going through?
8. If someone asks for you to help with their rent, what would you say? Because you don't want to be the one who everyone comes to when people can't (or don't want to) pay their rent.
And you also don't want to sound like an uncaring scrooge.
Thanks