Which Would you Choose ver. I

[DaemonSeid]

Originally Posted by IrishLake

If you won a million$+ lotto, would you take the lump sum, or would you take the yearly payments?

I would take the lump sum, pay a crew to save both the dog and stranger and buy another ticket for my date to the concert and burn the porn....after I watched them alone.

[DSTRen13]

I'd take the lump sum, pay off my house and invest the rest.

[honeychile]

Lump sum on the lottery. I'm amazed that anyone would trust any government with their money!

[aephi alum]

Originally Posted by DaemonSeid

So someone you have been working hard to date finally becomes available, you also find out that your best friend has one ticket to a once in a lifetime concert event of your favorite artist that's on the same night and time as your date. Which do you choose?

Concert. There's a reason the weekend lasts two days. "Look, <date>, I know we'd planned on going out to dinner tomorrow night, but something came up. Can we reschedule for Saturday?" I'd be really annoyed if I passed up an Evanescence concert for a date with someone who turned out to be a major douche bag. And if he "can't" (i.e. won't) reschedule, he's not worth pursuing.

Originally Posted by IrishLake

If you won a million$+ lotto, would you take the lump sum, or would you take the yearly payments?

Lump sum. Pay the applicable taxes, pay off my house, invest the rest. I know my ass from my elbow when it comes to investing.

[nittanygirl]

Originally Posted by IrishLake

If you won a million$+ lotto, would you take the lump sum, or would you take the yearly payments?

This completely depends on what the yearly payments are, because they might end up being a higher amount in the long run, depending on the interest/compounding rate on the lump sum. If the future value of the lump sum is significantly less than the payments future values, I'd probably just go with the payments.
If vice versa, I'd go with the lump sum.
I'd get the math done before I actually decided.

[KSUViolet06]

Anybody who knows me knows that I will take the concert over the date.

If he likes me, it really wouldn't matter if we go on a date that day or next week.

And lottery-wise, I'd take the payments.

[AGDee]

Lump sum on the lottery. If invested properly, it will yield a higher amount.

[Tulip86]

Lump sum, If I wanted installments, I can just ask my bank account to do that...

[DaemonSeid]

**NEW QUESTION**

So, you get 2 career offers. One requires you to relocate but it's a career path that you REALLY like but the pay rate isn't as high. The other offer is in a career path that is tolerable but the pay rate will make you more than comfortable and doesn't require you to relocate.


Which would you choose?

[ASTalumna06]

Originally Posted by DaemonSeid

**NEW QUESTION**

So, you get 2 career offers. One requires you to relocate but it's a career path that you REALLY like but the pay rate isn't as high. The other offer is in a career path that is tolerable but the pay rate will make you more than comfortable and doesn't require you to relocate.


Which would you choose?

Clarification needed: Am I relocating to a place I love, or somewhere that's just.. eh.

[DaemonSeid]

Originally Posted by ASTalumna06

Clarification needed: Am I relocating to a place I love, or somewhere that's just.. eh.

I left it open for that reason....you decide. What one person may like someone else may hate.

[AGDee]

Originally Posted by DaemonSeid

**NEW QUESTION**

So, you get 2 career offers. One requires you to relocate but it's a career path that you REALLY like but the pay rate isn't as high. The other offer is in a career path that is tolerable but the pay rate will make you more than comfortable and doesn't require you to relocate.


Which would you choose?

I am court ordered to remain where I am until my kids are in college so that's a no brainer for me. Besides, I couldn't, in good conscience, move them away from their dad and I can't leave them, court order or not, so I have to stay put.

[DSTRen13]

I don't *have* a career path that I REALLY like (still trying to figure that one out ...), and if we moved right now, we'd have to reimburse my husband's company for paying for his MBA. So yeah, give me that money!

[aephi alum]

Originally Posted by DaemonSeid

**NEW QUESTION**

So, you get 2 career offers. One requires you to relocate but it's a career path that you REALLY like but the pay rate isn't as high. The other offer is in a career path that is tolerable but the pay rate will make you more than comfortable and doesn't require you to relocate.


Which would you choose?

Option 2.

I must deal with the "two-body problem". If I relocate for a new job, my husband must initiate a job search in the new city, and vice versa. Or my new job location might be in another country, where I could get a work visa but my husband could only get a spouse visa that would not permit him to work. DH and I did face this choice, with the scenario being his relocating to the Netherlands, and we turned down the opportunity because it would mean either an LDR or the end of my career.

I work to live. I don't live to work.

[agzg]

Does the first offer pay less than I make now? Or just less than the second offer?