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Who wants to be a millionaire? We do
All over the world, there are people who ' get rich quick '. become multi- millionaires overnight. But what is it actually like to have more money than you can imagine?
Nearly all of us have fantasized about suddenly becoming very rich. We dream about what we would do with the money, but we rarely stop to think about (1 !

For most of us, our way of life is closely linked to our economic circumstances. The differnt parts of our lives fit together like a jigsaw - work, home, friends, hobbies, and sports make up our world. This is where we belong and where (2 . A sudden huge windfall dramatically change it all and smash the jigsaw.
For example, most people like the idea of not having to work any longer, but new millionaires do this, but in so doing, they leave behind old friends and routines.

The every rich often choos not publicize their addresses and phon numbers, but still many charity requests and beggin letters arrive. If they are not careful,(4 on lawyers' fees to protect them form demanding friends and relatives, guards to protect their homes, and psychiatrists to protect their sanity! S

Unhappy endings
THere are many stories about people who don't know how to be rich. In 2001 Jasmine Wilson, age 24, from Liverpool, inherited L7 million from a rich aunt. Unfortunately it brought her(5 . She immediately went on a spending spree houses holidays and husbands but 7 years and 5 marraiges later she is penniless and alone.'I' m so miserable; she says 'Inheriting all that mony was the worst thing that ever happened to me.'
Ten there is th story of William Pascoe, 37 , a cook from Brighton. His book Quick-fix Recipes sold millions. William earned millions, and went on radio and TV to talk about it and demonstrate his recipes. He became rich and famous. Friends, family, and even strangers wrote him begging letters. Newspapers wrote lies about his private life. Finally, William ran away to the South of France. Just one year later, he was dead. He had (6 while trying to escape from reporters in his new L1 million speed boat.

A happy ending
For some people, The best thing to do with lost of money is to give it away. Tom Baxter, a london fireman, was given L1.5 million by a grateful lady Cameron Scott-Evans, whose cat he,d saved from the roof of her Kensington home. In Just 50 days (7 , first to fellow firefighters, then to tramps, and strangers in the in the street. on one occasion. he handed L100,000 to homeless people in a london park. He gave the last of the money to cats'home. 'It seemed only fair,' said Tom. 'I have no regrets.I'm happy being a fireman. )8 ;

A final thought
When you next dream of being rich, just stop for a minute and ask yourself why you're doing it. Would you actually want to change your whole way of life? Hs it not better just to have the excitement of the dream, rather than the reality of millions of pounds?