Do you hate lucky people?

[Zephyr]

My son found out yesterday he is being sent to the Bahamas in Dec with one of the deep water suits to be filmed using it for the upcoming Blue Planet series, and today he found out from a local grocery chain that because he had shopped at some specific time his name went in a draw and he just won groceries for a year.

Part of me is really, really happy for him, part of me wants to punch him in the throat.

[Randomguy]

4 minutes ago, Zephyr said:

My son found out yesterday he is being sent to the Bahamas in Dec with one of the deep water suits to be filmed using it for the upcoming Blue Planet series, and today he found out from a local grocery chain that because he had shopped at some specific time his name went in a draw and he just won groceries for a year.

Part of me is really, really happy for him, part of me wants to punch him in the throat.

I like it when people are lucky, unless they are lucky at my expense.  

[Wilbur ★]

17 minutes ago, Zephyr said:

My son found out yesterday he is being sent to the Bahamas in Dec with one of the deep water suits to be filmed using it for the upcoming Blue Planet series, and today he found out from a local grocery chain that because he had shopped at some specific time his name went in a draw and he just won groceries for a year.

Part of me is really, really happy for him, part of me wants to punch him in the throat.

Can he spot you free groceries for the month he is gone?   

[Wilbur ★]

18 minutes ago, Zephyr said:

My son found out yesterday he is being sent to the Bahamas in Dec with one of the deep water suits to be filmed using it for the upcoming Blue Planet series, and today he found out from a local grocery chain that because he had shopped at some specific time his name went in a draw and he just won groceries for a year.

Part of me is really, really happy for him, part of me wants to punch him in the throat.

Canada has always hated the successful but less so, the lucky.  I am sure your son made his luck with work.  

[Road Runner]

I am so used to being unlucky that I just assume everyone else is luckier than I am.

I don't hate everyone.    

[Kzoo]

You don't necessarily have to hate him to punch him in the throat.

[Thaddeus Kosciuszko]

20 minutes ago, Wilbur said:

 I am sure your son made his luck with work.

'Lucky' people usually become that way, or at least come to perceive them that way, through preparation and diligence. 

 

[Longjohn ★]

I like when I get lucky. 

[Square Wheels]

[MoseySusan]

I’m thinking you also won groceries for a year? Do you live nearby? 

[Road Runner]

1 hour ago, Square Wheels said:

Lucky people propaganda.  They are not only lucky, but they also get you to believe it somehow is related to their "hard work".  

Figuring out the winning numbers on a lottery card is exhausting!  

Bastards.  

[Kirby]

Luck follows speed, or something like that.

Congrats to your son!

[shootingstar]

1 hour ago, MoseySusan said:

I’m thinking you also won groceries for a year? Do you live nearby? 

There has got to be a dollar limit per month on groceries' dollar value....  So son should expect some extra requests from papa occasionally.

[Zephyr]

2 hours ago, Road Runner said:

I just assume everyone else is luckier than I am.

Wanna bet?  Sometimes I think if I bought a graveyard, people would stop dying.

[Zephyr]

1 hour ago, MoseySusan said:

I’m thinking you also won groceries for a year? Do you live nearby? 

No, he is on the mainland.

[Zephyr]

18 minutes ago, shootingstar said:

There has got to be a dollar limit per month on groceries' dollar value....  So son should expect some extra requests from papa occasionally.

It works out to $5200, so he gets a $100 card for every week of the year.  For a single guy who cooks all his own food from scratch, it is going to take care of a huge amount of his grocery bill monthly.

[shootingstar]

17 minutes ago, Zephyr said:

It works out to $5200, so he gets a $100 card for every week of the year.  For a single guy who cooks all his own food from scratch, it is going to take care of a huge amount of his grocery bill monthly.

For sure, given some noticeable food price increases this yr.   THat's great he cooks from scratch...it becomes habit then.

[maddmaxx ★]

I never win anything.  But hey, let womaxx call one radio station and voila free "everywhere pass" Nascar tickets for 3.  

Maybe I was lucky getting her to marry me.

[MickinMD ★]

I've been envious of lucky or well-off people but never hated them for being lucky or well-off.

When I was in college, I envied the rich kids who could follow their passions without worrying if they'd develop skills that would pay the mortgage.

They could study acting, creative writing, dance, art. etc. and not worry that those are careers that often don't lead to steady employment.

But I didn't hate them or ask why they got to be so blessed while I grew up in a very poor family.  I wanted to be like them!

Fortunately I had wanted to be a chemist since age 12 and that led to having skiils that wouldn't make me rich, but would leave me middle-class comfortable.

So my goal was to be able to retire like the rich college kids: enough income to be active and pursue hobbies like piano lessons, owning a decent bicycle, online chess, putting together a garden including seed-growing stuff on an impulse to do a garden again and jump in when a friend or relative invites me to join in on a cruise or other big vacation.  It was Of Mice and Men's George dreaming of "We'll live off the fat of the land," plus some excitement.  I got there at age 55 3/4!

[shootingstar]

We may be surprised by the number of people who envy each of us here in this forum. 

Seriously.

Multiple bikes, hey even easy access and use of the Internet, yadddydadada.  Just living in the U.S. or Canada, there would be many people in some countries who see us as very lucky.

[Dirtyhip]

I don't hate the lucky.  It feels like I am one of them.  My dreams come true these days.

[Razors Edge ★]

28 minutes ago, Dirtyhip said:

I don't hate the lucky.  It feels like I am one of them.  My dreams come true these days.

I hate lucky jerks, but don't mind lucky nice folks.  The "lucky" bit seems relatively irrelevant.

[Airehead]

4 minutes ago, Razors Edge said:

I hate lucky jerks, but don't mind lucky nice folks.  The "lucky" bit seems relatively irrelevant.

Well said. 

[Dirtyhip]

17 minutes ago, Razors Edge said:

I hate lucky jerks, but don't mind lucky nice folks.  The "lucky" bit seems relatively irrelevant.

We sort of feel that we made our own luck.  There were a few breaks, but mostly it was just working hard and staying the course.  Doint the right thing is often boring.

[MoseySusan]

5 hours ago, Zephyr said:

No, he is on the mainland.

Is the store brand also nearby you? It sounds like he could forward that weekly $100 card to you while he’s…where was it again…oh, right…in the Bahamas. 

[Razors Edge ★]

7 hours ago, Zephyr said:

Part of me is really, really happy for him, part of me wants to punch him in the throat.

Well, you can do both, you know.

[BuffJim]

I had a period of about 3 months, I think it was 2017, where everything I did ended up lucky. Little things like winning a few hundred at the casino or winning my fantasy football league. It was cool, but almost creepy. Nothing life changing. 
Last week I won a pair of Tickets to a stage production of Tina, about Tina Turner. BuffCarla is excited to see it with me in November. 

[Razors Edge ★]

Just now, BuffJim said:

I had a period of about 3 months

All this time, I thought you were a dude! 

 

 

 

 

 

How you doing?  

[BuffJim]

9 minutes ago, Razors Edge said:

All this time, I thought you were a dude! 

 

 

 

 

 

How you doing?  

Try to keep up. Anyone can have periods. Ever heard of hockey players?

[Razors Edge ★]

16 minutes ago, BuffJim said:

Try to keep up. Anyone can have periods. Ever heard of hockey players?

Well, yeah. Aren't the US women's team also the only good hockey team we have???