I was visiting my aunt, the tv was on, we saw Oprah interview this woman who got 5! million! dollars! as compensation for her husband's death in 9/11. Wow!! Some of you may have already heard about this because it was apparently in the papers, but I'm pretty out of the loop in general.
So, she spent it. She has this super fancy house with a half million dollar kitchen (surprisingly, after hearing how much some people's things cost, I guess this is not that extreme?), four thousand dollar designer purses, lots and lots and lots and lots of shoes, all sorts of great designer clothes, plastic surgery for herself (I think) and for people she knew and people she didn't (I think she paid for her manucurist to have something implanted), and on and on and on.
I do not have any comment on her spending the money- she says she was filling a void, but in the end, it didn't work. Oprah told her she understood her pain. Why do people think this is true? What I really wonder about is how the people who donated money to help the families feel. If you took money out of your account to help someone, how would you feel if they spent it on luxury items? Would it be alright if you felt that the person did what they could to deal with the situation into which they were so abruptly thrown? Would you consider giving the next time someone needed help?
She did give her mother-in-law 100,000 dollars. Is this adding insult to injury, I wonder?
Human behavior is fascinating indeed.
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