Reason Single Mom Isn’t Sharing Lottery Winnings With Family Backed Online [Video]

A single mom has won the internet’s support after refusing to share her lottery winnings with her family.

Reddit user u/Objective-Throat-995, a 34-year-old woman, shared her story on the platform, where it quickly amassed 16,000 upvotes in the popular subreddit “AITAH [Am I the A*****?].” She described how she bought a lottery ticket on a whim while grocery shopping and unexpectedly won a “decent” jackpot. The post has since been removed from the site.

“Anyway, I was ecstatic. First thing I did was call my mom. She was excited at first, but then like a minute later, she starts saying, ‘So, are you going to share it with the family?’ Like, before I’d even processed the news myself,” she wrote.

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Offering some context, she explained that she has two siblings, though their relationship has always been somewhat “distant.” When she had her son, who is autistic and requires significant support, it was essentially just …