I buy a $3 lottery ticket every week. My sister buys a $4.50 latte at Starbucks every day. A lot of you would apparently consider me stupid and my sister an "average Yuppie". That is because she spends money on what you like and I spend mine on what you don't like.
In my opinion, if I earned the money by honest work, I am entitled to spend it on anything I want, and I don't need Nanny to slap my lottery ticket out of my hand and tell me "No, no!"
As for the people who blow all their money and then kill themselves, they generally think that all their problems would be over if only they had enough money. Money only changes your problems, it does not eliminate them. The first thing he ought to have done is gone to his bank and hired a financial adviser and then paid attention to what he was told. Don't buy a dog and then do your own barking.
True. But I'm sure that latte tastes a lot better than a losing lottery ticket! Your sister probably feels like a winner every day.