My uncle just inherited a huge sum of money from his grandparents. Enough cash that even after he's paid taxes on it, he can take $50,000 a month out and the fortune would still grow with the interest he's making on it.

Now, this guy has always been by far my favorite uncle. I honestly never knew there was money in his family, and have always been fairly close to him and of course, my aunt as well. We generally get in touch once or twice a year just to catch up, but now I'm almost afraid to even contact him in fear that he might think that the only reason I'm doing so is because of the money. He also knows that I'm launching a new business and that because of this I'm financially strapped. I don't want anything from him, because I'm too proud to not do it on my own anyway.

I'm sure there are lots of people coming out of the woodwork now that they know he has money, I don't want to be one of them. How do you think you would handle this?

I think this would be one reason I wouldn't want to win the lotto or become filthy rich overnight, because I'd worry about how it would affect my friendships with other people. I'm sure he's dealing with the same problem now, so I kind of feel like I should be there for him, but damn, this is quite the catch-22! Any thoughts?

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