That’s not really some kind of defense for her because she still chose to proceed to use it.
Edit: To clarify, the reason I’m saying this is that it sounds like the donor is being blamed for the chaos. I don’t think that’s fair. (I’m also not blaming her for trying the ticket, to be clear! It was just a neutral decision.)
Of course. I’m not blaming her for any of that. I might’ve done the exact same thing. I just take issue with @mwproductions’ “foisted.” She could have thrown the lottery ticket into the trash or something; I would not encourage that course of action, but I’m saying that there shouldn’t be blame-throwing at the ticket donor, either. Had the donor known it would have been winning, of course s/he wouldn’t have given it away, no? There should be no blame and it was just an unfortunate series of events.
That’s not really some kind of defense for her because she still chose to proceed to use it.
Edit: To clarify, the reason I’m saying this is that it sounds like the donor is being blamed for the chaos. I don’t think that’s fair. (I’m also not blaming her for trying the ticket, to be clear! It was just a neutral decision.)
Then she fought in court instead of giving up the money?
Of course. I’m not blaming her for any of that. I might’ve done the exact same thing. I just take issue with @mwproductions’ “foisted.” She could have thrown the lottery ticket into the trash or something; I would not encourage that course of action, but I’m saying that there shouldn’t be blame-throwing at the ticket donor, either. Had the donor known it would have been winning, of course s/he wouldn’t have given it away, no? There should be no blame and it was just an unfortunate series of events.