25 Devastating ‘We Could Have Been Rich’ Stories

‘In ‘99, my dad was told to invest in Lululemon. He didn’t’

Imagine finding out that the reason you have to work for a living is because one of your idiot family members didn’t cash in on a potential windfall when they had the chance. Whether it was a disapproving wife (ugh, women, amirite?) or a grandfather who didn’t believe in the future success of Trivial Pursuit (ugh, grandfathers, amirite?), Redditors have disclosed the reasons they’re not rolling in cash right now. And while in a lot of cases, “almost” doesn’t count, it’s hard to read these stories and not feel at least a twinge of empathy for the “what-if” of it all. 

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