My "grandma" (older woman that babysat us) gave her husband a fake $1,000,000 dollar bill for his birthday as a gag gift. I was 5 and didn't know that it wasn't real, just that a million dollars was a ton of cash and I'd never have to work. When I and the other kids started fighting over who got to be a millionaire, she threw it out. I couldn't believe someone could be so rich a million dollars didn't mean anything to them.
I didn't figure it out until I reflected on it at her funeral... because that was the first time I remembered it in 17 years.
My "grandma" (older woman that babysat us) gave her husband a fake $1,000,000 dollar bill for his birthday as a gag gift. I was 5 and didn't know that it wasn't real, just that a million dollars was a ton of cash and I'd never have to work. When I and the other kids started fighting over who got to be a millionaire, she threw it out. I couldn't believe someone could be so rich a million dollars didn't mean anything to them.
I didn't figure it out until I reflected on it at her funeral... because that was the first time I remembered it in 17 years.
RIP Grandma Shirley.