Those of you come came into large sums of money later in life, how much did you get and how much did your life change?

When I was 30 my Nan passed away and left her house to her 2 kids, who were to give it to their kids. Ended up selling and I got £150,000, so purchased a 1 bedroom flat outright (with about 15k to spare which I put in my bank account). I collect £950 a month through rent so essentially it was like I got a big fat promotion or something rather than becoming "cash rich".

I guess life changed in that I instantly felt like I had way more options in life. I eat out a lot, upgrade my tech constantly, and go on nice holidays on a whim. I would say that whilst this amount of money hasn't made me anything close to a millionaire or something crazy like that, it really increased my quality of life and my overall happiness.

When I was 27 I got engaged to a man who was worth several hundred million dollars. We lived as husband and wife financially even though we weren't married yet. It was bliss - I had the best of everything, never had to lift a finger, looked better than I ever did. It took the stress out of everything.