But Still

Money hasn’t changed everything in his life. He was happy but still, there were things that could not be changed. “I mean, I have a home, a beautiful home, and several cars, but I’d give anything to still be working.” “Sitting around even if you’re in a nice home or you’re living in a shack, you’re sitting around bored doing nothing.”

Hard Times

With the money came the long lost relatives who had never bothered to help him in his hard times. Krytzer said, “I had people calling me and bugging me and stuff.” “People you haven’t seen in years — family members that don’t talk to you. You get some money, and they’re like, ‘Where’s mine?’”

Not Easy

Along with that, the taxes on the house is driving him crazy. “We’re getting taxed to death here, I can’t afford it,” he explained. “I’m from California, I grew up here, but without working it’s just hard to survive.” They are thinking of shifting to Idaho where taxes are not that burdensome.

Explaining

He justifies, “The taxes on the house is half of what it is here.” “I’m thinking if I can go there I can kind of keep what I have, buy another house … and maybe try to get some kind of part-time job … I’m just hoping that we can survive and keep going.”

All Going Bad

His children’s expectation from him is also not coming down. Krytzer explained, “‘When I first got the money, I helped them out.’ ‘But now it’s like I can’t do it, I don’t have it, and they are like ‘You have millions of dollars, you’re being selfish.”

Twists And Turns

It is still difficult for him to believe that the blanket that stayed in the closet for years actually made him a millionaire. He expressed, “It was just hard to grasp.” “I mean, I worked hard my whole life. I was in construction, I never bought anything, I never saved, I always rented. I bought used cars cause that’s all I could afford. I lived paycheck to paycheck my whole life.”