Quote Originally Posted by Thorn View Post
e) Donate it to charity

To avoid this getting bumped to Way Off Topic, I'll skip my political tirade about why these checks are just wrong, wrong, wrong.

Instead, try the lemonade approach and state, when given money I neither expected nor feel is appropriate, I pick out a worthy charity and give it away.
Last time this happened, I gave my whole $300 over to my local community garden. I may do the same thing this time, but I may not. The divorce has left me a bit in debt, so I may pay some of that off.