Does money bring you happiness?

[HBK-aholic]

Credit for this thread goes to those discussing the matter in the bar room not long ago.

It’s an age old question, in which those with money often say it doesn’t, and those without thinks money would make them happy. Money is, apparently, the root of all evil. Arguments can often stem from money. Loans etc all cause a headache for people, a headache which wouldn’t exist if money didn’t.

Personally, I don’t think money can make you happy. It can make you happier to an extent; you can buy many things you want. However there are still things people need/want that money can’t buy. Friends, family and love for instance. As long as I had enough money to survive, and have a few luxuries, I don’t see the point in having millions. Granted, I wouldn’t turn it down if offered, but it not something I feel I need to have a happy life.

What I'd also be worried about is losing values. Often, you see or hear of people who are rich and forget where they came from, and become spoilt. It's something I'd never wish to go through, or to allow children to grow up in that environment. I don't think it's healthy for a child to grow up getting everything they want without ever having to work for it.

What are your opinions?

 

[simpsons_fanatic742]

While I agree that money can't buy happiness, I believe it can bring some forms of happiness. If you have alot of money you can buy alot of luxuries that will make you happy for a limited time, but what I think of is how the money can help your family. If you have money you can make sure that you are financially stable and don't have to worry about debts and about how you are going to pay your next bill and so on. You can also provide much better for your family and you can help give them the things they need and sometimes the things they want too. You can put money aside to help your children when they grow up, you can help them with school payments and what not. Money helps make life comfortable and knowing that you can support your family with whatever problem they have is a great feeling.

 

[FoleyIsGod]

Money makes me happy.

I can buy the dvds and games I want to play, go out on nights out more than I do now, I can go to the football/watch live wwe events/watch rugby etc. Go on loooong holidays.

Not to say Im not happy with the money I have now.

 

[Sparky]

Money cannot buy bring you happiness. i was having this discussion a couple of months ago. would i give up what i have now wich is not much except a roof over my head and my Fiance and her two kids for a million dollars. I can honestly say i Wouldnt. i would much prefer to have nothing but my Fiance and i suppose "our" two kids then any amount of money. look at 9/10 millionares all single and lonley and will most likley not find anybody that loves them for them and not their money. Most millionares are sad people becouse the only people in thier lives are only there becouse of the Dough. Money just like Possesions are nothing compared to Health and Love. i dont want to come up apearing Sappy but Love is the one thing that makes me happy, and i don need anything else.

 

[klunderbunker]

Money doesn't buy happiness, at least not mine. I have enough money to live comfortably without having to really do work for the rest of my life, and I'd hardly call myself happy most of the time. Yes I can get things that I want, but eventually it becomes an issue of how much is enough? There comes a point where all you're doing is getting something shiny that grabs your attention for a few minutes to distract you from your misery. The people I care about and love make me happy. Seeing the smiles on their faces light up a room makes me happy. I was happy when I was poor, I'm happy now, I'd be happy if I was poor again.

 

[Eternal Dragon]

Money is essential if you want to be happy, especially if you have a family to take care of. My family's had money problems my entire life, we've been evicted, homeless, had the power cut off if the bill wasn't paid, have gotten our car taken away, my sister struggles to pay off her college fees and she's in community college. It doesn't make me happy to have to see her struggle like that or to see my parents fight about money or to worry about if we'll have money to pay the rent. People say money can't bring you happiness, well try telling that to someone who just doesn't have enough of it, who's fraying at the seams trying to pay all of his (or her) bills. It's not fun. I get that there are things besides money that make you happy, the cliche friends, family, etc, etc, but money is important too.

Flames Out
Dragon

 

[Danmen001]

Money, money, money. I think that there is a degree to truth with this. People need money to survive, people need money to make a living, people need money to get things that make them happy.

Where would everyone be without money? You don't see it alot in Australia, but people would be on the streets. People would be without shelter, and that would not make you happy at all. You would be depressed, if you couldn't afford the basic neccessities in life, or even just that one thing that would make you happy.

Too much money on the other hand while you wouldn't have to worry about alot of things, it couldn't buy everything. It couldn't buy real friends, real family or real love. It could buy friends for money, but that's not a friend.

I believe you need to be in the middle to achieve the most amount of happiness.

 

[santinoistight44]

money does make me happy! i dont need millions of dollars but if i had more money i could afford to buy more dvds, maybe better food i wouldnt have to worry about gas or anything. i love money!

 

[RVD KAMALA 440]

Money can bring you happiness if you know how 2 do it correctly. Don't have 2 worry about debt. Can buy you anything you want, when you want it. Make sure you have great people around you & not have freeloading & screw up friends & family members. Minus them from your life right away. I'd rather be rich than broke as a joke. Especially now where we are at a recession. Why you think rich people off themselves when they all of a sudden end up from the penthouse to the poorhouse. Fuck being poor. Which i'm sadly at now again