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Does money bring you happiness?
« on: January 31, 2013, 01:15:05 AM »
If you (or a very close friend  ;D) are a person of means, does your money bring you more happiness or more headaches?

(I am not referring to people who are 'comfortable')

The way I see it the enormous amount of downsides that wealth brings, is in no way compensated for by the only positive - a false sense of security.

Additionally, a lot of my satisfaction in life comes from working hard to support my family. If I had a huge savings account I would not feel that my daily grind is necessary which would leave me pretty depressed, frustrated and bored.
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Re: Does money bring you happiness?
« Reply #1 on: January 31, 2013, 01:21:55 AM »
Money doesn't make you happy.
But it's still better to unhappy and wealthy than unhappy and poor!
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Re: Does money bring you happiness?
« Reply #2 on: January 31, 2013, 01:24:42 AM »
IME points and miles does:-)

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Re: Does money bring you happiness?
« Reply #3 on: January 31, 2013, 01:25:07 AM »
Money doesn't bring happiness, but money brings beer and beer sure brings happiness!!

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Re: Does money bring you happiness?
« Reply #4 on: January 31, 2013, 01:26:20 AM »
IME points and miles does:-)
True.  There's that giddy feeling you get when you fly in $20K suites and stay in 5 star hotels all for the cost of churning a credit card or 2 :D
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Re: Does money bring you happiness?
« Reply #5 on: January 31, 2013, 01:27:19 AM »
Money doesn't make you happy.
But it's still better to unhappy and wealthy than unhappy and poor!

I think having money makes you miserable. Being poor also makes you miserable. Who's to say which one is better?
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Re: Does money bring you happiness?
« Reply #6 on: January 31, 2013, 01:29:10 AM »
I think having money makes you miserable. Being poor also makes you miserable. Who's to say which one is better?
Having money does not make you miserable, a bad, unhealthy outlook on life makes you miserable. Such a person will likely be miserable whether poor or rich, but in only one of those situations are you worried about whether you will be evicted from your house/apt the next day.  Thus, better to be miserable (aka depressed) with money than without.
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Re: Does money bring you happiness?
« Reply #7 on: January 31, 2013, 01:34:31 AM »
You listed the worries that a poor person has. How about listing the rich man's worries? And there are plenty.

Responsibilities, safety fears, isolation, resentment from others, strife, trusting issues, emptiness... I bet you'll find that very wealthy people have higher depression/suicide rates than the very poor.
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Re: Does money bring you happiness?
« Reply #8 on: January 31, 2013, 01:36:32 AM »
What's the point of this? If you're looking for problems, you can find them wherever you go.
Being happy with little or no money is a virtue. OTOH money can be used for lot's of good things, most importantly, living a comfortable life. So it will add to happiness if the owner knows how to live with happy attitude.

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Re: Does money bring you happiness?
« Reply #9 on: January 31, 2013, 01:37:33 AM »
I bet you'll find that very wealthy people have higher depression/suicide rates than the very poor.
I'm not so sure about that, care to back that up?

Also what do you consider "rich" exactly? There's a whole lot of leeway there.
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Re: Does money bring you happiness?
« Reply #10 on: January 31, 2013, 01:37:52 AM »
money doesn't help you find happiness, but it does help you look in more places.

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Re: Does money bring you happiness?
« Reply #11 on: January 31, 2013, 01:38:01 AM »
What's the point of this? If you're looking for problems, you can find them wherever you go.
+1, nobody lives problem-free.  Life is what you make of it.
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Re: Does money bring you happiness?
« Reply #12 on: January 31, 2013, 01:38:55 AM »
Yes, money brings happiness. Its that simple.
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Re: Does money bring you happiness?
« Reply #13 on: January 31, 2013, 01:39:41 AM »
Yes, money brings happiness. Its that simple.
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Re: Does money bring you happiness?
« Reply #14 on: January 31, 2013, 01:40:28 AM »
miles doesn't help you find happiness, but it does help you look in more places.
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Yes, money brings happiness. Its that simple.
That's what someone who's poor and miserable convinces himself.
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Re: Does money bring you happiness?
« Reply #15 on: January 31, 2013, 01:43:16 AM »
"Money might not bring happiness, but it's a lot more comfortable to cry in a BMW than on a bicycle."


Money may not buy happiness, but if I'm miserable anyways I might as well be rich and miserable...

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Re: Does money bring you happiness?
« Reply #16 on: January 31, 2013, 01:45:03 AM »
What's the point of this? If you're looking for problems, you can find them wherever you go.
Being happy with little or no money is a virtue. OTOH money can be used for lot's of good things, most importantly, living a comfortable life. So it will add to happiness if the owner knows how to live with happy attitude.

Here's the point. Practically the whole world is in a screaming race to get rich as fast as the can. But they don't realize that happiness is what they really want and money does not equal happiness. We all desire money, that's part of the human condition, like a man desiring many women. But whereas with that example many of us understand that many women won't bring real happiness but I think barely anyone really believes that getting rich will probably bring more problems into their life.

Of course I want to reiterate the differentiation between comfortable and rich. Middle class is perfect.
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Re: Does money bring you happiness?
« Reply #17 on: January 31, 2013, 01:46:29 AM »
Who ever said money can't buy happiness, clearly doesn't know where to shop.
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Re: Does money bring you happiness?
« Reply #18 on: January 31, 2013, 01:47:25 AM »
Who ever said money can't buy happiness, clearly doesn't know where to shop.
"Money might not bring happiness, but it's a lot more comfortable to cry in a BMW than on a bicycle."


Money may not buy happiness, but if I'm miserable anyways I might as well be rich and miserable...

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Re: Does money bring you happiness?
« Reply #19 on: January 31, 2013, 01:47:54 AM »
You still haven't defined what you mean by rich.

"Responsibilities, safety fears, isolation, resentment from others, strife, trusting issues, emptiness"
Seems like a pretty extreme interpretation of rich.
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