Does money buy happiness?

[sexyrussian]

I come from a very rich family but I have never felt that it has brought me happiness. If the average person came to live in my family for a week they would love it but after a while they would get used to their situation and the thought of getting nice things would bore them.I was thinking about this. If you are poor it takes less to make you happy and therefore you will become happy easier. Money does not buy happiness

[sexyrussian]

Before you get cross.This is a sensible question and I genuinely would like to know your opinions on this subject.It seems to me that it is only the poor who genuinely think money=happiness. The rich KNOW it doesn't.Also I bothered to correct my spelling today.

[loopyc]

i have been rich and i have been poor, but the thngs that make me rich now are my freinds and family not money. i think money can help you but it doesnt make you happy.

[girl_lesbian]

Money doesn't buy happiness but it definatly helps ;-)

[4getmenot]

Sometimes.

[girl_lesbian]

Ooo Loopy just said the same as you I think, wish I had got my post in quicker.

[sexyrussian]

I believe that having money CAN make your life happier because you don't have to worry about necessities but the love of money can ruin your life and the richer you are the more it takes to make you happy.

[redcrx]

money doesnt buy you happiness. but at the other end of scale serious debt certainly brings stress, worry and unhappiness. Happiness comes from friends and the way you live life not how much money you have. happiness and friendship cant be bought.

[girl_lesbian]

Very good point sexy russian, my sentiments exactly.

[muppeteer]

just wondering... do you work?

[Pippa68]

I don't think it is neccesarily only the 'poor' who think money brings happiness.

[PinkFizz]

I have been so poor that I couldnt feed myself,only my child,and I have been very well off so that I could buy what ever I wanted.Now I am comfortable,which is a happy medium.I certainly wasnt happier when I was well off,as I developed a lot of "friends" who took advantage.So in answer to your question,no,money cannot buy happiness,but it can ease financial difficulties.

[sexyrussian]

I don't no.I am at University and hope one day to become a medical specialist.I don't have to work for the money but I enjoy working.I don't want to live off my parents money because then I would have to abide by their rules and they are strict.

[sexyrussian]

No I think some rich people THINK money can buy happiness but they have money and know themsleves deep down that it is not bringing happiness to them while poor people imagine what it would be like to have money and are convinced it would make tham happy. In one way I think I would be a better person if I had been brought up not necessarily poor but at least just comfortable.

[4getmenot]

Didnt he buy you a flat and a car? I think if you have earnt your own money and can spend it, then it makes you feel better than taking off people. I hate when I get myself in a pickle with money and mum offers to help me out. Mum has never spoilt any of us but she would always help any of us siblings out if we need it, but I still hate to ask.

[4getmenot]

That�s not me having a go, I just think if you are bought up knowing that you should be able to look after yourself and not get things handed to you on a plate then you are a lot wiser and don�t take things for granted.

[muppeteer]

when i asked about work i didnt mean about making your own money or anything, just if you have something to focus on & something to do throughout the day. i think what you do plays a big part in happiness. i have worked in an office for 9 years & although its perfectly respectable, i am unhappy. its only now that i have realised i need something more rewarding that i am starting to feel lighter & better about myself. (same wages so money not an issue). it seems happiness comes from leading a full life & surrounding yourself with genuine people that you love- not what you have in the bank.

[sexyrussian]

Yes he has bought me alot of thing and gives me some money every week but that is because I am not earning my own money yet.In 10 years time I will earn my own money and I can be self sufficient. My Dad hasn't bought me the flat I have to give it back to him when I manange to buy my own and the car was a Christmas present.

[Pippa68]

I am sure having, and making, a lot of money does bring happiness to people ~ whether they were poor or rich in the first place.

I was brought up amongst people who were very happy & never wished to be rich..and I am not just talking about my family, it was a community.

I just don't think that rich people are necessarily unhappy..it's a bit of a generalisation to say that they are unhappy deep down. Most people are happy as long as they have enough to pay the bills..and I don't consider them poor people.

It all depends on what your definaition of 'poor' is?

[muppeteer]

by the way, are you saying you think most poor people are unhappy? do you know most of them? & how do you define poor?

[Pippa68]

*definition*