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Money Can't Buy You Happiness

Posted by meanmissy • 6/02/08 • Subscribe to this Discussion [RSS] • Report This Topic
Topics: buy, developing country, happiness, money

i read somewhere that money can buy you happiness depending on what side of the world you are living...if you come from a developing country like ours, of course, the main basic thing that each person will think of is money to buy you food...if you are living in a developed/advanced country, i think it is otherwise...what do you think? what can you say about this?

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6/02/08

gmoney

I don't think that money can buy you happiness but it can buy you the freedom of time and with that time you are "FREE" to do whatever you want so just be happy.

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6/02/08

carlgalloway

It pays the bills. Once they're out the way I can sit back and contemplate my navel. All in all having money makes me happier than not having money

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1. 6/02/08
  
  JillSaxon
  
  Ahh... so true.
2. 6/02/08
  
  Svelmoe
  
  Indeed. I'm happier with money then I am without - thus money can buy happiness.
  
  Can it buy all forms of happiness? Perhaps not, but it can buy many forms of it.
3. 6/02/08
  
  mmjvy
  
  you need money to live,love,and be loved but you can't buy 'real love'!
4. 6/02/08
  
  carlgalloway
  
  real love is the kind you get from man's best friend, a dog. And dogs don't care if you're rich or poor
5. 6/02/08
  
  JillSaxon
  
  Aww Carl... PEOPLE can't give you real love?
  
  @ Svelmoe There was this comedian who did a whole set about money and happiness. Anyways, one of the lines I ALWAYS laugh at is: "You never see people crying on a WaveRunner."
  
  Edited to make the quote accurate.
6. 6/06/08
  
  resebel
  
  aha! you just nailed it down.
6/02/08

jackpayne

Money can't buy you happiness; but it sure makes misery a lot more acceptable.

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1. 6/02/08
  
  JillSaxon
  
  LOL.
2. 6/06/08
  
  sdk1988
  
  Right on the money! haha..
6/02/08

mmjvy

I don't own a dog that's bad

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6/02/08

DrowseyMonkey

Having money can make one's life much better and safer ... which in turn can make your life happy. I firmly believe that because I've experienced it.

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6/02/08

mmjvy

When my family was in financial drought even our own relatives won't talk to us anymore and now being able to support my family financially in my home country gave me happiness.

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6/02/08

zawadi

Money cannot buy Happiness, but it makes a good down payment for some.

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6/02/08

nplbjirel

Recent reasearch by Canadian researchers at the University of British Columbiahas shown that you can be happy if you spent that money in gifts and charities.

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6/06/08

meanmissy

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6/06/08

meanmissy

thanks for all your comments. you may want to watch out for my article regarding this soon in my blog :-)

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6/06/08

richrf

Money creates an equal amount of happiness and unhappiness. It is neutral.

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6/06/08

lordiwanttobewhole

it doesn't cause happiness in my opinion. It makes certain aspects of your life more managable though. It has to do a lot with our perception of money and how we feel it serves us, what its purpose is.

To me, I don't attain peace of mind from my bank account. When I get money worries i have faith and i take action, then I throw the worry out the window. I live simply and not beyond my means.

Whatever financial situation you are in, i believe we should live with gratitude and realize happiness is a choice and cannot be obtained from an external means.

AMEN!

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6/06/08

wenfri

May not be able to buy happiness but it sure as heck helps LOL

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6/06/08

Jeunelle

Money Can't Buy You Happiness
Ain't that the truth. Tell that to Paul McCartney.
However, money can buy you a one legged pirate...and her name is Heather Mills.

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1. 6/06/08
  
  AmyOops
  
  that is so funny!
6/06/08

offendedblogger

If money can't buy happiness, why are we all happy when payday comes?

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1. 6/06/08
  
  ekim941
  
  coz it's Friday.
2. 6/06/08
  
  offendedblogger
  
  So what you're saying is it isn't the money that makes us happy but the beer and hookers?
3. 6/06/08
  
  ekim941
  
  Not at all.
  
  I don't drink beer.
4. 6/06/08
  
  MadameX
  
  Dude, you're in construction.
  
  You're really messing with my stereotypes.
5. 6/06/08
  
  ekim941
  
  Show me your boobs.
  
  Is that better?
6. 6/06/08
  
  ekim941
  
  MadameX, So all construction workers drink beer and only work construction because they aren't smart enough to do anything else?
  
  That seems to be the typical stereotype.
7. 6/06/08
  
  MadameX
  
  Ekim, my father made his living in construction all my life, and my first job was cleaning up shingles on roofing jobs. My uncle and cousin own a construction company, and my husband managed a warehouse for a cable construction company. And I have a firm conviction that real men don't wear suits. My generalizations definitely don't come from stereotypes and don't involve not being smart...but in all those years of all those exposures...yeah...I've seen a lot of cheap beer.
8. 6/06/08
  
  ekim941
  
  Yuck, cheap beer is even worse.
9. 6/06/08
  
  offendedblogger
  
  Good point, ekim.
10. 6/06/08
  
  MadameX
  
  Must be an acquired taste
6/06/08

JacobDiv

I think there is a certain amount of care and nurturing people need to be happy. Not too many homeless, starving people are real content with their situations.

But then once people get their basic needs met, money is relatively minor. We imagine happiness will come from money, but it usually doesn't.

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6/06/08

MadameX

I definitely don't think that money can bring happiness, but the absence of money can be an obstacle to happiness. Not being able to fulfill your obligations is stressful, and I don't know too many people who are happy while getting dozens of calls a day from bill collectors, waiting for the car to get repossessed, and trying to decide whether to buy groceries or keep the utilities on.

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1. 6/06/08
  
  Theresa111
  
  Here, here.
2. 6/06/08
  
  JacobDiv
  
  yep, that is what I was trying to say, but you said it better.
3. 6/06/08
  
  offendedblogger
  
  Exactly. I know poor people and wealthy people and people in between. Believe me, the poor ones are the least happy.
6/06/08

shawie9877

I agree, carlgalloway!

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6/06/08

Dicky22

money can't buy happiness but can make you happy

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6/24/08

meanmissy

i agree with you dicky22.. i know of some people though not personally that are happy but they are not that rich...maybe it is all based on the contented life of a person, dont you agree?

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6/24/08

mariamichelle

I know plenty of people with money who I wouldn't say were happy. It does solve some problems, but can't it create other ones at times?

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