Does money buy happiness? (srs)

[AMERICAN_BEAST]

Serious question.

At what salary range do you believe you would be content?

100-200-300-400-500-600-700-800-900-1-2-3-4-5 Million?

[geer_matt]

This is a stupid question.

[so-tex]

Do you even lift?

[paolo59]

Annual salary? All I need is around 685 million in the bank. That would put a smile on my face!

[GuyJin]

"I vant the world, Herbert, ze world".

[Trinity1216]

It might not buy you happiness, but it sure alleviates the pain

[GuyJin]

It might not buy you happiness, but it sure alleviates the pain

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qft. Remind me to rep you for that later on, will you, Sara?

[Trinity1216]

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qft. Remind me to rep you for that later on, will you, Sara?

No need to rep me, pay it forward to someone else please

Hope all is well on your side of the world.

[Sen8or]

srsly tho

Enough not to have to worry about it in the future, for myself or the kids

[GuyJin]

No need to rep me, pay it forward to someone else please

Hope all is well on your side of the world.

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Okay, thy rep-will be done.

All is okay, still writing, submitting, and working, TCB, the usual.

[DougHolland]

A quote I used many times in life was this.

"Money cannot buy you friends but can get you a better class of enemy." - Spike Milligan

[phikappa]

Money buys less BS. So, yes money does buy happiness.

[Trinity1216]

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Okay, thy rep-will be done.

All is okay, still writing, submitting, and working, TCB, the usual.

Glad to hear everything is going well, keep writing my friend

[Old-Time-Lifter]

This is a stupid question.

Certainly a sign of the end times.... today I agreed with matt.... oh the horror!!! lol

[DougHolland]

http://www.karemar.com/blog/lottery-...nners-all-time

[mixbwoy]

One does not always lead to the other.
But I'm broke & unhappy, so maybe I don't know what I'm taking about.



































When will it be my turn to say

[so-tex]

It's the whiskey.



And his son concurs.

[BalhamBeast]

Money doesn't buy happiness but it does buy peace of mind. Being able to cover your bills and having enough money to have something to look forward to (a nice holiday, for instance) is all anyone really needs.
You can have a wonderful partner or family and an enjoyable job but if you are constantly stressed about being able to food bills or food then that's going to put a dampener on things.

[egoatdoor]

Money does buy happiness regardless of what the media and Hollywood would lead you to believe.

Income is not totally relevant because if you are spending it all or live in a high tax and/or cost of living area, then you may not have much left over.

I am not telling people I don't know what I make, but its 6 figures and since I choose to live in an apartment ( no big mortgage payment) in a state with not high taxes and very low housing costs and have no expenses for spouse, kids, pets or fancy cars and toys, I live very comfortably and will have plenty of money saved up for retirement so I won't be working at 70 or 75 like most people are and will have to do in the coming decades.

This goes hand in hand with peace of mind which is what the last poster talked about.

[frozensparky]

If you believe that it does then you are probably not very happy no matter how much you have. I was happy when I was broke, I'm happy now that I'm not so broke.

[V-240]

No, but it does buy beer. And that's pretty much the same thing.

[Che12]

Moneys not everything, but its right up there with air

[pvsampson]

I dunno.I've had times when I didn't need to budget hard,when I could eat a meal at the pub when I liked,buy a bloody beer when I wanted one, buy the clothes I liked,and not worry if something breaks in the car (or bike) then how the f#ck am I going to pay for it.Or even worry about having enough fuel in the car (or bike).

I miss my bike,I miss my pub meals and I would sure as hell like to be able to have the money to go and buy a NEW car,with warranty so I wouldn't have to worry if it broke.

Having a bit to spare made me feel a bit happier.

[darenblack]

i have never seen a miserable rich man "unless he is sick" .
but i,ve heard this phrase a lot < the poor and the miserable> they seem to stick together.

[beachguy498]

I heard this one many years back:

Life is one big sh** sandwich and every day you take another bite. But the more bread you have, the less sh** you have to eat.

Rob

[nebraskaheat]

I like what that comedian Daniel Tosh said..

Money might not buy happiness, but it will be a jet ski. Ever seen a sad person riding a jet ski around?

My wife and I were broke for many, many years.. We had just started to be comfortable and raise our family when my wife got admitted to a doctorate program in Chicago and we went back to living the life of broke college students all of a sudden.

Those 4 years of school and residency were scary. But not because "we" were broke, but because we had children.. There's a comfort level money brings when you have children.. If my wife and I were to ever go broke, we could go move into the bad part of town, buckle down and cut off all expenses and pay the price and work to get back on track.. That fear of having to do that with children in tow scared-scares me though.

[mtpockets]

It depends on who you ask.

I don't think so, but a starving family in a third world country may think otherwise.

[m314]

One study showed that additional income makes people happier up to a certain point. When people don't have to worry about how they'll pay the next bill, a major source of unhappiness is removed. Over a certain point ($75,000 a year in this study), extra money doesn't seem to make people happier.

http://www.time.com/time/magazine/ar...019628,00.html

I'm not rich, but I'm doing well with my career and finances. I'm mostly happy with life just like I've always been. I can't help but think I'd be happier if I was independently wealthy. I have a great job, but it would be nice to have the freedom to go anywhere and do anything without putting in 40 hours a week at the office.

[thomashenry]

I read about an extraordinarily wise, vey powerful & wealthy man who never denied himself anything, anything & everything at his fingertips, and he said after all that he had amassed " everything was meaningless, A CHASING AFTER THE WIND , nothing was gained under the sun"-- there is more, much more to life than acquiring things, I think he was saying in other words you can`t ever capture what your chasing, the appetite is never satisified when it comes to things

[whatevergirl]

I read about an extraordinarily wise, vey powerful & wealthy man who never denied himself anything, anything & everything at his fingertips, and he said after all that he had amassed " everything was meaningless, A CHASING AFTER THE WIND , nothing was gained under the sun"-- there is more, much more to life than acquiring things, I think he was saying in other words you can`t ever capture what your chasing, the appetite is never satisified when it comes to things

nice post.

I've talked about a book I read before, called Man's Search for Meaning, by Viktor Frankl. Frankl survived the concentration camps, during WWII. His book speaks about how he was even stripped of his own hair and was treated as even less than an animal in the camps, and yet, he could still find glimmers of 'happiness' in each day. He didn't know from day to day, whether he'd be shot or permitted to live. He didn't have one red cent to his name, and all his possessions were taken before he entered the camps. He still managed to find some 'happiness' in his day, despite these conditions. Amazing, no?

He points out in his book, that our happiness rests on our choices and responses to our circumstances, not the circumstances, themselves. It is a life changing book, and I highly recommend reading it.

I've met wealthy people who were 'unhappy,' and met very poor people, who had a sense of joy and peace that can't be put into words. So, think Frankl's insight is spot on. Happiness is a choice. Not something you wait to ''happen'' to you, when or if you amass enough monetary wealth.

Just my two cents.