'Women would rather have a happy family life than designer clothes and luxury'

I would always choose happy family life over designer clothes and luxury. I think I made that choice many many years ago. My husband and I have 4 children and I am a stay at home mom. We do not have designer clothes or luxury anything. With only money and no happiness what is the point? Have a great day and happy myLotting!!!

I'm a man and I can tell you that I would prefer to be happy than to have designer clothes. I would like to have both, but if I have to choose I pick happiness. Although money can buy you things that are fun to have, etc. LOL

I would take happiness any day over designer clothes and luxury. Happiness is everything to me. Money can't buy happiness. The biggest thing that brings happiness to my life is my 3 kid, the are far better then any beauty treatment or luxury designer clothes. I do know someone that thinks happiness is a flash car, I often say to this person, that money and status won't make you happy. Family is far better then any expensive car.

I would sooner have a happy life I give up alot for my son as he is a good kid. But I don't give him alot I helped him with cars and Ins. other wise nothing that cost to much. As I'm a single Mom. When I could afford to spend it was on a ps3 in which he sold to pay his car ins. once he turned 18. LoL so I guess it camein handy. He played it for over a year.

My opinion is that someone wasted a good grant on some stupid research. Luxury items vs. happy family, hmmm, let me think. Jeez, proof positive that men run the world. No woman in her right mind would think that question was worth answering. Whether women would rather have a career than a family, that's a question that might merit some study. But what person, woman or man would admit (even if it were true) they'd rather spoil themselves then have a happy family? Especially women. Women have been sacrificing since Eve gave birth to her first child. She went through labor, that was a sacrifice right there. Anyway, even if a woman had all those luxuries, they wouldn't be that enjoyable if her family was miserable. Thanks, I haven't had a good chuckle today. That did it for me.

LOL you are so right. It has never crossed my mind that I would rather have designer clothes then a happy family life. In fact I think it is crazy how much some people spend on clothes and other material things no matter how much money they have. In my opinion if you have enough money to spend 500 dollars on a pair of jeans then you need to donate some money to charity! Its just crazy seeing those shows like ET and knowing celebs spend so much on clothes when there are people in the world who don't even own a pair of jeans! As far as I go that kind of stuff is the least of my worries as well.

Personally I don't feel I am sacrificing anything for my happy family. I am part of the family and am happy as well. But designer clothes and luxury beauty treatments have never been something I cared about. There are a lot of other things I prefer to do that don't have the cost. I guess I am just not much of a "material girl".

After seeing my Grandmother, my Mother and my Aunts do without the luxuries I just wish that all women could have both. They could have a flurishing family life with all the luxuries--not choosing either, but both.

I'd much rather have a happy family than all that stuff, marina - and I often think women who buy a lot of overpriced rubbish for themselves are doing it to fill a hole where a happy family should go.

Hi marina321, I really do believe that women would love to have a happy family life and home of their own to run rather then all those designer clothes and luxury, I have come across people like that in my life time and none of them were happy and decided to have a husband and children, mind you they have turned a bit rounded with two or three children round them but they wouldn't change it again for the world. Tamara

My opinion is: DUH! lol Of course I would put happy family before luxuries, way way way before! Like on a totally different list. I have sacrificed a lot for my family, and I do not regret the choices I have made (but regret having to MAKE choices, if ykwim) I have taken low paying jobs at daycares so I could be with my children as much as possible. I am a single mom and our budget is incredibly tight, but the Lord always provides for us. I'm putting my faith in the idea that my children would rather have Mama than money, and I hope I'm right! =)

Being Happy is the most important thing in life. Knowing what your true wants and needs are will help you survive. If, vanity and your "personal image" is more important than your family --- one day you may wish that you had been different! Money can't buy you love!

I'm with you, who needs a study to tell them that?? When I was younger, my father was an incredibly successful businessman, he chose to give it all up to my mother for full custody of us three kids. Her priorities are clear, and I'm glad I got away from that poison and never felt it's influence! Whenever I have kids, there will be no designer labels or keeping up with the Jones', form follows function!! As long as there is food and clothing and shelter, I'm not squandering any money on designer labels!

Men did this study, right?? there is the quote: "money can't buy you happiness"... did they need more than that?

[i]HI marina, I never think about that..and will never trade my happy family life with all those material stuff! LOL! that is funny! I don't know anyone also who prefer the second one over their family! Those stuff are temporary and we can always obtain them if we work hard without sacrificing our loved ones! [/i]

hi marina I think that is pretty much true asthere are so many more of us who live a happy family life but without anyfrills than there are women who lead a life of luxurey with fine clothes and all the frills of wealth. we are too busy working and careing for our families to even think about that sort of life.andwe probably would not know what to do with it if we were suddenly given all these frills of wealth. Family makes you happy, things are just things. You could die of loneliness in amansion with fine clothes and et al.

I think that no matter what kind of material things you have in life it doesn't make you happy. Like the saying "Money can't buy happiness". Sure you can go shopping and have nice things and a big house and nice cars but how can that make you happy if you go home and fight with your spouse or your kids or go home and have no one there to spend time with. I am in the 'middle class' of the world and I feel I have nice things but I also have a nice family life. I would give up every material thing I had in order to keep a great family life. Sure money can make things easier for day to day life. Not stressing about your bills, getting to go out and do more things, but at the end of the day I would much rather say "oh i had so much fun with you today" than "oh i had so much fun buying all kinds of things today but when I came home I was miserable"

I absolutely agree with you in this matter and if I could also testify unto this things like my wife she is more on wanting to bought things that would relate on my daughter need of things like clothes and toys and for herself she would only bought a thing she need and no more extra for she will always insist to put it in the bank we needed it the most in an urgent or emergency cases of our life.....

That definitely seems like a study of the obvious to me! As a person who didn't have the designer clothes before the family, either, there really was no sacrifice to make in that arena. Now if the luxurious lifestyle AND the happy family is an option, I'll take it (but still won't waste money on designer clothes--that money is better sent to a few of the charities I support); but if I must choose, definitely the happy family.

I would much prefer a happy family life. With a good family I can achieve anything I want to achieve. Material possesions are useless if you don't have a good family to share the joy with in my opinion!