Can money buy you happiness?

United States
October 6, 2008 9:33am CST
I personally think that money alone cannot make you happy but in my case, I definitly think it would help...
5 responses
@ajaxian (94)
• Hong Kong
8 Oct 08
Money can make you buy things you want , this kind of happiness is actually satisfaction. Fulfilling ambitions give you satisfactions. This also applies to having power and control over others. I am afraid of this kind of happiness would only last for a short time as your ambition will grow by human nature. You can never find the pure happiness from money. I didn't say getting rich is a bad thing, though.
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• United States
8 Oct 08
Very nicely put. Thank you for your logic in this.
@cfmedrano (240)
• Philippines
7 Oct 08
You won't have the strength to laugh and smile if your family and you have an empty stomach.
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• United States
7 Oct 08
This is soooo true!!! I find myself getting weaker and less laughier by the minute!!!!
@punkix (658)
• Philippines
6 Oct 08
Money can buy me the things that i want and the things that i need but money can not buy me happiness, well the happiness that i am looking for. coz there are things that money just cant buy because of the things that has happened that you can't bring back or change the course of time and change the history. do you get what i mean? :) happy myLoting :)
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• United States
7 Oct 08
I get what you mean. Thanks...:)
@jands1 (835)
• United States
6 Oct 08
Well, while making extra money doesn't in itself bring happiness, the fact that the money itself helps ease some self-imposed burdens as well as stress, I long ago concluded that money is a necessary evil.
• United States
6 Oct 08
Agreed. It's hard to be happy when you're starving and worried about where your next meal will come from. I think the best thing to understand that money buys freedom and allows you to control your own destiny.
• United States
7 Oct 08
Couldn't agree with you guys more. I have happiness, but I don't have financial stability. Money could give me financial stability which in turn would technically be buying me happiness...
@jands1 (835)
• United States
8 Oct 08
I agree completely which is why I've been looking into IRAs, USA Treasury Bonds and other programs. Happy MyLotting!
@bwaybaby (903)
• United States
7 Oct 08
I don't think money alone could make me happy. I think that a bit more money right now would let me calm down a bit, since I'm worried about paying for my last two years of college and for getting a job after college, especially if I end up staying in my college town, where the cost of living is very high.
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