If you had lots of money, do you think you would have been much happier?

Ive understood the importance of money within the last 3 yrs. My hubby and i went from being on our own and having all we needed, to living with my parents and struggling to pay bills and having to sell some of our items to get food in the fridge. I got to admit, some of our arguments have been bacuase of our lack of money. Month ago ,however, I realized that even though money was not an issue back when we had it, there were other things that were. Now, i can say, ive found peace and joy among the craziness that comes with being broke. I was not happy then, but im finding happiness now. So , NO... if i had lots of money i would not be happier.

Yeah you are right suffiecient money is required for survival. If you are finding happiness in physical things then i am sure that you are not going to get happyness out of it. If you want real happiness of life then you have to develop differnt quality in yourself. if money is more than suffiecent then i am sure it is going not going to you satisfaction. i watched one movie of Mr. Sanjay kumar in which God has come to meet sanjay kumar ang bring kheer for him when he was poor. Sanjay kumar told god to bless him for make him rich; god just make him rich. He progressed a lot with blessings of god and became old. God again came to meet him with kheer and offered him to eat but mr. sanjay kumar denied to eat moreover kheer was his favourite because he was suffering from sugar problem. In that movie when hero was poor he ate kheer and after becoming rich he collected lots of diesease and not able to eat anything.so happynes is not related with happiness. It should be sufficient to survive only. Have happy life!!

It is true that money does not buy happiness, but I will say this it helps. Having both money and no money, I will say that having money is definitely better. I think this is the best. I think there are so many good things that we can do.

I would.. but it has to match up with good health as well. I don't see someone being rich but with 0 health to be happy. It's actually a combination with a lot of things, really. I can only be happy with a little mix of everything. Good discussion here, take care subha..

hi subha, Money will buy you everything but happiness. Thats how it is said but i dont agree. I agree money wont buy everything but see a child, buy him a toy and if your child gives you a hug after getting a toy which you brought from money then see how happy you are. Money buys a lot of materialistic things which can help u in life a lot. It can also buy transport and help. Money can get you treated in a real good hospital and good care. So yes i would say the people with money are not less happy than people with no money and in many cases it does buy happiness and freedom.

whoever said that money can't buy happiness is actually true, at least i believe in that, well i guess you are talking about satisfaction rather than happiness here, coz it sometimes happens that we are not exactly satisfied with what we have and to be honest with you i have a feeling you tend to use the term happiness instead of satisfaction here... happiness is something you get from the inside and something which makes you thinking all day and satisfaction is something else, i think i know how you are feeling, yeah sometimes i feel like i wish i had something more too... some thing is missing... . . . have a nice day subha!

I am happy as I am and I have enough .My desires and wants are normally determined by the availability of funds at my disposal.For eg, for the past 53 years I have never looked at yearning with something and regretted the lack of money to buy that thing.If it is not in my range, the thought would not even cross my mind.The same rule applies for not only products but anything else also[like travel, frequent luxurious outings etc etc.., When health problems arose they were manageable so far. I pray to God only for His grace to give me manageable health and peace of mind..I am positive that He would take care.

If I were two times richer, I guess I might be happier too. LOL. The only thing is when I am two times richer, I will continue to wish I was another two times richer because I would have upgraded myself and end up still lack of money... What if the money was stolen? Would I be twice as happy? I would have lost lesser now.

Well to say money doesn't make you happy is kinda naive. Fact is most people sacrifice their lives to get more money and that's where the problem comes from. Some of my friends who come from blue collar families are some of the most happiest and down-to-earth people you could ever meet..but even they would love a bit more money to do thing they like. I guess if you could have more money to provide better opportunities and security but don't sacrifice on life then you'll be happy for the most part.

Well, right now, if I had just a bit more money to get out of debt and perhaps take a nice vacation with my sweetie, I definitely think I would be happier. I don't need to win millions of dollars or anything like that, but maybe $50,000 would take a lot of stress out of my life and my partner's life. That would be excellent. We just bought a house and I was unemployed for over a month, so we are trying to get back on our feet and have a few debts to pay along the way. I know money can't buy happiness, as you say, but it can help relieve some stress and worries. I would love to have more money!!

It's very true that money doesn't buy happiness, but I do think wealthier people are generally happier...especially those doing jobs they love. Things don't make a person happier, however the ability to miss work and go on an expensive family vacation would provide your family with memories that would last forever. I grew up upper-middle class and one of my graduation gifts was a trip to St Thomas in the U.S. Virgin Islands. I did so much on that trip...it was the first time I ever flew in a plane, the first (and only) time I've been out of the continental U.S. and the experience of being immersed in a culture that is different is priceless. I don't want or need Bill Gates money...I'd be happy with a few hundred thousand.

Hehehe, you got me there! I felt the same way. It is impossible for people these days to ignore the idea of money. Everything are available only with money. Just say, education, housing, clothing. And this is not limited only to urban people, in suburb and village, people realize they no longer can live without money. A farmer can start harvest without good seed and fertilizer, all can be get with money. I have to say, no way a man nowadays can exist without money. Sad but true.

I think if I had money I would be happier for longer but I can feel extremely happy even without money so not having money does not mean you are not happy but it certainly could help.

I think money is important. We can use money to buy something we need ,such as food ,clothes and other things. Sometimes, we may feel happier when we eat something delicious ,buy a lot of attractive clothes. But money is not everything, we cannot use it to buy lover,friendship,and thess are origin of happiness.SO I would like to say that we cannot use money to buy our own happiness and let others pain.

I know that they say that money cannot buy happiness but I'm pretty sure that if I had a lot more money in my life then I certainly would be a lot happier. With money there are so many things that you can do which include improving your housing and medical arrangements! With money you can make your life extremely comfortable. I'm sure that money does bring about a fair amount of happiness for many people. Andrew

I don't know I don't really have all that much money now and I'm pretty happy. Money is not really all that big of a deal for me because I don't really need to spend money to be happy. Nowadays though you have to have money for some reason to eat and to have a house which is kind of messed up. Either way I'm really happy now and I don't think that if I had lots of money my life would be better it would probably just be easier.

Standing from where I am right now, I think I would be much much happier if I had lots of money. However with more money piling up, more will be the tension & stress & more will be your problem. So Rather than having too less money or too much money,I prefer to have enough money to live a happy life.

Money is important for the basic life and important to make your wishes become real and put a smile on your face but come on money isn't everything but yes it's a thing that everyone need or u can try to live wildly in some forest :D

Same to me here. I also want to be richer than now then i would feel happier. I don't want to be too rich . Only with enough money that's enough . With that money i can afford a house with a garden where my kid can play around . I can buy a car which we can drive out every weekend . I can arrange some long travels which make our family much more happier . Now i don't think that money cann't buy happiness but actually it can.

There are aspects in my life that no amount of money would have changed. It would not have kept my first husband from having a violent temper. It would not have kept my second husband from being a selfish controlling person and it would not have kept my wonderful third husband from dying of cancer. But it would have made life less stressful and I would not have lost my house after losing my husband. I would not be struggling financially and perhaps if I could afford to get out of the house I would not be so depressed. Sorry, but you asked. All I really want at this point is the chance to prove that money cannot buy happiness.