How Much Money Would it Take to Make you Happy?

I think I would need much more than $100,000. Of course, that amount would be enough for me to live a comfortable life without having to worry much about things, but I would also want to use some of the money to fund space exploration . So, I might need several hundreds of billions of dollars. Maybe about $957,000,000,000.12 I get to keep a small fraction of this amount, maybe $200,000 or so. The rest would be used for research on new propulsion systems Seriously, I would do this.

Hi Dorann, $100,000 i think is just right to pay for my loan, to save for my two special kids education and therapies, buy a house and lot, a new car and travel with my family to Paris and the Holy Land. You are right we can start fresh and no more loans/debts! We can breathe freely!

That would do it for us. It would pay off all of our bills. It would be so nice. That is, that much after taxes. Although to make me happy $10 would do it. It is more than what I had.

wow,i guess only $100,000 for me that i can travel around the world.

Just pay me what they pay Oprah and I will be happy. That would be enough to pay off my mortgage, retire from the workforce, pay off all my other debts, and contribute to several charities so I can make a difference in the world.

That's a toughy for me, dorannmwin! I can either say a ridiculous amount and sound like a greedy gus . . . or really think of a minimum amount and smack myself later for not taking advantage of asking for more - hee hee. I actually asked your question to my hubby last night . . . he says 20 million would do us good - hee hee. He says we can put it somewhere and live off the interest. I personally would love to live "comfortably" (not necessarily lavishly) and be able to provide for our family. I would also love to have the capital to open my dream business!

Ideally, I think it would be 2 million. Which is a lot, but it's enough to buy a house, pay off our debts, pay off my parents mortgage, and then have a million to put into an account to save for retirement.

For me,10,000RMB is ok,cuz our family is in debt now,and that amount would help a lot to lessen my parents' burden.10,000 dollars would be great,cuz besides paying off all my family debt,I would have enough money to buy a car or plan to buy an apartment for myself by installment.lol Would that be wonderful?Or perhaps I would do some investments and make money grow.

I would say $500,000. In addition to paying debts and buying a new car, I would like to further my education.

I never really thought about an amount but I would say something that could keep a roof over my head and take care of me and my family. 100,000 would definitely make me more than happy though. Then I would be able to do more and not be held back for financial reasons.

hi there.. i don think human beings can ever be satisfied any time with any amount of money.. as the more they get they would need more.. but $100000 is a huge amount but i t dont think that is enough for any man to be happy for the rest of the life.. cheers....

hi dora, well, what ever money comes to me, i am happy with that. thanksfor your discussion, have a nice day.

I am definitely happy with a $100,000. Actually that is more than enough already. For me, enough to pay my debts and to pay for the scholarship of my daughter, I would definitely be satisfied with it. I bet there are people who would have a hard time thinking of the amount as they are so greedy that they would just like to have everything.

Well, money wise, i would never be happy, if i had all the money in the world, i would try to earn more and more. But that's just me

I would have to say I would be happy with $600,000. The reason I chose this amount is because I have a big family. It's myself, my husband and our 4 children. They range from 6 1/2 to 4 months. Right now we're in a tough situation. We got asked to move in with my parents as my mom is getting sick and it's hard for her to do alot of things on her own. She could use the help but having 8 people under one roof I think is going to be a bit crazy. I think that would be enough to get a 3-4 bedroom house for my family living close to my parents (right now we live 4 hours away). Then have college funds set aside for the children, get a new family van, and pay off alot of our debt, lord knows between my husband and myself the amount is probably a number we would not like to know. Over all in reality I would be perfectly happy getting $50,000 and still be comfortable.

I would want enough to pay any outstanding bills/debts that I and or my boyfriend have, visit everywhere we want to go on holiday, put some into a savings account, buy all the DVD's that I want, buy a holiday home somewhere abroad, update mine and my boyfriends wardrobes, treat myself to some gadgets, treat my mum and dad to a holiday and put away enough money for a years travel to work. For this I think I would want around £250,000. This is just a very rough guess so it maybe too much or a lot, lot more. To be honest I would be happy with enough for just a few holidays, some savings and a few pieces to add to mine and my boyfriends wardrobe.

I would also like to win this kind of lottery. Of course it'll be great if the prize was millions and millions of dollars. But I would also be very happy with $100,000 as this would be more than enough to cover our debts. In fact, $40,000 would be even enough. Debts will be managed and I can even squeeze in quick family vacation to Hawaii with that.

I mean if I was offered $100 of course I'd take it....but if I had the choice... I would have to be happy the rest of my life....So I probably, (not to be greed) would be well off with $2mil.... Buy a nice house, a nice car, pay the bills off for the rest of my life, and have the money left over for food, gas, and whatever else. Especially vacations!! =D

I would say off the top of my head $100,000,000 would make me happy. I could easily spend it on all my wants and needs. I think money is something you feel you have enough of or never feel you have enough of, no matter how much you have or not. The question is, if you got the amount you thought would make you happy would it actually make you happy or cause unhappiness?

My husband looked at mega millions one night when it was at 80 million dollars. I told him that I would not want 80 million because I could not spend that much! All I want is be debt free and to be able to afford the things I want without having to think about putting it on a credit card. I live in the Bahamas. I want enough money that if my husbands' favorite football team is in the championship, that I can buy him tickets to the game. I also want enough money to send my parents on trips to places they have never visited (which is everywhere besides South Florida)! My husband says that he was attracted to me because I'm not materialistic. Brand name clothing, bags or jewelry hold no fascination for me. A trip to Paris or Spain, you can count me in!