What's More Valuable? Money or Friendship?

United States
January 12, 2007 11:56pm CST
Here's a good subject. I once heard someone say I don't need friends as long as I have money, and I thought like wow that must be pretty lonely. Think about it would you trade in your friends for all the money in the world. Don't answer right away just think about it before you type because the person who actually said this had some pretty good reasons believe it or not but I want to hear your opinion. Talk to me.
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@sankum (88)
• India
13 Jan 07
I value friendship more than money. Money can be earned at anypoint of time but getting a good friend is very difficult. A friend in need is a friend in deed. If you get friends because you have money then they are not real friends.
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• Melbourne, Florida
14 Jan 07
I agree with sankum on this one. A friend is priceless.
• United States
15 Jan 07
yeah friendship rocks
• United States
13 Jan 07
I have to agree with you. Your state of mind will get you money. And your state of mind will get you friends. A dependent is not the equivilent of a friend.
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@diannne (200)
• Philippines
14 Jan 07
Having money can lead to having friends, yes. But those people arent your real friends. They must have just became your friends for your money.On the other hand, having real friendship can lead to having money. ANd it will feel more rewarding knowing the money you have is earned with your true friends. :D
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@kgwat70 (13387)
• United States
14 Jan 07
You are so right about that and then some. :-) If people are only interested in you for your money, then they are not true friends. True friends do not care about the money as they care about each other more than anything. Real friends can lead you to a good or better job, which means you could make more money that way.
@nancygibson (3736)
• France
13 Jan 07
I think friends are definately more inportant than money. At times of real personal emotional crisis you can have all te money in eth world, but it can't talk to you, help you understand what you are experiencing and tell you it will be ok, you can't laugh or share a meal or go for a walk with a wad of cash. Sure, money can help ease certain situations, but 'd rather be penniless and have lots of friends than rich anyday
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• United States
14 Jan 07
That makes sense.
• India
13 Jan 07
for me friendship is more only in one condition that i have true frnds else for timepass frnds money is more important than them in any way.
• United States
13 Jan 07
I can certainly understand that only someone without true friends would think money is more valuable. money is not flesh money is just a piece of paper,. money doesnt matter it is power that matters. If you have true friends you can survive without a dime in your pocket, or at least until you get on your feet. money won't last unless you keep getting it.
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• India
13 Jan 07
Heyi think it's no doubt friendship for me....
• United States
13 Jan 07
You seem like a genuine person because there was no doubt in your mind. You basically knew exactly how you felt about the situation. Freinds are hard to come by so you definately have to chearish them if you have them. I only associate with people who have God in their life. My philosophy is if someone does not like God how can they like you think about it that is real rap. You dig me?
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@Rasnie (1135)
• Indonesia
13 Jan 07
For me friendship is more valuable thing than money. In this world we can not life just alone without friend, we will not fell happy if we do not have friends.
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• United States
7 Feb 07
I agree
@sharon613 (2321)
• United States
14 Jan 07
Id rather not be loney and have the friends.
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@kamalcpc (704)
• India
13 Jan 07
ur right i am with the same opinion, i to need money then freiend ship follows u
@tambun (94)
• Malaysia
13 Jan 07
For me, money and friendship can't be separate. Two of them is we need.
• United States
13 Jan 07
You can always get money in my opinion, all money is money. All friends aren't friends if you feel what I'm saying.
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• India
13 Jan 07
hey i have also started a similar topic like urs... but i feel money n friends both r important.. but one should nver include money in friendship..
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@cripfemme (7698)
• United States
13 Jan 07
Friendship is more important then money. You can't call money when you're sad and be cheered up. You never told your deepest secret to money. See my point?
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• United States
13 Jan 07
Wow that raps things up goog with that response. It is so true. You can always get money. Friends are another story. Some people feel like money can replace friends but that's not true. others believe they can buy friends and that's not true either. I only have one friend who has been there through thick and thin but I guess everyone is different. I don't trust a lot of people. Some people are sneaky and funny actin. How about that. The person I was talkin about earlier said money never turned on him. It's either there or it is not. It doesn't just pretend to be there and fake out when you need it you know?
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@banditwsj (653)
• Indonesia
13 Jan 07
uluwatu - beach of uluwatu
i choose friendship then money if that is a choice. because i have so simple reason in my mind and maybe people who agree with me will tell same wit i say. my reason is "money cant buy a friendship, but friendship can give you money"
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• United States
13 Jan 07
That's true but some people feel they can buy friends, but that gets expensive because these fake friends start to feel like you owe them something
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@jaizdeep (397)
• India
13 Jan 07
well i do think we can buy everything with money coz in this mean world a person hardly ever finds true friend most friends who are there with u are due to one reason or the other And what i have observed in my personal life is that success has many fathers but failures are orphans by that what i mean to say is that wheneverwe re goin thru a hard time or we are bankrput no ones there to help us but when we have loads of money and we are successful we automatically get friends so in my view money is more more important as friends coe with money but mopney never comes with friends
• India
13 Jan 07
i prefer friends to money no second thoughts about it....if u need money at any point of time u can bank on frnds...but frnds are something which money cannot buy or rather dream to buy....friends care for you...money cannot buy care ....friends can console u...just lookin at money wont let u feel better....there are many more points but i gotto end
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@villageanne (8553)
• United States
13 Jan 07
True Friendships is so much more valuable than money.Keyword "TRUE". Some people who have money think they have friends but when the money is gone, they find they never had friends at all. They are left with no money and no friends. At least I have friends even if I have no money.
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• United States
13 Jan 07
Thankyou so much. Sometimes people will claim a friend because they are lonely. A "TRUE" friend is someone who knows you. Not just someone who knows your name
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• Indonesia
17 Jan 07
Great topic, indeed. But that kind of question -i believe- only exists in a ?state of mind? level. Not necessarily exists in real life. Because we live in a situation that requires both, money and friends. Not, money or friends. Even the person who commented on not needing friends as long as they have money made the comment to someone - perhaps a friend?... With a little bit of profit from my project, I founded an NGO, a non profit organization. I questioned myself (so did my friends) with the same question you mentioned above. And I was looking at my staff, they are indeed my friends, since when I was a kid. And I looked at the most of the clients, most of them -somehow- were connected with my friends, family, etc.. or became friends in the process. With the NGO I founded, I met more people, more friends from different backgrounds, places and interests... So, in my opinion, money or friends, or both money and friends are coming to you on the other way around, no matter which one you think, is more valuable. It´s part of our human nature...
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@123456_ (1052)
• Philippines
15 Jan 07
hyaving a good friend that has a lot of money is far more better don't you think so? haha! but seriously, friendship is far more better than having a lot of money. we dont only live with the food that we eat most specially with the money that we spend. we live by the word (God's word) and since Jesus Christ is a bestfriend to me, i can never trade him for any worldly materials. he's got everything that i could ask for. as I said it is better to have a friend that has everything rather than having a lot of money but with no friend. take it and think of it seriously, am i right?
• United States
15 Jan 07
friendship rocks
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@ronaldinu (12422)
• Malta
13 Jan 07
Friendship I would say. You can't buy friendship with love.
@ronaldinu (12422)
• Malta
13 Jan 07
lapsus, you cannot buy friendship with money
• Pakistan
13 Jan 07
Friendship is eternal. Friends are invaluable when going gets tough. Don't prefer money over friends. A good friend is a precious commodity nowadays.
• United States
13 Jan 07
That is so true but try taking your friends to the bank and depositing them. LOL
@NEEENU (6)
• India
13 Jan 07
Friendship is more valuable than money. Money is not permanent and its a flexible one. We can buy every thing in the world using money expect relations . It teachs that money has a null value in certain situations. F- Fire of confidence R- River of affection I- Idea of life E- End of sorrows N- Name of trust D- Depth of heart A friend means all these . But can any one define money may be we can but there is no touching feelings when we define money.When we have money we will have lot of friends but they are not our true friends in the time of difficulty they may not be with us . Only our true friend will be there with us in all our difficulty. To get a true and sincer friend in our life is very lucky thing . Friendship is a god gift it has many meanings and values in life .
• United States
24 Feb 07
I agree. Nice anology too.
• India
13 Jan 07
hi friend who so ever you are i think both are important in our life.But money is more important because if you have money people would like to be your friends,Because today's world is of money if you have money you have everyone your friends ur relatives but if money is not there no one will be yours no one will be there to help you but some people are nice also in this world who would come to help you
• United States
14 Jan 07
yeah you have a point
@ahmed2th (127)
• Egypt
13 Jan 07
I entirely agree.
• India
13 Jan 07
wat a question? friendship thts obvious.
• United States
15 Jan 07
I see how you can say that's obvious. Infact I feel the same way, but as you can see there are multiple different opinions. i almost knew for a fact that everyone would say friendship, but I was wrong. and on the same token I think some people said friendship that really didn't mean it, but just because it was the right thing to say.