Does $$ buy happiness?

If money fixes it, it's not a problem.

Not having problems does not necessarily equate with happiness though. I've known people who'd much rather have the problem, as it results in some kind of short term benefit, which reinforces it over and over and turns the problem into an identity and a lifestyle. Money won't fix that.

http://tierneylab.blogs.nytimes.com/...buy-happiness/There was actually a study done once. lol

Hello everybody.

I personally believe that money does in someway
buy you happyness, it is directly related to the things
one has in life and affects your live with great impact.

Without money, one cant be happy at all. Without money
one cannot afford a home, without money one cannot feed
himself, without money, one cannot buy medication when sick
or injured, without money living itself is practically impossible.
Forget about buying your lover a nice flower or take her/he out
for a dinner or vacation.
Only if one can be happy with scouring garbage cans n slowly
detereriate over time till certaign death does money not affect
happyness.

In that way, money is directly related to ones physical
and mental well being. I dont think having millions will make one
happier then those who have less, i dont think money is the answer to everything.

But life sure does not hurt when having some.

In the end, happyness and contentness is everything.
Money certaignly doesnt replace that. It does however provide
a good foundation to being allowed to find happyness.
Without it, one will have a very hard time finding it.

At the least, it buys you a fair chance at happyness,
it buys you the foundations of finding happyness.
It is a nescesity to live at all.

Best of luck to everyone.

I do have one last word to offer on this subject and I apologize if anyone has already said one or both of them:

The serious remark:

The one thing that money does buy is choices. The less money one has, the fewer choices one has. If you apply this principle in any or all instances, I believe you will find it valid.

The ridiculous remark:

Since I'm on my way to London, I do hear that you can get most everything at Marks and Spencer these days.

Hmmmmm. I agree absolutely with everything else you said and I am not sure but I may agree with this quote but I am going to have to think about this for awhile.

Growing up I always knew I wanted to change the world. Probably not in a big way but nevertheless I wanted to change a bit of it that would be better off from my life. I think I have done this in my work as a paramedic and critical care nurse. I know absolutely that there have been some patients who were circling the drain who are alive because of my actions as their nurse. Perhaps my impact on the world is not huge in magnitude to the world as a whole but I know that I changed the outcome for some patients and their families and for me that is enough positive change in the world for me to be satisfied.

But that brings me back to your statement. I am happy and content with my life. Is that a result of having achieved my life's goals? If I had worked a boring, unrewarding job would I still feel happy and content? Is the purpose of life to be happy and content or is it to be effective in achieving goals? Or are they intertwined?

Trying to truly understand is making my head spin in circles.

Doggone you and your seemingly simple, yet deceptively complex quote.

No ............If it did I would be broke and still sad.

I love this question.

I used to believe Money=Happiness
That's what I learned from my parents.
You go to school so you can be rich
You get married to a rich guy so you can be happy

My T told me this once.
" Money gives you a lot of freedom"

Money can give you a lot of options but the happiness, you have to find it within yourself.

Money gives you objects but it will never fill your happiness.

Money is only important when you don't have any. But even then, it doesn't have to be that important. It can only add to inner happiness I think. I don't like the word "happiness" since it comes from happenstance. I believe all things occur for a reason, or because of someone or thing. Can money add to contentment? IMO sure.

I might be wrong, but I have the strangest feeling that I might know you. And yes, for the way I live, money would buy me happiness.

Without having read every post in this thread, I believe money can make life easier. Waaayyyy easier, in some cases. But it doesn't mean you'll be happy. Money won't cure me, so I doubt I can be truly happy with OCD and panic disorder.

Financial struggles certainly cause depression for most people suffering from them, and money woes is a strain in many relationships.

Money wouldn't necessarily make me happy, but it would make me happier.

I don't believe money can buy happiness, we all have to find happiness ourselves, material objects can't dictate how we feel inside, In the end life is about our experinces and not our wages.

lol but there is a saying someone said to me once, I find it a bit humorous and quite cynical so I have to share

"Money can't buy happiness, but you can choose your own misery"

lol I don't know why but I find that very funny.....