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Does Money Buy Happiness? I say YES!

How would winning $100 million affect your happiness level?

  • Short Term Only - I'd be happy until I got bored again

  • Short and Long Term - I'd be happy for the rest of my life

  • Money could never buy me happiness

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gigahertz20

gigahertz20

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I think most people on this forum would agree, but it all depends on what kind of person you are and what makes you happy. Money (like several million) would definitely buy me happiness, what would make me happy? Never have to work a shitty job again, money to go with friends on tons of fishing trips and vacations all over the world, never have to worry about coming up with the money to make rent/mortgage/car payment, and just the knowledge that I could afford anything I want and all the fun I could have with friends.

Of course there are people that have good paying jobs they love to do and can't wait to get to work, decent money in savings, nice house, loving wife that will go out of her way to do anything for you, respectful smart kids, lots of friends besides the wife to hang out with. People that have these things already will probably say if you gave them $10 million extra dollars it wouldn't buy that much more happiness and I wouldn't blame them, they have everything already. But take away their house/money and the marriage probably ends in divorce, why do you think money issues is one of the biggest causes of divorce? Because having money is a big part of happiness.....not all of it, but most.

I guarantee if you randomly selected average people in the world that didn't have much and gave them $10 million each, their happiness level would increase and stay that way for a long time, thus proving that money does buy happiness for many people. I also bet if you took rich people and made them poor (kind of like that movie "Trading Places" with Dan Aykroyd and Eddie Murphy), their happiness level would be low until they were rich again.
 
I've always thought it did. Maybe its not the money itself but it allows you to pursue whatever makes you happy without regard to any financial burden.

Maybe someone doesn't want it but would like to use it to create a charity that does something nice. Or maybe they use it to buy bling and houses.

Whatever people say, money does buy happiness.
 
It helps if your needs are not fulfilled but once you have your basic needs it can't make you happy. In Kenya, there was an old man sitting beside the road laughing, he had nothing , just enough food but he was still happy. He enjoyed watching the village children play games. I am happy now even though I have less than many and while I would like to have money to do other things, I don't require it to make me happy.
 
gigahertz20 said:
But take away their house/money and the marriage probably ends in divorce, why do you think money issues is one of the biggest causes of divorce? Because having money is a big part of happiness.....not all of it, but most.
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If your family falls apart because of money then you valued the wrong things. My family growing up had nothing sometimes , I mean homeless kind of nothing, and other times we were on top and the family stayed together because money while it was nice to have wasn't the main focus, living day to day you start to focus on the more important things. We didn't have toys, we used tree branches as make shift guns, we had one bicycle for 3 boys, etc. Some don't learn the lesson about what is important. I have a friend that is constantly in debt, trades cars almost monthly . He equates worth with things, isn't a very social person, but buying things makes him happier.
 
Modelworks said:
If your family falls apart because of money then you valued the wrong things. My family growing up had nothing sometimes , I mean homeless kind of nothing, and other times we were on top and the family stayed together because money while it was nice to have wasn't the main focus, living day to day you start to focus on the more important things. We didn't have toys, we used tree branches as make shift guns, we had one bicycle for 3 boys, etc. Some don't learn the lesson about what is important. I have a friend that is constantly in debt, trades cars almost monthly . He equates worth with things, isn't a very social person, but buying things makes him happier.
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you sir, have reminded of what is important in life.
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money!
 
Lay not up for yourselves treasures on earth, where moth and rust does corrupt, and where thieves break through and steal:
But lay up for yourselves treasures in heaven, where neither moth nor rust does corrupt, and where thieves do not break through nor steal:
For where your treasure is, there will your heart be also.

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Cyco said:
If money can't buy happiness, rent it.
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I got women lined up outside my door.
They've been waitin' there since the week before.
Who could ask for more?
This is the life!

You're dead for a real long time.
You just can't prevent it.
So if money can't buy happiness,
I guess I'll have to rent it.

Yeah, every day I make the front page news.
No time to pay my dues.
I got a million pairs of shoes.
This is the life!
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http://www.mymoneyblog.com/happiness-is-earning-60000-a-year.html

“Below 60,000 dollars a year, people are unhappy, and they get progressively unhappier the poorer they get. Above that, we get an absolutely flat line. I mean I’ve rarely seen lines so flat.”

“Clearly… money does not buy you experiential happiness, but lack of money certainly buys you misery,” he said. But the real trick, Kahneman said, is to spend time with people you like.
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Money = Happiness.

Sadly, money cannot compensate for stupidity. Therefore, stupid people + lots of money= unhappiness.

Shit, if I have anywhere to a million bucks I'd travel the world for years and enjoy it.
 
Modelworks said:
It helps if your needs are not fulfilled but once you have your basic needs it can't make you happy. In Kenya, there was an old man sitting beside the road laughing, he had nothing , just enough food but he was still happy. He enjoyed watching the village children play games. I am happy now even though I have less than many and while I would like to have money to do other things, I don't require it to make me happy.
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Money also buys you charity... like being able to commission and sponsor your very own pilgrimage/charity thing to Africa. Long story short, it can you smiles from children.

Meanwhile, the "poor" people have to compete to get a spot on one of those teams to "make a difference".
 
Yes. The people that say no are lucky to find their niche or they're already wealthy/healthy enough to have no worries about medical bills, utilities, food etc.
 
SZLiao214 said:
I've always thought it did. Maybe its not the money itself but it allows you to pursue whatever makes you happy without regard to any financial burden.

Maybe someone doesn't want it but would like to use it to create a charity that does something nice. Or maybe they use it to buy bling and houses.

Whatever people say, money does buy happiness.
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:thumbsup: Good answer, agreed.

zinfamous said:
"Anyone who says money doesn't buy happiness, has never bought a puppy."
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True, excellent example that money would buy most people (kids especially) some happiness for at least a period of time.

Modelworks said:
It helps if your needs are not fulfilled but once you have your basic needs it can't make you happy. In Kenya, there was an old man sitting beside the road laughing, he had nothing , just enough food but he was still happy. He enjoyed watching the village children play games. I am happy now even though I have less than many and while I would like to have money to do other things, I don't require it to make me happy.
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Disagree, it depends on the person. Some people are not happy with just their basic living needs fulfilled. You may not require money to make you happy, but having millions would definitely make you MORE happy for at least a period of time. So can money buy happiness? I think for most people, like 90% or more, it would make them happier for at least a period of time, so yes it could buy them happiness for an indefinite period.

That old man in Kenya probably never had anything to begin with and has been around people his whole life that never had anything themselves. You can't miss what you never had, but if this Kenyan grew up a rich man and then everything was taken away, I guarantee he wouldn't be sitting beside the road happy after losing all his money and knowing what he can't do now because of having no money.
 
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If you rely on stuff to make you happy then you're never going to be happy. No matter how much money you have there will always be the next cool thing, the next thing you want, or the thing that you can never have. It's a never ending cycle, you'll be happy until you see something you don't have yet. Even with a huge amount of money if your happiness is based on stuff your wants will grow to eventually exceed your means.

I've known plenty of miserable rich people and plenty of happy poor people. There doesn't seem to be much correlation as long as their basic needs are taken care of.
 
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