Money - would it make you happy?

bigneacy

You always hear people say "money doesn't make you happy". I disagree- I think it would make me a lot less unhappy. It probably comes with it's share of problems but sure if ya had money you could just throw it at them. I'd be a firm believer in the "I'd rather cry in a BMW, than laugh on a bicycle" school of thought.

Is it just people who don't have money who say it won't make you happy? Or maybe generally pessimistic people?

Also, would earning the money yourself (as opposed to winning/inheriting it) make you more or less likely to be happy?

Jester252

Any money would make me happy.

Aint Eazy Being Cheezy

How much money? Like, three fiddy...

MonkstownHoop

yes

carzony

winning or inheriting it wouldnt matter to me, It'd defo make me happy though:D

Seachmall

Having money would certainly remove a lot of the sources of stress and unhappiness in peoples' lives.

C.K Dexter Haven

New car? Caviar? 4 star day dream?

Too right it would. Think I'll buy me a football team:pac:

Richard Hillman

Money buys you drink, food, shelter, protection, love, admiration and respect.

Maslows hierarchy of needs nearly completed in one.

The Backwards Man

Wouldn't bother me at all tbh. As long as I have somewhere to sleep and something to eat I'm happy as can be.

beks101

I think too much money would destroy me. Say if you won the Euromillions, 300 big ones or something. I'd feel this massive responsibility to change the world or something and I wouldn't know who to help and who to trust.

A few million I could handle though. I'd say 3 million would make me fairly happy alright

carzony

beks101 wrote: »

I think too much money would destroy me. Say if you won the Euromillions, 300 big ones or something. I'd feel this massive responsibility to change the world or something and I wouldn't know who to help and who to trust.

A few million I could handle though. I'd say 3 million would make me fairly happy alright

I feel like i'd spend the 3 million no bother, I'd need the multi millions just to feel financially secure

Sam Kade

I know a man that started with nothing and ended up a millionaire, he said he always thought he would be happy if he had plenty money. When he had he said he still wasn't happy.

MickFleetwood

C.K Dexter Haven wrote: »

New car? Caviar? 4 star day dream?

Too right it would. Think I'll buy me a football team:pac:

Love that song.

FGR

Richard Hillman wrote: »

Money buys you drink, food, shelter, protection, love, admiration and respect.

Maslows hierarchy of needs nearly completed in one.

But do love, admiration and respect really fulfil your self-actualisation needs?!

kilkenny12

Money will make you less unhappy i suppose but not exactly happy. I'd say a lot of people who worked hard to be successful and rich are unhappy though, because of their expectations that hard work = money = happiness.

cena

ya it would

Nemeses

An extra grand or two would suffice!

jamaamaj

Well if you gave me all off your money to put on a bet, and you said you can keep the profit from the winnings, and it lost...... I would say (in Harry Enfield's voice - Oi!! No)!

The Backwards Man

MickFleetwood wrote: »

Love that song.

Hate most of your songs.

Albatross is cool though.

C.K Dexter Haven

MickFleetwood wrote: »

Love that song.

I know,there's nothing to say:pac:
:P

Agricola

Money isnt the be all and end all. If you had a terminal illness, no amount of money would solve that. But generally speaking if you came into tonnes of money and could afford to either work when you like, or not work at all, if you could pay off your debts, buy a nice car, help out friends and family etc etc - of course money would make you happy.

Sam Kade

Anyone that never had enough money will always say yes to the op's question.

johnnyskeleton

kilkenny12 wrote: »

Money will make you less unhappy i suppose but not exactly happy. I'd say a lot of people who worked hard to be successful and rich are unhappy though, because of their expectations that hard work = money = happiness.

Sometimes it would be the opposite. Someone who comes to money from no work ie lotto or inheritance might enjoy the trappings of wealth but won't have the self respect of having made their own way or the satisfaction of a job well done.

It depends on your temperment and outlook I suppose. For some people money is the goal, for others it's merely a means of keeping score.

I know if rather set up a business that makes a million than win a million in the lotto. I'd rather a well paying job that I've earned rather than one that has been fixed for me by eg a wealthy/well connected relative. I'd rather (and have done) work 60 hours a week for less then money than I'd get on the dole for doing nothing.

seenitall

No, not in a million years.

Because I know what would make me happy, and I know it's not money.

But would it make me happier? Yes, possibly so. Big difference, though.

C.K Dexter Haven

The Backwards Man wrote: »

Hate most of your songs.

Albatross is cool though.

Listen to Landslide- might change ure mind.

http://m.youtube.com/#/watch?v=VokU42PumEA&desktop_uri=%2Fwatch%3Fv%3DVokU42PumEA

Of course, and so would sugar. Money and sugar lead to better things.

Money

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=XJ7HZATMKBY

Sugar

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=h5BmrPkgYeA

The Backwards Man

C.K Dexter Haven wrote: »

Listen to Landslide- might change ure mind.

http://m.youtube.com/#/watch?v=VokU42PumEA&desktop_uri=%2Fwatch%3Fv%3DVokU42PumEA

Stevie Nicks' song.:p:pac:

JD DABA

Gene Simmons said something along the lines of -

People say money isn't the most important thing in the world, but thats not true if you look at the world and the things people put importance on you'll see that its at least one of the most important things.

Personally that seems objectively correct to me. Its high priority among the vast majority over the period of their lifetime. So all in all, odds are quite good that a randomly chosen will be thinking about money within that day.

So putting personal philosophy/values and personal spirituality aside its strictly true.

Yakult

I'm a firm believer of money = happiness. From experience.

If you arent happy with a lot of money, you are probably doing it wrong!

kjl

The say lottery winners and amputees take roughly the same amount of time to normalise back to whatever emotional state they were in before their lifechange.

Andrewf20

A survey I saw once showed that in general money makes you happy up to a point but it tapers off quickly at some tipping point as you get richer.

Yea, money makes people happier.. I've saved a comparatively small amount of money in the last year and the peace of mind I have right now is something incredible.

Jimmy Garlic

Too much money and you won't know who your friends are.