Can money buy happiness?

Rotty said:
I suppose it also depends on where the money comes from, if you are working your nuts off to generate the money then that's not going to help
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Yeah, time and money, for so many people it seems like they don't get a lot of time to live, too busy chasing the money, in my experience anyway.
 
troops said:
You mean live to work, not work to live.
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I mean take the work out of it completely.

The 'work' that would be required on my bit of land to keep it going would never be classed as work in my eyes, to me it'd just be 'life' I think.

Rotty said:
I work hard and live hard, sometimes I doubt whether it is worth it though
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Well, if it's what you want then it probably is worth it. Only you know though.
 
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Of course it can sort of, it's how you spen it and what you do with your life. It doesn't guarantee happiness, but god damn it makes it so much easier.

 
you can't "buy" happiness obviously, but there are things you can buy that will make you happy - for e.g. a house will make someone happy :)

but at the same time you can't buy someones feelings towards you or friends/people around you :)

so yeah you can buy physical things but there's no way of having the other bits that make people "happy"
 
Yes, money can buy you happiness.

But it doesn't mean you can't be happy or just as happy without money. It all depends on what makes you happy.
 
99% of the things that make me unhappy/miffed off are money related, wether its because i have to work, or just because i cant afford something.

so yes, having all the money i would want would make me somewhat happier.
 
From someone who's been virtually on the edge of being poor for so long and having no income, I can say for sure money makes you happy, because the reverse makes me unhappy.
If anything you can be content when rich knowing no monetary issues should crop up if you don't just spend it all. There's so much you could do with money that you cannot without, so, so much in the world to see and do and explore, but needs money.

Lysander said:
In a word, no.

Anyone who disagrees clearly hasn't ever been in contact with a lot of money.

It can bring short-term happiness, but long-term, definitely not. That has to come from you.
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That's wrong, it's all situational and based on the individual.
Seriously, with all my life ahead of me ALL my issues are money related(because they need money, or better quality means money, health, food, entertainment, anything.), absolutely nothing can be solved without it, having lots of it... oh jesus anyone must be incredibly boring if you couldn't.
 
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Cant remember where I read this, apparently people who spend their money on experiences are happier than people who buy physical things for themselves.

I would say yeah, but it depends what you buy.
 
Glaucus said:
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That video sums it up well - up to a certain point (the video says $75,000) increasing your income will increase your happiness, after that point it has little to no intrinsic effect. Basically, when you have enough to easily cover your living needs and not have to worry about bills.

Money on it's own to buy yourself every material item you ever want will not make you intrinsically happy - but it's your experiences & social connections it facilitates that will.

I think what most people realise is that no money will generally make you unhappy (in our western societies) but that does not automatically correlate to lots of money makes you happy.

I always use Princess Diana as an example of that, someone with all the wealth, privilege and power you could imagine at her fingertips - but in a loveless marriage and a social position she felt isolated in and she was unhappy
 
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I would rather have money and the problems that it may bring rather than have no money and its problems. You only live once and I would rather have a chance to experience everything you can and having money makes it easier to do so. Like the saying goes, I would try things and not like rather than having never tried and regretting what it may have been like
 
If lack of money is the one thing making you miserable then yes more money will make you happy. In all other circumstances it won't miraculously make you cheerful.

I'd love a Lamborghini and a massive house, but I don't think it would change my actual level of happiness. My wife and kids, good friends, and a job I enjoy are what provide me with that.
 
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