To think a large amount of money would solve all of our problems?

I suspect we hear more about lottery winners who go on to become unhappy are far more newsworthy than the many lucky winners who have a brilliant future and can help their nearest and dearest.

Having been very skint when the DC were young and not at all skint some time later I can confirm I prefer the latter. However we weren’t un happy when we were poorer, just more stressed. There are so many extremely unhappy yet very wealthy individuals around.

I have been so skint that I sat in the dark because I couldn't afford a replacement lightbulb. I also stole a baking potato and two bananas as no money for food (and I am well aware that many, many people have it much harder). I have recently inherited. Life changing amount. Sadly, this money comes with its own problems. I'd rather be sitting in the dark again if it meant I could have DM back. I do realise that I am also very fortunate though.

Absolutely. Of course there's plenty money can't fix, but (assuming it's not an obscene amount which could cause different issues) I do believe that it would solve the vast majority of the most pressing problems, here and for almost everyone I know. Off the top of my head we could:

Sort out pensions which for me in particular is a big worry (self employed, screwed by xh, etc)

Finish the house and get a cleaner and some help with cooking/meal planning

Build a garden room of some sort to enable a closed off workspace, which would help enormously

Get any necessary dental treatment without panic/borrowing/stress

Arrange private health investigations/treatment where needed

Replace knackered old cars with more reliable and safer ones

Work fewer hours, enabling me to see my elderly parents more and do more for them.

Also more time to keep up with/help out friends and other family, all of whom are scattered around the country and many of whom are having a tough time.

Go on holiday! We haven't been away in many years as I can't afford to take time off work (except a 3 day honeymoon last year, which our guests kindly paid for). We would so love to be able to take my daughters away.

Oh, and buy new clothes/shoes. Much as we all love Vinted, I'd really love more time/money/headspace to look less shit.

Exactly what I was going to say only you said it better. My lovely dad had Parkinson’s it’s a bastard.

Money can solve a lot of problems, though plenty of people who get a windfall squander it and end up back in the same position.

And absolutely this.

Money helps. There are few things that cannot be made easier with money.

Absolutely this.

An awful lot of problems come down to money though. An awful lot of them could be resolve or eased with money.

As the saying goes - a poor man has many wishes, an ill man has one.

Here's the thing, though - while money doesn't cure illnesses, it definitely does make them easier to manage and improves your life no end.

My father has Parkinson's disease. Obviously, being a billionaire wouldn't make any difference to his health. He'd still have an incurable, disabling and progressively worsening condition. But if he had huge amounts of money, his life and that of my mother (and us kids) would be massively improved. He wouldn't have to live in a care home away from my mum - he could live in his own home with adaptations and live-in nursing care. My parents could have had an adapted vehicle and a driver to take them anywhere they wanted to go, instead of my mum struggling to get my dad on and off a bus in a wheelchair and injuring herself in the process. He could have lots of physical therapy and mental health support that isn't otherwise available to him. So no, it wouldn't 'solve the problem' of him having Parkinson's, but it definitely would solve most of the accompanying difficulties that go alongside that, which for him are actually harder to cope with than the disease itself.

A large inheritance has allowed me to work very part-time only and concentrate on other things, which definitely makes me happy.
Time is the greatest luxury of all in my opinion, and in our society so many people are time-poor.

Depends what your problems are and I suppose how much money.

When kids were young house was a money pit money would have made life so much easier and solved all our problems.

My Mum was recently widowed first few months she was really worried about money - waiting for things to settle down and what she'd get in end - a lottery win then would have relieved her worry and stress but not her grief.

A bit more money would make life bit easier for us now - a lot more money would set us up for retirement and our kids for their 20/30s and probably for life.

Life style changing amounts - would help entire extended family - sibling aren't doing as well as us and we are just doing okay.

It would be nice to get rid of the constant low level niggle daily worry about money - more so since cost of living hit - and enjoy life a bit more.

Yeah there are very few problems that having loads of money can't solve solve or at least ameliorate.

I could transform every part of my life with shitloads of money. Partly because it would give me time I need to solve many of my problems and the money I need to solve the others.

I mean, yes it would be nice to have a lot of money and it would definitely solve some problems, but as others are saying, not all problems are solved with money. I would buy the rest of our house, put my son in a good school that meets his needs and probably keep some savings.

Money may not buy hapiness but not having enough of it definitely causes a lot of stress.

I've got 99 problems and most of them would be solved with a million pounds.

I don’t think it’s the absolute answer to all life’s problems. But I think I know where you’re coming from. For me, becoming mortgage free would be life changing, but that wouldn’t be a massive amount of money in the grand scheme of things. And I’d still have some problems to manage.

I've thought about this a lot, and I do think a large influx of cash would solve most of my challenges in life. I'd have the headspace and time to give to my family by outsourcing a lot of the daily grind in various ways. I wouldn't be tied to a job, maybe I'd just volunteer somewhere during school hours once a week.

Thankfully I don't have any health issues, but my DC has MH issues that would be easier to cope with if we had more energy and time to give.

Having said that, I am not suffering in any way now, I just think life would be smoother/easier/nicer with more money, giving me the ability to focus more on family life.

I think just being happy and grateful with what we have and being true to our selfs is key to being happy.
Money can only do so much i have a bit put a side but if i lost it all id still wake with a smile and think fuck it.
I dont have guilt over things or what ive spent just enjoy your time now while you have it.

It wouldn't solve everything, no. But I wouldn't lie awake at night worrying about house repairs/new boiler/ dental bills/car problems/whether the kids will ever be able to leave home, etc. I suppose there's the possibility I'd lie awake at night worrying about being down to my last few hundred k instead.

Having read cautionary tales from lottery winners, I think loads of money might just give you different problems. I mean, I’m still willing to risk it, but rich people don’t seem all that happy to me.

Money gives you options and opportunity so it can bring happiness if used in a way that suits you.

Several years ago my partner and I lived next door to extremely noisy and inconsiderate neighbours causing a lot of misery

We both worked hard to gain promotions in order that we could afford a detached house. Our increase in earnings was not ridiculously large but enough to increase our mortgage for it to become life changing. It doesnt take a lottery win to make a difference.

No.
A large amount of money might solve any money problems.
But not your other problems.
And it might create some problems you don't have today ie the law of unintended consequences.

To genuinely think money will solve all your problems is either a flippant question or a deeply naïve mindset.

It would allow me to work less and spend more time with DS, carry out some necessary home improvements we can’t really afford at the minute, and travel. So yep, a lot of money would make me significantly happier.