To be annoyed when people say morney isn't everything.

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I assume they have been fortunate enough to never have been on the breadline.

Money makes things so so much more easier. Yes everyone has problems but if you have money you can throw money at it at least. Granted not everything can be helped with money but alot can.

I was told this today by someone and it just really pisses me off!

mooncuplanding I think you've explained it so succinctly. That's exactly how it is.

Sorry for your loss researchandbiscuitfan
frasersmummy

Money can't protect us from everything, but it can make a massive difference in some things.

Laughing at the poster who thinks cannabis is safe. That's a whole other thread though!

Money would definitely buy me happiness. So fed up of struggling to make ends meet with a full time fairly well paid job.

I could solve every problem I have right now with money. So I'm pretty sure I could buy happiness.
I actually said to my DP the other day, imagine walking through the supermarket and just being able to buy whatever catches your fancy instead of having to stress about the food budget. That sort of freedom would be blissful.

It's such an annoying phrase because it's usually said by the haves to the have nots.

"Oh deary me you wouldn't want any of what I've got, oh no. Better to keep your simple penniless life than have my rich and complicated one!" Head tilt.

For anyone who thinks money doesn’t buy happiness - it’s nicer to cry in the back of a Massarati than it is on a push bike.....
Money buys you choice, better MH due to less stress and freedom, with you all the way on this one

Yanbu. It can buy a better quality of misery.

While the billionaire is definitely having a hideous time, at least he doesn’t have to worry about whether he can pay the mortgage and feed the rest of his family on sick pay while he grieves and gets back on his feet.

Generally people with money try to keep hold if it and make more of it so I dont believe them. They rarely say 'oh money isnt everything, here have some of mine' which is the logical end to the statement. Unless someone is ranting about their wonderful partner not earning enough for them to go on skiing in which case money isnt everything..
So i guess it depends on context.

I think it can buy you pleasure but not happiness. If it could buy you happiness then rich people wouldn't commit suicide, be greedy, have depression, anxiety, have affairs, be miserable.

Pleasure is fleeting and has a downside. The more money you have the more pleasure you can buy.

Pleasure does not buy happiness as happiness can not be bought.

Happiness is a state of acceptance, of being grateful for the things you have.

Doing yoga makes me happier and doesn't cause harm, spending time with my family makes me happy and doesn't cost money. Being healthy makes me happy.
Steve jobs had money would he have traded it all for more life. His money couldn't cure him.

The asos billionaire can not buy his children back no matter how rich he is.

Money can buy you distractions but you still have to go to bed at the end of each day and money won't keep the demons away from you then.

I am comfortable financially atm and am able today to take my kids out and treat them. I am looking forward to it. It definitely makes life easier but in order for me to live this comfortable life I have been working 60 hour weeks for the last few month so while I can treat my kids today there were probably times in the last few months when they needed me for something and i wasn't there.

Unhappy rich people do not live enviable lives. There is a difference between having enough money to live a good existence I.e roof over your head, bills covered, good food and enough for some treats. The basics need to be met. It is hard to be happy if your children are hungry or you have nowhere to live or are in debt just trying to survive. You need a certain level of income in today's world to meet basic human needs but I think that is completely different to saying money buys you happiness. Having your needs met as a human just happens to cost a certain amount of money in today's society.

While the billionaire is definitely having a hideous time, at least he doesn’t have to worry about whether he can pay the mortgage and feed the rest of his family on sick pay while he grieves and gets back on his feet.

Do you “get back on your feet” after losing your children? I don’t think any kind of “at least” is appropriate here.

Only rich people really think money can't buy happiness.

Above a certain level of income (think it's £150k ) no one is any happier - I thought that was an interesting study.

Preggosaurus9

Yes that statement always makes me wonder why they don't give the money away if it's such a burden.

Money is needed, but once you have enough to meet your basic needs it isn't the only thing that matters. People do give up affluent lifestyles to live a simpler life - they choose happiness over wealth but they aren't on the breadline of course. Like everything, it's not absolute

My biggest problems/worries at the moment could not be solved with more money.

I mean you get back on your feet in the sense that you’re able to cope with daily life again and go back to work etc. I’d imagine losing a child would affect you forever but most people who weren’t billionaires would have to deal with paying the mortgage etc sooner or later, whether “on their feet or not”.

Money doesnt buy you happiness

Well give me your money and i find out for myself

Money doesn't buy happiness but it allows you to be miserable in comfort.

I think of myself as incredibly fortunate that my problems could be solved by money. However whenever I wish we had more money I remind myself that money doesn’t buy good health; it might pay for some treatments but it can’t save your life

Yep such bullshit spouted by people that have never had to struggle.Grew up poor,alcoholic abusive parents-left home
at15 &spent years sharing shiteholes/student houses,homeless in early90's earning min wage/studying-some weeks choosing between bread or milk,50ps for meter..everyone around me(especially parents) took the piss that i went to uni&most mates had kids before we fin secondary school..surrounded by good friends but
barely scraping by most of the time&chose to live with some horrible fuckers over the yrs just coz i had no other option.FastForward25yrs&ive been to every country i ever wanted to visit,started a sucessful company8yrs ago&have a massive appreciation for cash..i love money for the choices i have in life.When my DC sees places like where i grew up on tv they cant believe it as i emigrated once i was qualified&life is so far from what it once was..When you've always had a roof over your head or food on table its hard to 'get' the day2day struggle of life,how futile everything seems&why people make the so called'poor' or irresponsible choices they do.

Louis Tomlinson (from one direction is a good example of that) all the money in the world but it didn’t stop him losing his mum and sister

englishdictionary it was a lot safer 35-40 years ago, when it came as low strength resin. Modern hybrid weed is absolutely horrendous.

@dinkydolphin Dhs friend has been an inpatient in a secure mental health unit for over a decade. He has complex mental health problems which were triggered by socially smoking a lot of cannabis as a teenager. His lucid enough to bitterly regret ever touching the stuff.
I agree, money can hugely impact on your happiness. I was broke when I met dh and he made me blissfully happy but we would have both been on cloud 9 if we'd had some money to spare at the time!

Some of my happiest times was when i was living in a bedsit with my new man. Some of the unhappiest in our 4 bed house and him working all the hours to keep that a reality..

I didnt want any of it.

So no money isnt everything