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!

It depends on the context I think. Money gets rid of a lot of problems, not all of them. It does also allow you to be housed and fed without worry while you're experiencing the ones that money can't solve, which is no small thing.

Money can’t buy happiness but it can make your life a lot easier which in turn reduces stress and brings a bit more joy.

In a further note I grew up with parents who were quite well off but worked 6 to 7 days a week 12 hour days. I rarely saw them and although we had a nice big house with nice holidays abroad (think Disney Land in the late 80s when not many people went). All I wanted was my mum and dads time. I was envious of my friends whose mums were at home as they had stability whilst I had a succession of often useless and lazy babysitters. These kids had much happier childhoods than mine and have memories of there family days out etc which I have very little off.

Money can’t guarantee health or happiness but it can remove many of the barriers to it. People in poverty experience enormous stress, with bad living conditions, poor nutrition, having to choose between food and heating, not being able to give their kids the essentials let alone necessities. More money would transform such lives.

I've been on the breadline counting every single penny and now I'm not, I'm financially in a comfortable position.

No money isn't everything but it helps to grease the wheels of life at times. I'm now older with money and a horrendously stressful life that throwing money at won't help. On balance, right now, I'd take less money and a happier, less stressful life.

I'm absolutely on my arse skint, can't afford to eat some days even though I work myself silly but I honestly don't care as long as there's happiness in my house.

I don’t know really. It helps to not be desperately poor of course. We manage to pay the mortgage and have food in the fridge but we have home improvements that we can’t currently afford (big stuff like a new roof!), drive one crap 15 year old car when we could really do with two, and can’t really afford holidays currently; so we definitely aren’t well off. And yet we very happy. We love gardening, hiking, and sports. We love spending time together as a family. I don’t think money would make me happier, other than being able to afford not to go back to work.

To add: We could live a flashier lifestyle on credit but that definitely wouldn’t make me happy.

First off I am always skint. Likely always will be.
But when a worse crisis than financial difficulty have hit your family then you can say money doesn't matter .
Ime.

Poverty can definitely make you unhappy and unhealthy.

How much money? I think being very poor the U.K is difficult. But if you have enough - enough for a reasonable life - then using think mega bucks make you happier. Possibly the reverse.

There have been interesting studies done on this and there is a sweet spot of earnings versus happiness and it’s not as high as you would think.

The comment above about the Danish billionaire being rich enough to access ready meals and grief counselling didn’t feel good. Horrible in fact

Calledyoulastnightfromglasgow I agree, I wonder how many ready meals people think it takes to make up for 3 of your children being killed.
Of course money makes life easier but when it comes to huge life events it really isn’t everything.

We’re in a very precarious position st the moment financially. Money definitely isn’t everything. It would reduce some of our stress but that would be it. It’s worth very little in comparison to things like good character, intellect, affection, health etc.

When money is the safety net between you and survival, and the holes in the net are getting bigger, then ''money isn't everything'' is not applicable.

Its like telling people who are in a desperate situation that the grass always looks greener on the other side. There's a time and a place.

Money does improve health outcomes and life expectancy

@hobeyroar that’s a bit pyschopsthic. There’s no getting back on your feet after something like that. I can’t imagine that money will make any difference to someone who has lost that much. I his position I would have already killed myself money or not.

Exactly. And the billionaire can access the best grief counselling, can buy ready made healthy meals, have a cleaner.

Flower777 REALLY?? Because maybe he won’t be open to counseling for a long time,talking about it is not something that comes easily to most!! And ready meals!?? Your assuming he will be Able to eat!! I know if lost any of my children my appitite wouldn’t be quite the same for some time!! PTSD can have horrible effects on a person and I’m assuming that the rest of that family will be suffering greatly for a long long time.

I think most ppl think that rich people live in a happy bubble, actually it’s quite different they have no grasp on reality, they seldom know who to trust and love, they usually have drink and or drug problems as a result of trying to escape their demons. Just think of all the rich and famous ppl throughout history who committed suicide!!?? Money didn’t buy them happiness for sure!!

Finally just to point out that there are some ppl in This world who willl be ‘broke’ no matter how much money you throw at them and that’s a fact!!

I think the sentiment is that money can buy you stuff, but if you are deeply unhappy it's not going to fix it. Sure, it can fix some things, but how many rich people still suffer from mental health problems and drug problems, have a deeply chaotic lifestyle and at the heart of it are unhappy. There's something missing with them that money can't buy. Likewise, you can be happy without having loads of money. It's relative.

It's just an oversimplified statement really.

I apologise for that comment about ready meals. I wasn’t really engaging my brain.

Money would solve pretty much all of my current problems. Which would probably result in me being a lot happier, since I don't have room in my head for happiness just now because I'm stressing about all my current problems.

In many respects, money can absolutely buy you happiness.

Obviously not if you were dealing with a bereavement or serious illness. All the money in the world can't make that better.

my late mil used to say.

Money can't buy you happiness but a lack there of can sure bring a lot of misery.

Having money means you have more life choices.

If we hadn't been able to afford to educate ds2 privately via an online school he'd either be getting bullied mercilessly at school or not receiving an education at all. The private psychiatrist was able to identify his autism and prescribe medication to help relieve his anxiety as well. His quality of life is pretty good compared to the state sanctioned alternatives.

Yeah, gimme money, it matters.

I love the saying "money isn't everything, but it let's you be miserable in comfort"

A friend of mine proved the truth of this sadly.