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

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I don’t do the lottery or anything but we can dream …

They say money doesn't buy happiness but for me it would. I'm not struggling really but to be able to pay off the mortgage and have a bit saved 'in case' would definitely fix my anxiety.

It wouldn't solve mine. I have crippling arthritis.

I think with money, once you have the basics, ie, food, a roof over your head, security - then other things, "stuff" just make you happy temporarily.

We were extremely fortunately in getting a massive chunk of money last year due to a very generous boss.

Our mortgage is now paid off and we have a small amount of savings.

The pressure has been taken off but we are by no means rich.

It just makes life a bit easier. It's not cured my autoimmune condition but you can't have everything, can you?

Money cannot solve all your problems but it can make your life a hell of a lot easier.

They've calculated, haven't they, the amount up to which money would make you happier if you had it. Can't remember what it is but it's not stacks and stacks. Beyond that, as a pp said, it doesn't make much difference. There are many things in life that cause problems. Money fixes the obvious financial ones, and extra money improves your quality of life to a point - you can buy things that make your life easier and more pleasurable. But some things are not solved by money - it won't resurrect people you love for example, or give you an incredible artistic talent, or keep your children altogether from harm's way.

If lack of money is your only problem OP, then money can fix that. But if there's anything else going on, including things that make it seem like money is the problem, it won't help.

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.

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.

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.

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.

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.

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.

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 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 think a large amount of money would allow me to give up work and this would then reduce pressure in other areas. I’d be able to put DCs in childcare on a couple of my non working days to allow me to get other stuff done too.

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

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

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.

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.

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.

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.

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.

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

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

Absolutely this.

And absolutely this.

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