Do you have to be rich to be happy....?

[squidge]

I have been thinking about this and i think that to have more money would make me less anxious and the fact that i am less anxious might make me more happy


Does that make sense?

[midi2304]

I think that people who believe they can be happy and poor are naive. I did make a point of specifying 'rich' as being relative to each of us. I think we would classify a lot of people in places such as Ethiopia to be poor - even poorer than people we consider to be breadline in the UK - and these people don't look happy to me.

I think a very, very large percentage of people's happiness comes down to financial security - knowing that come the end of your month, all your bills can be paid and maybe a little let over to treat yourself.

[Cedric Farthsbottom III]

Money is uesful.Buys ye whatever yer hearts desire.Too much money and ye become bored,wit wid ye spend it on....a Caribbean cruise...ye've seen it done it.Ye have a wee bit o money so ye go to Majorca...but ye've seen it and done it.No a lot o' money ye go fae basic beans to Heinz.I love own label beans me!!!!!!

[midi2304]

Money is uesful.Buys ye whatever yer hearts desire.Too much money and ye become bored,wit wid ye spend it on....a Caribbean cruise...ye've seen it done it.Ye have a wee bit o money so ye go to Majorca...but ye've seen it and done it.No a lot o' money ye go fae basic beans to Heinz.I love own label beans me!!!!!!

Trust me, there's enough to see and do in this world that even with unlimited money there's always something new to experience.

[henry20]

I don't think money makes you happy, but I do believe that you have to have some money to be happy. As long as I can pay my bills, have food on the table and have enough to do something should I want to :ie night out, shopping without having to worry if I've too much in my basket. Ideally, I'd like enough to fall back on if there's an emergency - like my roof blowing off in stormy weather and the insurance not paying out, then I'd be content.

[Cedric Farthsbottom III]

Trust me, there's enough to see and do in this world that even with unlimited money there's always something new to experience.

Yer spot on midi,cos wi a 2p bit o' paper and half a bit o a pencil lead.I can go fae a frosty Caithness evening to a Paradise.Ma paradise.....a frosty Caithness evening!!!!

[George Brims]

A couple of quotes on this subject...

Dr Johnson: "Poverty is no disgrace to a man, but it is confounded inconvenient"

And from the card I gave my wife on our anniversary (author unknown): "Being rich is not a matter of how much you have, but who is by your side". I am very rich indeed.

[percy toboggan]

You do not need money to be happy. You do not need to be happy to have money.

I could use forty grand and fast. It would beef up my savings enough for the final piece of life's jigsaw to drop smoothly into place. Would forty grand make me rich? No. Would it make me happy? Yes!

Confused? So am I.
Skint?
shame.

[danc1ngwitch]

A couple of quotes on this subject...

Dr Johnson: "Poverty is no disgrace to a man, but it is confounded inconvenient"

And from the card I gave my wife on our anniversary (author unknown): "Being rich is not a matter of how much you have, but who is by your side". I am very rich indeed.

this is very nice indeed, x

[Darrener]

Last year I opted to jack in my executive lifestyle and kiss goodbye to the German car, the hot tub and the five bed house. I was spending most of my life away from home sat in traffic, earning lots of money, to pay the mortgage. I now live in the Western Isles, haven't had a salary for 12 months and am happy as Larry. I no longer have to "keep up with the Jones'" or MacSweens as they are here. I'm happy knowing that the tax-man and the mortgage company are not making a living off my hard work! I'm better off not being "rich".

[percy toboggan]

Last year I opted to jack in my executive lifestyle and kiss goodbye to the German car, the hot tub and the five bed house. I was spending most of my life away from home sat in traffic, earning lots of money, to pay the mortgage. I now live in the Western Isles, haven't had a salary for 12 months and am happy as Larry. I no longer have to "keep up with the Jones'" or MacSweens as they are here. I'm happy knowing that the tax-man and the mortgage company are not making a living off my hard work! I'm better off not being "rich".

I have a German car , and five beds but not five bedrooms. Two of the beds lie uninflated in a cupboard! I'd love to live with Larry in the Western Isles...well, maybe next door. You made a killing selling yer hoose by the sound of it - good luck to you.

Leave room for folks like me....still need a salary but rapidly outgrowing the idea. (ie. ageing)

[celtic 302]

love and similar stuff may make you happy, but what good is love when your on a street corner cos u cant afford the rent...

[oldmarine]

When I retired I was concerned for whether I would have enough income to live comfortably. I have been retired for 15 years currently at the age of 81 years. With my retirement and my young wife's income we are comfortably getting by. Some people think we are rich by some standards others think otherwise, but we believe we have been blessed with what we do have.