Can you really buy happiness with money?

Question

Can money buy you happiness?I always herd it could.Do you believe it could?I don't.

Answer 1

I don't believe you can either. Money can take away some stress, which will make you a little bit happier, but true happiness comes from your heart, not your wallet.

Answer 2

No you can't. Money can buy you security and peace of mind. It can buy you extra time with your family and friends, a good education. It can be a blessing if you have to care for a disabled person at home, who would otherwise have to be institutionalized. It can but you a lot of material things, but you will still have problems. The problems will just be different ones. Money is helpful because you don't have to spend most of your time worrying about how to feed yourself and your family and provide for them. It seems though that happiness is found in the little precious shining moments you live each day. Some people have the ability to be happy, even under the worst of circumstances, and others are never happy, no matter how much they have. Probably parents should focus a bit more on helping their kids learn to be happy, rather than just preparing them for a life struggling to get rich.

Answer 3

Yes, in some ways. Definitely not all. Coming from a family that isn't very "well-off", if you will, I believe that you can find happiness in a lot of things. I like going for long walks and just enjoying nature while listening to a good CD. Some people like to draw or write or just hang out with friends and family.

No doubt money can buy you happiness - think of all the "wants" you could have!! When you're surrounded by the things you've always wanted but have never been able to have it's like Christmas but all year round lol. Knowing you can pay the bills and put food on the table for your children is a great reward, and you won't lose sleep at night or stress/worry as much. You will develop self-confidence, and will be able to keep up your appearance by buying all the brand name clothes and makeup and shoes, etc.

i could go on,, but I won't lol.

Answer 4

"Money can't buy happiness but it sure as heck can't hurt"....is what I've always heard.
No, it really can't buy happiness - but the reason is that the things that make us happiest aren't material things with a price tag on them. (We see examples of this from stars, celebrities, actors, actresses, and the like.....have more money than they know what to do with and oftentimes end up drugs, alcohol abuse, suicide, etc.. Then when friends are interviewed on TV, they'll say "Well, I knew he/she hadn't been happy in a long time and experienced a real 'bout with depression."
Think about the things that make you happiest, and I'll do the same.... I'm happiest when my daughter and other family members have good health, "experience" a lot of things that bring a smile to their faces and warmth to their heart, when I feel a gentle breeze on my face and the day is one of the hottest I've seen, when I see a really gorgeous rainbow, when I see a gorgeous sunset and sunrise, when I see a beautiful snow with some of the biggest flakes I can remember, when my new rose bush has its first bloom, when I cut into a watermelon that's absolutely delicious (and I had worried all the way home from the store that I had picked out a bad one), when I love and feel loved...and the list is endless, but none of it is bought with money.
My bills take a chunk of money and I lost my job a few months ago....no I wasn't happy - but I am blessed...because I have a lot more beautiful things around me (nature, loving family/friends)than I do "not so" beautiful. And, in the past when I did have a little left over at the end of the week, I wouldn't spend it on me. I'd always end up buying something for somebody near and dear to me....and that brought me much happiness, too. Great question and I felt great after typing in the answer. So, whether you meant to or not....you were a blessing to me today. Thank you and have a great weekend.

Answer 5

No, money can buy ANYTHING else but happiness, love, or honesty. Sure, everyone can admit money is pleasurable and fun to carry once in awhile (or maybe more). If you think about it, money is all that those celebrities in Hollywood have..they have absolutely no love, or self-pride, or purity...money sadly cannot and never will buy those things.

If you're materialistic, sure money will bring temporary happiness through goods and rich things..but how long does that happiness last? An hour? A day? A month at the most? Yes, I repeat money is a want and a need at times, but if you seek happiness, money shouldn't be a source.

Instead, if you want to be happy, think of all the good things or blessings you have. Even if you're not rich, everyone has something special or valuable to them. And sometimes the love of family members, siblings, bf/gf's, and friends can bring happiness to last a lifetime.

Answer 6

It would seem the social moral is that money will never bring you happiness, yet so many people pursue money. I know that without money I wouldn't be happy, only because of the stress of living, or lack there of, I don't know if being rich would make me happy because I never have been. I have a pretty good idea that it won't since typically I am happiest doing things where money has minimal concern. But who is to say that money is not the key to making someone else happy? I mean really what makes me happy is more than one thing, it is my activities, friends, how I spend my time (which does consume money), but there are a lot more simple people in the world who are happy for small things, like just living!!!! So, to me no but to others it can.....

Answer 7

Only on ebay, honey.
If you give money away, there will be people, even relatives receiving this money, some will not give it back, others only a part of it, it won´t help getting happiness unless you actually know how to obtain it. So the answer is money does not buy happiness, yet after death it can sure buy you some, 500 pence a kilo, it does not satisfy that much though, I remember.
The only reasonable thing to advise is get some love, stick with the same person for it, and spend wisely, if you have enough you will be able to help and won´t have to save. Drink a lot too.
One last thing, most see things really shiny sometimes and then other times will see things really gloomy. Whonder what that means? evolution can suck sometimes, yet we need the difficulties to make our time worth.

Answer 8

No. I have no money to speak of, am constantly living check-to-check, and can never really seem to catch up - but I'm rich beyond my wildest dreams because I have a wonderful wife who loves me, the car (although old school - 1987 VW) that I really want, and friends and family who are the best a guy could ask for.

With that in mind, I don't need money to make me happy - I work quite hard for what I get though, and if I had more of it, I can easily say that things would be easier and I wouldn't be so stressed out all the time.

Guess that's me, hope your financial situation is better!

Answer 9

I think that happiness runs deeper than being financially stable with no worries of reproducing it when you know your capitol will produce enough interest each cycle to get you bye on a monthly basis as a wealthy person and have some left over for savings at the end of the month.I think that's what happens with most wealthy people knowing the more money you have,the more money you make .Money is a route to happiness but happiness found through that route is not always there to stay because it's artificial and artificial always fades away considering that money carries much complication outside it's beautiful idea of being rich .Even though there is nothing more at this age I want then to financially stabilize myself knowing it will bring me happiness I must admit that half of the achievement depends on my happiness first before any progress towards that dream is fulfilled.

Answer 10

I believe this question has to be a personal one. Depending on your idea of happiness I suppose you could buy it with money. Some people live their whole lives, and never acheive happiness in the technical sense. Some people are poor all their lives, and if you ask them they probably would say they are happy. Then there are the the real haves of society who feel that money talks, and -- walks. If you ask them they would probably say they are happy but somehow from what I have seen I really don't believe they are. Since I have never had the kind of money it would take to buy happiness I guess I'll just have to deal with the happiness that I give to others, and that they give to me.

Answer 11

The happiness you may be able to buy will not last. Some people buy becuase they have no one or nothing else in their life to make them happy, so it's a superficial happiness. Being materialistic, and thinking you can buy happiness is really not a good way to look at life. Why continue to waste money....figure out what will make you happy, and go from there. When you die, you cannot take it with you, so learn how to be happy without money. People who have less, lead much happier lives, and appreciate the simple things so much more than those who buy their way through life and try to convince everyone that they are happy. YOU CANNOT REALISTICALLY BUY HAPPINESS. I have had the opportunity to live both ways, and personally, I enjoy simplicities, over money, because I know what I have I earned, and that is what makes me happy.