Can you really have too much of "a good thing"?

Question

Be thoughtful. I ask this because I remember some girl I know broke up with her bf because it was "too much of a good thing."

Answer 1

No I don't think so. To me it's all in how you see and handle life. Too much of a good thing can be overpowering to a lot of people. But if you earn these good things in your life and believe that these good things are not to be taken for granted but labors of a good life and work ethic. Then all good things will be with you.

"Good Things" are really symbols in life. Can the individual handle it is the question. The girl who broke up with her BF could not. Sometimes in life we only get one chance at a good thing. What you do at that moment is called destiny.

Answer 2

The girl you are talking was bored of her bf 'fussing over her'. That is not 'good thing' too much or not much. A good thing, truly good, I mean should last for ever. A good friend bf or gf should know when to stop being good, that is the f should always feel the pulse of the other. You know more friendships including parent ships are sunk because too much of attention which affects buoyancy

Answer 3

Lemme look at this from an economics standpoint, if you don't mind...

A good is something that brings one happiness. At the same time, a good is always good. People are never satisfied with their current level of happiness and always want to be happier. I won't bother questioning why that is right now, but it's close enough to the truth. Anyway, since what is good makes one happy, and since one can never be too happy, there is never too much goodness.

It must be noted, however, that while there's never enough, the satisfaction someone gets from one particular good decreases until at some point one gets virtually no extra happiness by having an extra unit of the good. Ëxample: to a starving kid, a hamburger can be enough to kill for, but to a well-fed kid who already ate three hamburgers, it might not that important, even if hamburgers were free. Similarly, there comes a point when spending any more time with a boyfriend doesn't make one much happier, although it's always nice and by itself doesn't directly make one unhappy.

At the same time, however, things can be more than merely good. For example, drinking can make one happy, but drinking too much can poison oneself, which makes one unhappy. The ability of the drink to cause happiness directly reduces but never reverses, but the poisoning effects of alcohol, which affects your health, which affects your happiness, eventually outweighs the happiness that drinking provides directly. Similarly, if spending more time with a boyfriend kept your friend from doing things by herself or even just being alone, then eventually there would come a point where she would not want to spend that extra time with the boyfriend.

So, there is never enough of goodness, but there can be too much of a thing. Things are complicated that way, in that they mix effects on happiness depending on the amounts of that thing's consumption.

I hope that wasn't terribly confusing. I wanted to use economics because that's my major and I find it's a useful way to see why people do the things they do without getting too fuzzy. See, again! For me, finding out why people do the things they do is a direct good, but fuzziness indirectly adversely affects my happiness, and the way the two interacted led me to use economics instead of biology or neurology on one end and religion or philosophy on the other.

Answer 4

Honestly, U really can't. Because of the bottom line is this. It's not all good if u complaining about it. Think bout it like dis folkz.. So you got a starving kid that would kill for an apple.. and u got a fat kid that eats 5 apples and is being offered another apple.. just because he refuse the apple doesn't make the apple itself bad.. and just because he is getting offered another one means he's going to say it's too much.. Because a smart boy would say yea i'll take it and give it to my family or offer it to the homeless.. or "sell?" the apple.. lol basically what im trying to say is.. if ur boyfriend or girlfriend is giving u too much love .. dont think of it as to much, but learn to cast that evil out of you and just.. u kno!!! be grateful?? maybe. because it mite be u.. that's not enough of a good thing? u kno.. lets try to help instead of complain..

Answer 5

Yes because you no longer appreciate what was good about it in the first place. It is always there and always good. However, there may come a time when everything is not alright and you come to resent it or take for granted. When that happens and you lose the good thing you might not be able to get it back.

Answer 6

I think you can have too much of a good thing, it just depends on what is that good think. To me that girl did the wrong thing, if he really was a good thing and she really loved him, she never should´ve broke up with him.

Answer 7

Yes. I believe so. Too much chocolate, too much red wine, even too much love. A very wise old gentleman of 103 once told me his secret for longevity was ' Everything in Moderation'. Being a rather conservative old gentleman I don't think he meant literally everything, but it seems a good general philosophy.

Answer 8

yes. think too much of euphoria. good can be relative too, you know. what is good to you might only feel good to you but is not good to others or might even be socially bad. too much of a good thing like LOVE, in your example, might have its setbacks even though it is implied (lack of time with other things because too much in love)... so to you or to everyone it is good to be in love but since it has become an impendiment on things that you have to do- then too much of it is bad!! and it is no longer even a good thing...

Answer 9

What do you mean by "a good thing", does it mean bad thing ? We certainly can, and even we have to exert our efforts, to have so much of good things and thanks God once we get it. But having " a good thing", or one bad thing, may be too much for you, more over if you have "too much of a good thing" ! I hope I am thoughtful enough for you,but please do not mix "a good thing" with a real good thing.

Answer 10

Except money and love, anything else in too much quantities is not good, including love for God that takes one to become superstitious or love with oneself or others that leads to indulges in excesses, prejudices and contempt.