Do you believe that money is happiness? If you were to marry someone who was poor because you loved them do you think that financial rought times would chase that love out the window?
Are poor people happier than wealthy people or is it the other way around? What do yall think?
2007-10-14 19:33:14 · 7 answers · asked by :) 2 in Family & Relationships ➔ Marriage & Divorce
Everything is relative. There are levels of poor. No you can't be happy if you are hungry and cold. However, a modest income is fine if your basic needs are provided for. Intellectual stimulation, laughter, love... these are the truly important things.
2007-10-14 19:40:47 · answer #1 · answered by Ellen L 4 · 2⤊ 0⤋
Whether poor or rich, its all a matter of living within your means. If you can make do and do without the "toys" which every commercial and advert tells you you need (big screen tvs, thumping stereos, brand new cars, the latest fashions, etc.) you can do on lots less than people think.
Of course if you don't have enough to keep a roof over your head, and food in your cupboard, things can get pretty strained.
If you always want more than you have, no matter how much that is, you will never be happy.
2007-10-15 02:57:04 · answer #2 · answered by Barb Outhere 7 · 1⤊ 0⤋
If you go all the way through marriage with a "poor" person, then "love" is the true driving force behind that relationship.
If you (not rich/not poor) marry someone that IS rich, I believe that your lifestyle will become "happier".
I also believe that the only true "happy" rich people....not content, but "happy"....are the ones with liquid assets, one's with wealth at their beckon, not tied up in stocks or money markets.
2007-10-15 02:50:23 · answer #3 · answered by imrt70 6 · 1⤊ 0⤋
Well, I've lived several years in a developing country. People there are some of the poorest, but they are happy. Kids run around smiling with no shoes on. Parents sit around outside on the ground talking. So, I reckon, it's not really a matter of money, but your overall attitude to life. If you believe having money is what will make you happy, then you will never be happy without it, though I personally think it would be a false happiness anyway. Like drinking caffeine when you're tired...it's a bandaid.
2007-10-15 02:44:32 · answer #4 · answered by Linni 6 · 4⤊ 1⤋
Most divorces are over money issues and women who marry financially more well off men are more happy from long term studies. It's hard to have emotional availability for children when you are poor. Both rich and poor have problems but having money decreases your overall problems.
2007-10-15 02:41:28 · answer #5 · answered by Anonymous · 1⤊ 0⤋
no money no honey. yes, financial troubles would chase anything away. but of course there re simple people who re just happy where they re. i can't talk from those people's point of view. and that's such a bull'''' that poor people are happier. how can u be happy if your kids ´don't have food to eat and house to live in? and i mean HOUSE not lousy apartment
2007-10-15 02:59:01 · answer #6 · answered by yeahright 6 · 0⤊ 0⤋
I think both marriages can start out happy but for the poor, it gets hard to live and for the rich, they lose their moral values. So they both end up pretty unhappy. Neutral is better.
2007-10-15 02:36:37 · answer #7 · answered by Witty 2 · 1⤊ 1⤋