Money can't buy happiness.

Personally, I find this false with my life. My parents are immigrants and have a hard time speaking English so it's hard for them socially, and it makes jobs for my parents harder. But my family still gets by, just with difficulty.

Anyways, sometimes I feel financially insecure with my life and am worried. Who says money can't buy happiness? With money, I would have more enjoyable food, education and my parents wouldn't argue as much. My life would be set and I'd be less worried.

That's why I think Money CAN buy happiness; or at least with my opinion of life. So Why CAN'T money buy happiness?

I think money can buy some happiness, ie that new game/medical insurance/food. You can't buy true friendship though. ;D That's where the phrase comes from, I think.

So why can't money buy happiness? Well money can buy you material things, which gets old after a while. Yeah it can make you financially stable, but that doesn't mean you're 'truly' happy. People will ALWAYS want more than what they have.

Edit: And money can also break up friendships(coming from personal experience) & make you greedy, even though you don't realize it. Yeah you may want that nice big flat screen TV that you saw at the store, but do you really need it? A lot of people put their wants before their needs.

Depends on how you look at it. If you look at it from a 'literal'-translation, then it means what it says. If you look at it as "Money can't buy love", then that is also true. You cannot buy friendship or the love of another person, if they did love you, they'd only love you for the money.

So it can buy you happiness if you are poor, and in need of financial-help. It could help you buy shelter, food, etc. But in the end, are you really content? What else would you have besides shelter, food, and clothing? Will you have a girl / boy who will love you until death? Will you have great friends that will stick by your side until the very end? I think that's what the quotation means.

Depends on how you look at it. If you look at it from a 'literal'-translation, then it means what it says. If you look at it as "Money can't buy love", then that is also true. You cannot buy friendship or the love of another person, if they did love you, they'd only love you for the money.

So it can buy you happiness if you are poor, and in need of financial-help. It could help you buy shelter, food, etc. But in the end, are you really content? What else would you have besides shelter, food, and clothing? Will you have a girl / boy who will love you until death? Will you have great friends that will stick by your side until the very end? I think that's what the quotation means.

but not having money can sometimes prevent u from finding the love of your life
for example, while travelling a guy found the love of his life. would he meet her and found her without money? dont think so

Money can most certainly buy alcohol, idk what you've been smoking :f6:

Money may not be able to buy happiness/love/friendship, but it certainly helps.
Some might even say it's a necessary condition for happiness, though not sufficient.
You can't be happy when you're poor. But you can still be unhappy when you're rich.

You can't be happy when you're poor.

Some of the happiest children I've ever seen were dirt poor in a third world country, playing games barefoot and outdoors with an empty soup can. Then you see American kids with their Nintendo DS, their cell phones, their Hollister clothes, and you have to ask yourself: are they really happy?

Money does not buy happiness. What money does buy is comfort. You can live in a nicer house, drive a nicer car, play more video games, and eat at nicer restaurants. However, comfort =/= happiness. I do not believe that one can fill the void in one's life with material things. Material things will not give you a sense of purpose or belonging. Material things will not share your company, laugh with you, or cry with you. Material things will not love you back.

Of course, that makes me a big fat hypocrite since I'm a horrible shopaholic. Nobody's perfect, right?

for example, while travelling a guy found the love of his life. would he meet her and found her without money? dont think so

I'm sure that if she were truly "the love of his life", money wouldn't be a factor.

Money would give me the ability not to worry about finance and problems and be able to focus on social/romance related goals.
So for me, it "kind of" buys love.

Anyway, if I had lots of money I'd be happy.

Some of the happiest children I've ever seen were dirt poor in a third world country, playing games barefoot and outdoors with an empty soup can.

And then they go home and there's nothing to eat, and they're not so happy anymore.
Kids are happy when they're playing, but not when they're hungry or cold or in pain for lack of money.

Money buys you freedom from these very basic causes of unhappiness. It can't cure loneliness (although it can provide you with the means to communicate or travel so you can find like-minded people) or boredom (although it can provide you with a multitude of distractions to fill your time with). As I said, it's not sufficient for happiness. But it's definitely necessary, to a certain degree.

This is merely some thoughts, however:

Communists would state that money can't buy happiness, as money is a bad thing for them, right? Would that mean that socialistic people agree with the statement, and that capitalistic people would not? (Assume not always, duh. More like, a high probability that the statement is true)

I'm sure that if she were truly "the love of his life", money wouldn't be a factor.

QFT.. couldn't have said it any better!

Depends on what's happiness.

Right now, having the Chargers win the Super Bowl would make me extremely happy and I can't buy that. But, buying tickets to go to and going to the Super Bowl would also make me extremely happy.

Money does not buy happiness. What money does buy is comfort. You can live in a nicer house, drive a nicer car, play more video games, and eat at nicer restaurants. However, comfort =/= happiness. I do not believe that one can fill the void in one's life with material things. Material things will not give you a sense of purpose or belonging. Material things will not share your company, laugh with you, or cry with you. Material things will not love you back.

I think there is an almost an exact quote like the bolded part in an episode of the Simpsons.

Anyway, I think you have a good point here, but I disagree that comfort =/= happiness. Being comfortable is bliss for me, particularly when I sleep in my bed, which is something that I take for granted but isn't guaranteed at all, so there is an indirect link there. I may not feel happy when I got a new pillow or something, but I am happy when I go to bed. And say you have a beloved cat or something, and you're very happy with it, but then you have no money and can't feed it, leading to its death. Another indirect link.

And, I think you must first identify what the phrase was referring to. If it meant that temporary feeling of happiness, money can indeed buy you happiness, be it letting you buy that thing you wanted for a long time, or whatever. However, I doubt that the phrase was referring to that. I believe it is instead referring to persons that doesn't understand the limits of money and power and try to get whatever they want with them, like friendship or love that would bring you happiness if you had obtained it the right way, but not if you try to buy them.

Concluding, I think the phrase should not be taken literally and that it means something more along the lines of "knowing the limits of [money, power, and material things], specifically in the realm of emotions and relationships."

It's not money exactly that defines our lives. It's how we are brought up to perceive our state of being. A substinence farming family in China earns $80 per year. They have no money, never will, but they can still be happy by having a family and community. On the other hand, a very wealthy German man recently committed suicide because the current economic crisis made him lose a lot of assets. To most people his decision does not make sense because he STILL had countless millions. In between these two extremes, lottery winners have on more than a few occasions testified in public that they wished they had never gotten that money, because it caused their lives to degenerate, (they started doing drugs, reckless spending, etc., turning their lives upside down.)

So it's not really money, it's what you're used to having. Money is an issue for everyone, yeah, but being tied to what you know may be more of an issue.

The story of the medical dude in hunterxhunter who didn't have the money to save his family because medical expenses were too high, and when he tried to go to medical school the tuition was too expensive is why i think money can buy happiness.

Not really the best example in the world i suppose (and i probably fucked up the story a bit, lol), but still, even if i wasn't living in a mansion with servants i would be fine just being able to afford what i can and doing what i love (points to expected major) with the people i'll grow to meet and hold dear.

Money can most certainly buy alcohol, idk what you've been smoking :f6:

Brandon- The SP drunk- sez, "I Lub you all man... Those pineappleing haxORZ are always ruininginginging my.... BOOOBIES!!"

To the OP:
Money can sate your needs.
It can calm your wants.
But why you WANT those wants it cannot fill.
So you want the new WIDGET 2000 for reason XYZ- the money only got the WIDGET why XYZ must be filled it still left blank.

Depends on what's happiness.

Right now, having the Chargers win the Super Bowl would make me extremely happy and I can't buy that. But, buying tickets to go to and going to the Super Bowl would also make me extremely happy.

Right but it is the EXPERIENCE you desire- not the money-
If you gave handjobs to go or money to go- the result of enjoyment is the same.
Money can give opportunity- but not happiness.

...and when he tried to go to medical school the tuition was too expensive is why i think money can buy happiness.

That right there is impossible in this day and age. Medicine is practiced by a lot of middle class people. Middle class can't afford med school tuition out of pocket.

Almost every doctor I can remember meeting got big-ass loans to go to medical school, just like most lawyers take loans to go to law school. With a doctor's paycheck, the loans can be paid back, though they are cumbersome. My friend comes from a very poor background, she went to University of Chicago on a nearly full scholarship, and will now get loans to go to medschool. Her family could not in a million years afford to pay med school out of pocket. If med schools only took those who could, there would be almost no med schools and almost no doctors.

Money can buy happiness.People just don't know where to shop.