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[quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous]I think it's when you can buy what you want and don't have to worry about money anymore.

We make about $350K.  We live comfortably but I would definitely like to be able to send my 3 kids to private school and still feel like I could easily pay for their college educations, to have full-time household help at home, to support my parents in their later years so they didn't have to worry about money and take several "big" trips a year (10K+) and make more generous (25K+) yearly donations to causes I support.  We are not able to do this at 350K, maybe at 500-700.[/quote]

So you're not happy unless your life has no obstacles whatsoever, even to vague whims?[/quote]

That wasn't the question, though.  The question as I understood it (though phrased awkwardly, and perhaps seeking to elicit something else), and that this poster answered, is when can money actually buy happiness.  And the answer, which I agree with, is when it eliminates life's annoyances, relieves life's stresses, and adds significant enjoyment.  Nowhere did this poster say she could only be happy with no obstacles - but having the money it takes to eliminate obstacles sure helps.

An old family friend, who is very wealthy, once told me, "Thank goodness for the problems we can solve by throwing money at them." [/quote]

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