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[quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous]Honestly, yes I am happy. Grew up very poor, HHI is now around 750/800k with very flexible, family friendly jobs.

It is so much better to have money.

I think the only people who say money doesn’t buy happiness haven’t been poor and so have no clue how stressful it is to worry about money and not having enough to eat or to heat your house properly.

You can be poor and miserable and rich and miserable. But guess which one is better.

Money buys security, comfort, pleasure, entertainment, and time. All of which contributes greatly to overall happiness.[/quote]

Yea. As long as the choice isn't dirt poor vs rich. I'm a poster upthread who made 282k last year. I can say with complete honesty that there is absolutely no difference in happiness that I can perceive between me making 90k vs 282k.

My DH makes a ton of money and his gross bonus check last quarter was 218k. It did not ever raise my heartbeat. At this point what more can we do with it? It definitely does not buy more happiness. Happiness was tapped out as far as money goes some time ago. I actually sometimes get a gross feeling after spending a lot of money on something very materialistic. For instance we recently redis our kitchen and though it is pretty and functional, I lit is kind of sickening what we spent in regards to consumption.[/quote]

It depends on what you spend money on.

We spend a lot of money on experiences: travel, ski trips, subscription theater tickets, concerts, eating out at great restaurants, plus our kids and their activities. Those things do make be happy in the moment. Skiing for example is one of my purest pleasures. Going down a difficult run forces you to be so in the money. It’s a huge rush. [/quote]

Those things are all great, but they don't make me a happy person. Having a wonderful marriage and two great kids are really what beings me happiness. You pull that out of the equation and no ski trips or concerts will make me happy. Maybe because I didnt JUST grow up poor, but grew up with parents with serious mental health issues who were unhappy, what actually makes me happy is living in harmony. Not spending money on things, that is just a byproduct of money. What is great though about having money is we've done some extensive 3rd world travel and have met pleanty of happy people with very little means. I also get a lot of happiness from spoiling my siblings.[/quote]

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