Money is not happiness

[Watchfulness]

I dislike the way people connotate this claim as a true generalization.
I for one find that money is more significant than love among others, that's me.

What's your opinion on this matter?
Do you agree with this common statement or do you find flaws in it?

[Katrina]

I find this statement 50% true.
It is an universally accepted fact that only money can buy certain basic needs like food, shelter, clothes. More money means more luxuries thus more comforts.
It is also true that love is the most important factor on this earth. God created humans to spread, share love with each other.

[Cats In Space]

I think the "Money is not happiness" saying is completely dumb, IMO. I'm a person who personally laughs at misfortunes of other people. I have a strong belief Love isn't the strongest feeling or thing on this Earth. If I had the choice to be with 1. My true love or 2. To be the richest person on the Earth for the next 1000 years, I would pick choice 2. With choice 2 I could be happy with all the necessities I need. Food, water, shelter. Love isn't a necessity. So no, Money actually is quite happiness.

[INFERNO]

I believe money leads to happiness because even if you cannot buy what you want, you can ensure you have more than the basic neccesaties for life, you can live in comfort, good general health, secure large shelter, security, etc... . I say it leads to happiness because not everyone defines happiness as only being money, many define it as including money but also other elements, such as a loved one. To me, money can lead to obtaining a loved one in more ways than one.

[AgusCO]

I believe that the statement may be as false as it can be true.It all depends on who is analyzing it,

[2D]

Money is useless to me. I would take the love of a great friend over money any day.

[iceyfresh]

Money make people happy but there are more important things.

[Sugaree]

Money makes people happy because money can buy people things that MAKE them happy. Therefor, money is happiness. I'm not defending this statement, but really it's truth. I won't be the first to admit that money is somewhat useless to me. However, I'm not the person who just refuses money outright. As of today, I have at least $200 in my pocket and another $300 in the bank. Money ALONE does not make me happy, but things I buy with it can make me happy.

[BeautifulDisaster]

Money cannot buy happiness, in my opinion.

I'd rather be poor with a loving family than rich with a shit family.

I actually think being rich makes you more likely to become very spoiled, and like a brat.
"Sweet 16" is a perfect example of that.
Those kids show no appreciation for what truly matters, and all they care about is money, money, money.
They take it all for granted, and in doing so, act like spoiled little brats.

There are so many more things in life that can make you happy, money, for me, is not one of them.

It can help to keep things stable in your financial life, but otherwise, it's not a direct cause of my happiness.

[Sugaree]

Money cannot buy happiness, in my opinion.

I'd rather be poor with a loving family than rich with a shit family.

But when you buy something, aren't you happy that you have it? Money can buy happiness because it makes people happy to be able to buy things they didn't have before.

[BeautifulDisaster]

Meh, it isn't a main source of what I consider true happiness, it can make you joyful, but it's very temporary, and it isn't true happiness.

[chazzrox2]

Well one it just depends on what kinda person u are...yea money can corrupt people and change them but then some are still exactly the same without it and some are better people.

i personally beleive that money may not mean definite happyiness but it sure as hell helps!

[Mental]

I think money is a neccesity in life (you need it for food, shelter and water these days), and it can help you be happy. I mean, if you're a millionaire/billionaire, you can have pretty much any material possession you wish, live anywhere you wish and your life will be very easy as you won't have to work or worry about debts or bills. But then again, money can NOT fill emotional/social needs. Being very rich, but having no friends or no genuine love life won't make me happy. I'm not on a moral crusade, but I'd much rather true and complete social and romantic relationships in my life than to be insanely rich and alone or only stuck with gold-diggers as "friends". Of course, if I had both, I'd have 100% happiness.

[Aves]

True happiness comes from knowing you're loved, knowing that people care for you. Now can you live off of happiness? No. But, essentially is money happiness? Absolutely not. Sure it can help you get something that makes you happy, but have you gone to the local store to buy happiness? I think not.

Here's a nice Beatles song to help summarize my point:
gNdMEcKozYc
It's not really that hard to understand the message of the song >.> Especially with the lyrics, it is thrown at your face.

[Serenity]

I wonder how many people who say money isn't important or that they'd choose love over money have actually been really and truly poor.

[Sapphire]

I once heard someone say "Money doesn't buy happiness but it makes misery more bearable."
I think this is true.

Of course you need money to live and you'd be truly miserable (not to mention starving, cold etc) without it. But you don't need a lot of it and it will never make you truly happy. True happiness comes from within.

Meh, it isn't a main source of what I consider true happiness, it can make you joyful, but it's very temporary, and it isn't true happiness.QFT.

[2D]

I wonder how many people who say money isn't important or that they'd choose love over money have actually been really and truly poor.

Not me! ;D

[JackOfClubs]

Though I do agree that just having a ton of money does not make you a success at life, I'd rather have money than be married but living in a cardboard box. I want some of the luxuries that life can have.

[2D]

Though I do agree that just having a ton of money does not make you a success at life, I'd rather have money than be married but living in a cardboard box. I want some of the luxuries that life can have.

Marriage ≠ happiness.

[Baudelaire]

This is where you stand in what your life is though. If you are currently happy with who you are, and what is going on around you, you may not care for money. However we need money to buy basic essentials, charities raise money, not happiness.

[Zephyr]

There's no set answer for something like this, it all boils down to the individual, their preferences and the experiences that they've had in their lives. Some people may never know the importance of money if they've lived comfortably their whole lives, and others who have always had to fend for themselves may not place much importance in love. And both of those scenarios can easily be vice versa, one could see the importance of money since they have enough and can help others with it, and the other could see how great love is since they've done most everything on their own and hated it.

[BeautifulDisaster]

We're pretty darn poor right now.
Struggling to get by.
I know someone who was even homeless at one stage, right now he is on food stamps, he barely has much food in the house, and barely any money of his own.
He agrees with me.

Money is a necessity, of course it is, but it doesn't mean it's a source of happiness, true happiness at least.

[Watchfulness]

If a person does become corrupted, money should not be blamed.
Individuals have complete control of how they manage and use money.

The individual's values is also at play, money can be seen as a necessity or a person may see that the idea of corruption is non-existent.

[danielg]

Do you live in America? Because in America money buys you a sea doo now how many people do you see unhappy on a sea doo?

[INFERNO]

I'm thinking perhaps those who side with money not being happiness have a different definition of happiness than those who side with money is happiness or at least can bring happiness. So, for those who side with the first one, what constitutes happiness to you? I'm asking this because although the same question is at hand, and money is money, no alternate definitions there, happiness is subjective. If there are two groups, each of whom say one thing does lead to x while another says one thing doesn't lead to x, does each group view x as being the same or are we on different pages?

[Triceratops]

You need a reasonable amount of money to maintain a certain level of happiness.

For example, to live comfortably; to be able to afford food, a home, water bills, gas bills, electricity bills, central heating, insurances, and perhaps other simple luxuries (TV, phone, internet, clothes). I doubt someone who struggles tremendously to keep up with these (and are extremely poor, or maybe even homeless) are as happy with life as someone who can quite easily pay these things off would be.

If you're comparing someone who lives comfortably (but can't afford anything too flashy, designer or expensive) to someone who's immensely wealthy then that phrase could suitably be applied to them.

In most cases, I don't think money creates happiness, but it sure does help someone to be happier.

[Camazotz]

If everyone had money, then everyone would be happy. Money does not corrupt happiness or any other emotion, it is the greed in each and every person that corrupts "true happiness", whatever that is. Given all the money in the world, I'm pretty sure I'd be happy, regardless of the situation.

[BeautifulDisaster]

True happiness, to me, is family, love, decent, good friends, pets, children(because they truly put a shine on my day when it's cloudy), I also consider true happiness the "little" things in life, ie; watching the clouds go by, smelling a beautiful flower, art, photography, making shapes out of clouds, etc.

But, that's just me.

I just don't think money can buy happiness, it can make life easier, sure, but I'd prefer a hard life with true happiness.

I'd also prefer not to be one of those people who are obsessed with money, and are very greedy, spoiled and disrespectful. Especially to things that truly matter. That seems to be the theme with people who are rich.

[Nelson]

Money can buy you things but not happiness, tbh money actually causes anger and hate.

[Evermore]

Money can't buy happiness but it can buy ice cream and that's pretty much the same thing.