Thread: Can Money Buy Happiness?

Well it came into my mind that i should open this thread after ItsMeMad said this phrase to me '...........who said money cant buy happiness'.

We have many people on the forum from different age groups and who have gone through in different phases in their lives, maybe some of the experienced ones i think would be J4K, Admin, Ramesh (the new member ramasethu2001) and probably others!

So the question, do you think money can buy happiness?

Preeti, You forgot to include me in the 'experienced' category ;-)

Anyway of course money can buy happiness.
Take the case of the poor citizen who cannot afford
the heart operation for his wife. Money can buy
that operation and hence indirectly buys happiness.

And from personal experience, long time back
we didn't have the $20,000 that we needed
to show for getting a visa, a friend of a friend
gave that guarantee and I was able to pursue
higher education.

BUT money is not the only thing that buys happiness.

AND Just having money will not make you a happy person.

-F

Originally Posted by farce

BUT money is not the only thing that buys happiness.

AND Just having money will not make you a happy person.

-F

:thumbup: :clap: :clap:

read this article a few days back.. hope it clears things up around here

Study: Money doesn't make us happy but experiences do -- Newsday.com

Yes, money can buy happiness... But the real question should be "Which type of money can buy you happiness?"!

To earn a significant amount of money in short time people take wrong paths... You start taking bribes or accumulate black-money or play politics with co-workers at office to get bigger favours from your organization... Whole world think that u are rich... You can buy this... You can buy that!
But inside you know that you are poor... You can go to jail or sacked from the job or make new enemies or atleast lose some self-respect & sleep!

Only hard earned money can buy you real happiness... The 2 cents you earn should have shine of honesty and hard work!

But the problem with some hard-earners is... That they normally don't spend their hard earned money lavishly.... They are also very good at bargaining when they buy stuffs or pay fare to rikshawalas... Call them smart or kanjoos(miser), its your choice!

P.S.- I always exclude exceptions...

This is all depend that what are you wanting from the life.Simple word we can say really "money can buy happiness" but still this is not the ultimate analysis all it depend on particular person if person so much depended with materialistic world then may be he/she totally dependent on money for all the happiness but if anyone explore himself in this amazing nature then perhaps he discover the happiness from this uncanny world may be then money not become a big factor for real happiness.
Finally again i am saying that it all vary from person to person it also depend each and every man's nature what he/she likes and how the grew up.
This autumn in bengal and now I am listening the sweet songs of few birds it gives me lots of happiness and neither i have spend a penny for this pleasure or neither i can bring this happiness after the autumn with few penny.

well wht a statement.....!!!!

u jus cant come to a conclusion for this particular statement.....it depends on individual to individual to the situations in life......tht is the only reason....!

as per me....money can buy all ur wants n needs.....!!!! i wud say happiness is indirectly related to money......

Is happiness on sale anywhere? Then, money can buy it.

But first we must correctly define happiness. If having a big manor house on a few acres of pristine land is going to make me happy, then money can buy me that happiness. (p/s. I always dreamt of owning a house like Marlinspike Hall). If happiness means having comforts, then money can provide most comforts.

But only a contended person is a happy person. You need to put a full stop somewhere. If I wish for Rs. 1 crore as my bank balance today, after achieving it, I will wish to quadruple it or even make it 10 times. Then I will have to slog (assuming that I will make money by fair deals) till I reach that point. Untill that, I will not be happy. So define your needs correctly and then be content. You will automatically be happy.

However there are few things money can't buy. Money cannot buy you love, mony cannot bring back you lost loved ones, money may not buy you respect (respect is earned and never bought), etc. For everything else, there is a MasterCard (well, money anyway).

Do not feel ashamed of making money or owning a lot of money. But be humble at the same time. Earn money, a lot of money, and by fair means. Sometimes the age old idioms and sayings such as "Running after money will cause ...", "Money is root of all evil", etc. are not necessarily true.

Originally Posted by just4kix

However there are few things money can't buy.

For everything else there's Mastercard ..

With money

You can buy a house,but not a home
You can buy a clock,but not time
You can buy a bed,but not sleep
You can buy a book, but not knowledge
You can see a doctor,but not good health
You can buy a position,but not respect
You can buy blood,but not life
You can buy sex,but not love

Originally Posted by saurav_kataruka

For everything else there's Mastercard ..

I already said that.

Originally Posted by just4kix

I already said that.

ooops ...sorry ... missed that part ... actually i read your post till that line only ..

"Money is a pivot around which whole world revolves".In real sense money can't buy everything i.e love,compassion,care etc but it can definitely help you get these things and much more.

liked jee's point of view....but than again in today's age money is an essential part....

Originally Posted by just4kix

Is happiness on sale anywhere? Then, money can buy it.

i totally agree ........! if it is for sale then money can buy it....!

I dont think money can buy happiness ! we many have said here about the operation, studies etc... i want to put my thought about it.......!

Operation : yes if you have enough money you can undergo operation then you say that you had money so you had operation indirectly buying happiness ! but just clear me one thing ..... are you happy because of you could afford the operation or are you happy because the patient got cured ......?

studies : same as above ...! are you happy that you got visa or are you happy because you got the education...........?

its just my thought though......

yes money can buy happiness but not relations, it can help you to enjoy and to fulfill most of the desires but it can not give you satisfaction and peace.

Not sure why but today i am in bit serious mood

Originally Posted by kirankumargb

i Operation : yes if you have enough money you can undergo operation then you say that you had money so you had operation indirectly buying happiness ! but just clear me one thing ..... are you happy because of you could afford the operation or are you happy because the patient got cured ......?

studies : same as above ...! are you happy that you got visa or are you happy because you got the education...........?

its just my thought though......

What's the difference? Happiness is happiness.

Let's break this down logically.

Have Money -> get operation -> Happiness
No Money -> No operation -> No Happiness that happened above.

-F

Originally Posted by farce

What's the difference? Happiness is happiness.

Let's break this down logically.

Have Money -> get operation -> Happiness
No Money -> No operation -> No Happiness that happened above.

-F

exactly correct my friend operation & no operation is directly connected to happiness but not money ! money is the indirect way for happiness not directly....

Originally Posted by kirankumargb

exactly correct my friend operation & no operation is directly connected to happiness but not money ! money is the indirect way for happiness not directly....

I see your point, but it was ultimately the money that caused the
happiness whether directly or indirectly, so I would say in this case
money bought the happiness.

-F

well its always demand supply.....give n take....

Originally Posted by aashaka_gandhi

well its always demand supply.....give n take....

I am not sure I follow your train of thought here Aashaka....

-F

Originally Posted by farce

I see your point, but it was ultimately the money that caused the
happiness whether directly or indirectly, so I would say in this case
money bought the happiness.

-F

so if you are talking about indirectly also means everything in our life is connected to each other directly or indirectly so everything else also make us happy

Originally Posted by kirankumargb

so if you are talking about indirectly also means everything in our life is connected to each other directly or indirectly so everything else also make us happy

Not really, If you fell and broke your
arm that won't make you happy.

I am not sure where you are going with your argument.

-F

but as soon as someone very near to your heart(in feelings) know that you had an accident they will give you more love & affection so it will make you happy ....! any way leave it... lets get back to straight topic......

i say no money cant buy

Originally Posted by kirankumargb

but as soon as someone very near to your heart(in feelings) know that you had an accident they will give you more love & affection so it will make you happy ....! any way leave it... lets get back to straight topic......

i say no money cant buy

One does not preclude the other. Just because you can get happiness
from other sources does not mean money can't buy happiness.

In logical notation.

I am saying X can cause Y (and gave examples)

what you are saying is Z can cause Y so you are saying X cannot cause Y.
Logically you are wrong and that cannot be inferred logically ;-)

where X = Money, Y = Happiness, Z = Other factors.

-F