Well since this is my topic, I will go first, I believe money does make people happy, you just need to spend it the right way.
For ex: There is a saying going around now that says money does make you happy when you spend it on other people.

Money makes you happy if you don`t have much money.
If you have much money, it doesnt make you happy

This post has been edited by wibboo: Oct 14 2009, 01:37 PM

Completely agree with that saying

No.

Having lots of money in itself doesn`t make a person happy. But, it has to be admitted that not being able to pay one`s bills can be a source of great unhappiness.

The self contentment is one thing which makes the person happy , had it been the money then all the rich people must have been very very happy which is in fact not true , more the money , more is the greed to make more money .

why babe why??????

hihi realist yup yup marissa is the one here with super alot bills and cannot able to payin????? yup is super no hapiness for marissa from your post i think you super rich and able to pay all bills can you pls share how you become rich?????? thsk okay/???? yup?????

Full ack!

In some many ways, Money give us happiness. Through money, we can buy what we need and anything we want, and truly it makes us happy.

But, there is more happiness in giving so if we use our money to share and help others, we get the different kind of happiness that the money can't give.

Than share your money with us, lol :D
Just kidding

In the capitalist world we live, I think money is a great "tool" to support your hapiness. But you must know how to use it.

In general, having money is by far happier than not having money.
It is nice to be able to buy stuff like nice cars and houses and not worrying about bills AT ALL.

However, having been there, I can honestly say that having a lot of money (million$) can bring more unhappiness than having under $1 million.

In retrospect, it seems like you could step back and rationalize how to handle it, but when you are living it, you tend to have to deal with too much (too many houses in multiple states, where does your mail go? who is maintaining/watching the empty houses?, etc), then when you sell stock/investment and have capital gains, each state declares that you owe them for 100% of the capital gains, -- more anguish and hassles.

Now I run cooltrade robotic traders from one single location and periodically use logmein to connect and see how they are doing, so all transactions take place from one location only, sold off the extra houses (no more worries).

Excessive wealth and early retirement are not all as nice as people think!

Money don't makes you happy... the stuff you by with them makes you happy:P

Umm money can't buy you happiest but it can solve some problems in life that could lead you to happiness if that make sense! I rather have my health family and friends!