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PanasonicYouth: 09/29/2006 1:07 PM
It's payday for me. Terrell Owen's publicist, Kim Etheridge, said that he has 25 million reasons to be alive. The Kennedy Curse certainly seems to be affecting one of the richest families of the world. It's an age-old question, but it's a good one.
Can money buy you happiness? Is the quality of life determined by how much you've got in your wallet? Should the phrase, "Money doesn't buy you happiness," end with, "Just kidding."?
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Señor Lol: 09/29/2006 5:12 PM i'm selling all my happiness for US$300.000 if anyone's interested
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tearcatcher92: 09/29/2006 5:51 PM of course not...but it's like a half and half answer....money cannot make you fully happy but in something like a marrige it is almost vital for a happy marrige....if you don't have enough to pay bills and such there will obviously be fights for maintaining your children and stuff and eventually divorce and then the children will get depressed and turn emo and slit their wrists and suicide themselves then their children will get depressed and do so also and the cycle goes on.......and we all live happilly ever after....da end.
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poppunkybrwster: 09/29/2006 5:57 PM I am not neccessarily happier when I have more money, but I know when things are TOO tight, I'm pretty unhappy. In a sociology class I took we looked at a study that had been done... people who were poor were unhappy, but once you got to a certain income (I think it was $40K a year) it plateaued (sp?)....
Oh, and the happiest people were married, with no kids.
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bluesbro: 09/29/2006 6:56 PM It could buy me a new Corvette, a Harley, a recording studio, some more guitars, loads of travel. I reckon I could be happy for a while. A lot of the people I know who have lots of money and aren't happy because they focussed their whole lives around making money, making sure noone else gets their hands on it and can't look at anything without looking for an angle on how to make more.
Give me your money now and I will be happy. Or spend a dollar voting for me at www.musicforte.com/member/bluesbro where I am currently coming 14th in Music Forte Idol. The winner gets US$500,000. If I get that I can tell you if it made me happy:)
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heartsapocolypse: 09/29/2006 8:14 PM Ah the age old quandry... My 17 year-old daughter and I had this discussion tonight as it is payday for me too. We call this one "small payday" because it is the check that pays our rent and not much else. We sort of came to the conclusion that having ENOUGH money would make life easier. If I could make enough money to actually pay all my bills for one month at the same time and not have to juggle my bills around every month, I could relax a little. As my daughter said "maybe have enough to actually get my hair cut and dyed how I want it without having to do it myself." It's not about big luxuries for us but about small comforts. Having enough that when the coffee maker dies (as mine did a month ago), I could actually buy one with out having to save for 2 months and drink instant in the meantime. I work full-time and get a small amount of alimony and child support and still have to juggle bills. So, maybe not happiness but I think it would buy some peace of mind...
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bluesbro: 09/29/2006 9:40 PM 
When my daughter was little and used to ask for things that cost a lot of money and I said no, she didn't understand the problem. She'd say, why don't you just go and get some more money from the hole in the wall? |
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lipstickcollars: 09/29/2006 9:56 PM spending money when I can feels good, but in the end I still sleep alone in my bed every night. I have money yes, and after a very poor childhood it's a relief, but it's not everything.
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lizy: 09/30/2006 3:23 AM i believe that money cannot buy happiness, but in a lot of cases it can forstall unhappiness.
Meanwhile, I also believe that the kennedy's are cursed though I don;t know if the money is the reason or if they're just unlucky despite the money.
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katwalkatzoo: 10/01/2006 5:29 AM Whoever said money can't buy happiness just didn't know where to shop. You have to have been well-to-do at one point, only to be flat broke the next to appreciate that....I am just kidding. Ok. Maybe half kidding.
I grew up with money; my father was too stoned to keep track of his business and his accountants embezzled every last penny. My senior year of college was paid for on my credit card. I had no savings, no job. I accumulated debt quickly. Even with a fantastic education, I could never catch up after that.
I learned very quickly to appreciate all that I had. I am bitter, not because I was forced into reality, but because I am now parenting my parents. They struggle to feed themselves now.
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PanasonicYouth: 10/01/2006 12:36 PM
When my daughter was little and used to ask for things that cost a lot of money and I said no, she didn't understand the problem. She'd say, why don't you just go and get some more money from the hole in the wall?
BEST.
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