In your opinion, does money make you happier?

[Kingofkings1992]

Yes! 🤑 😁

Negative 👎

Maybe in short term, not long term

[HawkPerception]

Money only makes you happier up to a certain point. After a certain point (they say from about $75k to $100k, which makes sense because that pretty much covers your necessities and you no longer have to worry about survival at that point) your happiness tends to plateau. The majority of peoples happiness slightly increases even after that point, but not as much as you may think.

The larger factors affecting happiness in your life are your hobbies, relationships, and career. If you find a good balance with those and have been lucky enough to find hobbies, relationships, and a career that resonate with your ultimate vision in life, you're likely to be much more happy than others.

Therefore, I lean more towards that money does not make you happy. Sharing experiences with loved ones and engaging in what you're passionate about in terms of career and hobbies will make you much more happy than if you won $1 million.

How money affects happiness

[McLlovin]

Money will make you happy. After you pay all your bills so that you have a lifetime of 0 debt in everything.


After you buy your big house mansion you all ways wanted


And after you buy all the expensive cars you could ever want for each day of the week


And after buy everything you could ever want


Then you will see when you’ve reached the pinnacle of your desires… it’s actually not as for filling as spending time with family


Its like beating a video game and having nothing to do afterwards… what now?

[avery58]

Not always but definitely more comfortable. Would you prefer to have a hundred problems in nice house with a safe neighborhood and plenty of food on the fridge, or in some run down shack in the middle of a crime-ridden ghetto, while you and your kids go to bed hungry? In both scenarios you have many problems, but in one you have one more which is poverty. Plus money can help you fix some of those problems and creates opportunities.

[CupcakeTheDestroyer]

Money would solve all of my immediate problems, which would make me happy. From there, I need to learn how to maintain that happiness on my own so that the money I have is not the only source.

[Sonorous]

I'll say this. Money has directly helped me facilitate a greater level of short-term & long-term happiness depending on what I did with it. When I reflect, it isn't the money that made me happy. I view money similar to how I view keys or access cards. Provides access to perks. The rest is up to the internal or external nature of things.

[Skinhead-1979]

*No*

Money doesn't buy you happiness, but it is goddamn nice not having to worry about money.

I am not rich, don't feel a need to be either; I don't have to worry about money, and that does feel nice so naturally it boosts my happiness somewhat.

Whether I would have £1000 a month or £1 mil a month... my mental health problems remain.

[just_a_potato]

Of course. Sure the money itself doesn't make you happy, but it can buy you comfort, security, food, and medical care if you're living in the US. Those things bring me happiness, therefore money makes me happy 😈

[strangeatcircleK]

It does not.

Knowing how to use money does

Money has a place. It can help you or hinder you.

Life is about others. Use your money to help others and in turn, it will help you

Share, care, and support those around and they will do the same for you

[purplepoppy]

Money takes away worries. When you don't have to worry where the next meal is coming from or that funny noise your cars making you're going to be in a better frame of mind.

[BCA6010]

No, but being financially secure is a major stress relief.

[Apple1996]

Nah I'm not materialistic so money can't do much for me

[exitseven]

Yes, because I have been poor and it made me unhappy.

[Dargil]

The right amount does. Too much doesn't and too little doesn't.

[DrPepper12]

ABSO-FUCKIN-LUTELY!!! Money buys CHOICES and choices make people happy

[Guacamole409]

Yess

[Pterodon]

No it just makes you more comfortable

[noohair]

You can buy comfort but not peace.

[OddBeMe]

It doesn’t make me depressed.

[normalice]

To a point.