carlosweb10: Is happiness a self deermination or is it determined by other factors as money itself?
Like the old song goes, "all we need is love", but the reality is (as the another saying goes, "Money is the root of all evil".
You need money to pay the bills, if you don't have enough, it takes its toll on you and your marriage. Thus everyone feels the financial pressure and everyone is miserable. Fighting starts and eventually divorces happy.
So in the real world, happiness without money is not possible. . . unless you live alone. JMHO
jac379pontyclun, South Glamorgan, Wales UK12,293 posts
I guess it depends on whether you are reliant on money to make you happy and whether both people work towards the common goal of survival with fair communication.
If you have one person who likes to make sure bills are paid and everything is shared and the other spends money the moment its in their hand, without considering the consequences of their actions, its not going to work.
Poverty causes big time stress no matter how much you are in love. I grew up having to watch every dime so I was prepared for it when cash was tight for us in college. R caught on fast and even though we have different styles she is very good at stretching a dollar.
Still the stress would get the better of us sometimes just like it did with my parents. It can really test your relationship sometimes.
i tell folks all the time,if God stripped this earth of material things,whats left?nothing but love.money cant buy love,it only pay for necessities in life.this world woudnt be nothing without "LOVE"!!! it would be alot of crimes and hate going on.i rather be in love,working a decent job,with a nice car and home,rather than have 10 million dollars.when the money is gone,everybody else is gone,feel me!!!
deblake60: Like the old song goes, "all we need is love", but the reality is (as the another saying goes, "Money is the root of all evil". . . . . . . .
Actually it's the "LOVE of money that is the root of all evil."
chococherrie: if u lived in the olden days where we could trade(livestock,crops)yes we could, but these days money talks
I don't agree with that. If your happy together and get the bills paid, a night out every now and then. what more is there? Everyone wants a materialistic life with their other half and maybe thats the problem a lot of couples have these days, they forget to have fun together... JMO
carlosweb10: Is happiness a self deermination or is it determined by other factors as money itself?
It depends on the people and on how broke they are. I mean, are you talking about living on wellfare or living on a very small wage or living in a cave eating bats for dinner? If the two of you want to be together enough then money should not be an issue.
chococherrieSomewhere over the Rainbow, Indonesia5,647 posts
Bane6: I don't agree with that. If your happy together and get the bills paid, a night out every now and then. what more is there? Everyone wants a materialistic life with their other half and maybe thats the problem a lot of couples have these days, they forget to have fun together... JMO
the thread read happiness without money? not happiness with little money
Looking back I grew up poor. But, we didn't think we were poor. Everyone around was in the same boat. As an adult I had a year of unemployment where the difference between a struggle and ease was only an extra £10 week.
All about living within your means. Paying your bills first and on time. Putting food on the table. Then thinking about holidays,luxuries etc
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