Does money buy happiness?

[sexyrussian]

I come from a very rich family but I have never felt that it has brought me happiness. If the average person came to live in my family for a week they would love it but after a while they would get used to their situation and the thought of getting nice things would bore them.I was thinking about this. If you are poor it takes less to make you happy and therefore you will become happy easier. Money does not buy happiness

[sexyrussian]

4getmenot I know waht you meant. I agree I often think what is the point of me being here if I can live off my parents? However I don't want to live that kind of life of shopping and lunch and more shopping .How boring!!!

[sexyrussian]

I think proper poor is someone who has less than enough to live but I would not consider someone to be rich unless they had at least 3 million.

[redcrx]

russian when you say your dad gives you money every week, is he giving you the same amount that a typical student from an average background would get? Many students subsidise there living expenses by getting part time work. perhaps you could try this?

[redcrx]

Oh 4getmenot we just miss out on being rich lol.

[sexyrussian]

150 pounds. I don't know if that is alot or not.I have never discussed it before. I would consider that to be a very small amount to get avery week.

[sexyrussian]

I don't like doing a job that you need no qualification for.Sorry if that offendes anyone but that is the way I feel.So changing subject quickly.

[Pippa68]

I meant to say ~ we run our own business and I would say we are not rich in the monetary sense..we get by, we can eat, pay the utilities and have a cheap holiday once a year. My kids get to take part in activities & both my husband and I have a car each and tend to run another car as a 'classic' project ;o)

We get a tax rebate every year which is quite a good sum and instead of saving it or spending it we decided to sponsor a poor community in Latin America. I felt very 'rich' doing that. I am teaching my children that no matter how tough finances can be sometimes, there are always others that are worse off...I would much rather do that than spend the money on a fancy holiday, designer togs or jewellery.

[sexyrussian]

My Dad does alot of charity work.He payed for hundreds of families to get out of Belarus after the Chernobyl disater and helped build schools after the Tsnami I don't think I could be that generous if I am being honest.

[4getmenot]

Damm redcrx only a couple of hundred off being rich :-) I dont think you really want to prove you can do things for yourself, because if I felt that way there is no way I would ever accept a �50,000 car as a present.

[redcrx]

to get to university you need qualifications. Presumably medical ones. Go and help at a retirement home or at a local vets. what does this �150 pay for? its obviously not rent? What bills do you pay from it? And yes it is quite a sum of money for a student

[redcrx]

when i say medical i meant science, rather than say qeography and french

[sexyrussian]

I buy my food and the things I need for my University life.The rest I spend on my car,my clothes,jewellary and my mobile phone .Also I love going out to restuarants.You can hardly say I am rich though.

[Pippa68]

I have worked with a lot of Uni students ~ not only did they have their student loans to repay, they also had parents who really couldn't afford to keep subsidising them ;o)

They loved working, it gave them a sense of responsibility and also set them up in a working environment which expanded their minds to certain situations & prepared them for their careers. They were also looked upon far more favourably when going for interviews in their chosen careers as they had already worked, thus gained 'people skills' which cannot be learned anywhere else.

I recommend it!

[sexyrussian]

I know what you meant redcrx but I don't need to work for hardly anything so I won't

[Pippa68]

So now we know you definition of rich ~ I very much doubt it is the same definition as most..I will also have to say that most Uni students who work 2 jobs don't have as much money as you every week.

You would be considered pretty well off compared to them. I would place a bet on it.

[redcrx]

You wont work because you dad is handing you more than enough money to live on. What would you do if he could only give you �50 a week? (still plenty enough to feed and clothe yourself.)

[4getmenot]

I'm trying to work out how you got a car for xmas and yet you asked in April what car you should get. I agree with Pippa about getting just a part time job when at Uni, in a funny way it does give you a bit of a life and independence.

[Pippa68]

redcrx ~ I think we have come to the conclusion that SR really doesn't see the point being made..that maybe by getting a job, no matter how poorly paid, could make her a 'whole' person and that she would gain skills very important to her and others throughout her life.

[redcrx]

Is it just another way of her to tell us how rich she is pippa? any work, be it working behind a till in a supermarket gives life and communication skills far richer than money

[4getmenot]

Well said redcrx. and I know no other people on here that have to tell us how weathy they are.