Survey: Poor & happy, or rich & miserable? Which would you choose?
541319
poor and happy. no question. you can work for money or hope to come across some, but being miserable SUCKS and i dont care how much money you have, things you buy, whatever-- you will never be truely happy.
696034
I would choose.. Love., because no matter what. Money to me doesnt mean everything. I grew up with very little money and love takes care of it all.. and money in my family is only a bunch of head aches. For real\n\nI would never marry for th e money my husband makes.. He is my world i could care less as long as we were together. and full of love.
773204
I never heard that marring for money would make you happy. i was taught it just as easy to love a rich man as a poor one. I married the man I LOVE. \nPs he is poor but works really hard and is a good man to his soul.
1133929
happy and unmarried obviously! Why would you ever want to be unhappy?!
334226
They wont' be happier but they'll have an easier time being sad.  Think about it.  When you're having difficult times, it's harder when you have to also worry about money.  But if you don't have to worry about money, you just have to worry about whatever hard time you're going through.  Plus, while you're depressed you have money to hire other people to take care of the kids and clean the house.  Money doesn't make people happier but it most certainly makes life easier!
458468
I don't think it is the money that makes people happy it is the things they get with the money. Alao, you can have airplanes and a multi-million dollar house and still be unhappy, unless you have someone to share it with. I think having people you love around makes having money alot happier. You getto enjoy the finer things in life.
997943
Greed and selfishness. Loneliness and the need for attention.
653097
Both!!\nDepends on the situation, my character and my mood.\nI am a giving person, buy often I am very selfish with my time.
576155
(m)\n\nHappiness, ventured William James, the noted 19th century philosopher/psychologist, is reflected in the ratio of one's accomplishments to one's aspirations. This suggests, of course, that when it comes to feeling happy in our lives, we can choose one of two paths: continually add to our list of accomplishments--or lower our expectations.\n\nSince then, researchers have suggested new definitions of happiness and how we should go about getting there. In their attempt to understand and quantify the state of "subjective well-being" (lab-speak for happiness), a new ratio/question has emerged: How many positive vs. negative experiences must people have before they can call themselves genuinely "happy"?\n\nThe general consensus of current research is that happiness is greatest when we combine frequent numbers of good experiences with a few very intense ones. The good experiences may include, for example, having a good, productive job, a caring spouse or romantic partner, and several hobbies or interests that one takes pleasure in. An occasional romantic getaway weekend, the birth of a new child, or garnering recognition for some personal or professional deed would satisfy the need for intense pleasures.\n\nYet, to feel happy, our focus nevertheless needs to be on the frequency, not the intensity, of positive events in our lives. Learning how to take pleasure in the littler victories, recognizing their importance in our lives, and working hard to minimize the negatives will accomplish more than waiting around for a burst of intense pleasure. When we place an overriding emphasis on the "big moments," we run the risk of disillusionment and disappointment--we miss out on the very things that do the scut work of happiness.\n\nWhile there appears to be no one route to happiness, information gathered by researchers from interviews with thousands of subjects of varying ages, economic backgrounds, education level, age, sex, and cultural origin suggests that there are steps we can take to improve our overall satisfaction and well-being. To describe them for you, we sought out four top happiness researchers from across the United States and Canada.\n\nWe asked all of them the same five questions:\n\no How do you define happiness?\n\no What are the best ways to get there?\n\no Who is happy...happier...happiest?\n\no What doesn't lead to happiness (that we mistakenly think will)?\n\no Has the definition of happiness changed significantly over the last few decades?\n\nDrawing on self-report scales, longitudinal studies, and clinical interviews with thousands of subjects, the following experts offer some practical advice on the subtle art of feeling good.
619120
A rich man to me is not someone that is finacially wealthy!  A rich man is someone that can love me for me & we can just be happy together!
378881
ill take the poor...\nwhen rich people becomes poor, they dont know what to do with their life, and dont know how to have fun...\nwhile poor people know how to have good time with little money they have, and knows how to help other poor people around them
270107
happiness is a state of mind...fat or thin, rich or poor...it depends on how happy you are as a person and how contented you are to yourself...
71048
true wealthy people seek value within, eliminating the need for material posessions.  Poverty is a state of mind.  You can live richly in the most extreme conditions
203538
I would just have lots of material things that would end up meaning nothing to me in the end. I like money, as do most people, but it would more than likely ruin my life if I had to much of it. Being rich would be okay if the people around you didnt take it as a reason to accuse you of being a horrible person. I know it would extrack those who are not real friends but I wouldnt need the stress and upset that would cause. Maybe Im rambling on......
1157919
A man who puts his family before everything.  I respect a person more like that.  And people that are like middle class and lower, are typically more happy.  It may not seem so, but think about how stressed you would be if you had all that money.  Things are not what they appear to be sometimes.
434987
I would choose happiness over every thing because with happiness and hard work you can achieve almost anything you may not be rich but you will be comfortable and happy.
785718
It is better to be rich and miserable than poor and miserable !\nIf you worry you will die !  If you don`t worry , you will still die , so why worry ?\nForever is a very long time but not as long as it was yesterday !\nThe early bird catches the worm, the early worm gets caught by the bird !\n" Sir you are drunk "\n" Madam you are ugly ! I will be sober in the morning "