Are You Happy?

[Avarice-ness]

I can relate to the poorness but not the lonliness. We have more money now, but all year last year we had not enough to even pay our bills. Without my bf, I would be unhappy, but without money, could care less. I could care less if I was on the streets with no food, long as I had him. So I see where you are coming from.

Thank you for understanding. In my mind money does bring happiness, because there is a person I want to be with, but my financial situation is what keeps stopping. If I had the money to have a car, I'd be alright just as long as I wasn't here and I wasn't alone.

I know how you feel sort of. I was actually alone for 4 years, yet, I money never couldn't make me happy. I really don't understand your point here, but I think you are saying that money makes you happy. I disagree. I don't even have to know you to tell you that money can't make you happy because it can't make anyone truely happy. Read my first post, it takes about that kind of happiness (the kind you get from money and other material things). It's called object referal and it only lasts as long as the money is there. When that money is gone, so is your happiness. Because it doesn't last, it isn't true happiness.

Plus, let me ask you this: Do you really think money will keep a suicidal person from killing themself? No. But if that person was given guidence to be self-confident... You see where I'm going. Self-power is true power/true happiness. Object-based power is false power/false happiness.

Actually you do have to know me.

My family was very wealthy at one point, I grew up thinking I needed no one, that money was my only friend, when ever I was sad, People would buy me stuff. You can't tell me what -I- think because you, like you said, do not know me. We went bankrupt in the 90's, Lost everything, had no money, I went from money being my only friend to learning that people can be friends too. I was living with my mom at the time, who strangely enough was not materialistic. I am back with my dad now. My dad has money, so when ever I seem sad and depressed to him, what does he do. He buys me things, never a car, because he was the one to brought me up to believe I didn't need people. I've had money, I've had no money, I havn't happy for a very long time. Only one thing will make me happy, being with someone I want to atleast be able to be around when I want too, with out money I can't do that. I can't buy a car with my looks, I can't walk, I can't ride a bike. I -need- money to get to sentimentalism. You know who gives me the guidance to be self-confident? My father, oh wait he doesn't because he believes I can be dependent on him alone and be alone at that.
Money will get me to my source of guidance. The person I want to be around, I can't teleport myself places when I wish. I need the money in which you so condem, the money I was raised to believe to get me anywhere. And it can, if I had it. I don't, I am physically alone, maybe not mentally because I know people care, but I am alone, and like I said, people need people. Don't tell me I can be happy with out money, I have no money, I am confined to a house, because of my lack of money. I guess I can attempt to be happy with having nothing of sentimental value, but I don't believe people should ever be alone, and if material things can get you from being alone (AKA a vehicle, a mode of transportation to be with someone) then I am one for material items, and your psycology telling me I am incorrect will never change my ideas on that.