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Mar 19, 2024
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Archaea
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My definition of "wealthy" is to be able to live your current lifestyle without
working.
That's wealthy IMHO.
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POLL: Do you think you could be happy if you were poor?
boorad
Mar 19, 11:23am
sounds like middle class right now
LeonMarek
Mar 19, 11:25am
And this is CB so that qualifies as poor
Nakedbootleg
Mar 19, 11:28am
It's true that money does not buy happiness. It's not that hard to be content and happy whatever your
ManicBlue
Mar 19, 11:26am
We were before, which gives us confidence we could be again.
runnincoug
Mar 19, 11:28am
I have seen many people in worse circumstances than you describe who are very
Hoopster
Mar 19, 11:29am
And living at that level means any health problem could wipe you out.
Archaea
Mar 19, 11:35am
Would probably be happier honestly
homegrown
Mar 19, 11:29am
Not rich but not poor.
Archaea
Mar 19, 11:30am
I'm far closer to that than I am to rich and I'm very happy.
gangbusters
Mar 19, 11:33am
I mean, I'm usually happy...
Courtimedes
Mar 19, 11:33am
I've been poor, and I was happy.
kccougar
Mar 19, 11:35am
I saw 3rd world poor who were happy, amazingly. Seems like first world poor
txblue
Mar 19, 11:35am
When I was younger, it was fine. now, it would be horrendous
Belboz
Mar 19, 11:41am
Yes. I grew up poor. I can be happy. My kids and wife can't.
DawgHaus
Mar 19, 11:42am
Priorities can be adjusted though. Just takes time. For example, one of my daughters went to school at
ManicBlue
Mar 19, 11:46am
Read this book. It's very eye opening.
ManicBlue
Mar 19, 11:42am
"Poor" people have a house and two cars?
Mostlyaccurate
Mar 19, 11:48am
Most people live that way. More money is nice, but that's a comfortable life.
vagabonder
Mar 19, 11:49am
Learning i'm closer to poor than I thought. . .
Madam Pattirini
Mar 19, 11:52am
Always being stressed about money and being able to pay for necessities . . .
El Paso Coug
Mar 19, 12:10pm
Wealthy people can be stressed about the same things. Not every wealthy person is a good money manager and can
ManicBlue
Mar 19, 12:19pm
My definition of "wealthy" is to be able to live your current lifestyle without
Archaea
Mar 19, 12:25pm
As long as you're content with your current lifestyle right? I don't disagree. I also think that people can be
ManicBlue
Mar 19, 12:30pm
Usually, if you choose a lifestyle, you can be content. To have it forced upon
Archaea
Mar 19, 1:24pm
You can still be content (or resentful). It's always your choice.
ManicBlue
Mar 19, 1:29pm
One can do that but I believe it's natural to resent something which you didn't
Archaea
Mar 19, 1:52pm
Sure but that's not quite the same situation at all.
ManicBlue
Mar 19, 2:38pm
Sound like you may not have a correct definition of poor.
Longseason
Mar 19, 1:01pm
Yep. Been there already. In some ways happier then than now.
Bradleyd16
Mar 19, 2:01pm
I've thought about this often. Nostalgia is powerful, but I think I was as happy
Madam Pattirini
Mar 19, 4:20pm
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