I understand your point but happiness isn't the absence of stress. I won't argue that the lack of said stress isn't a heckuva good feeling.
Certainly the guy making 400K isn't stressed over his cable bill but he may still be unhappy. Making 45K 15 years ago left me with little free time but with lots of extra money. What I really needed was less money and a job that didn't finish at 11:30 PM.
The only social life at that time of night is drunks in bars.
Great point. I suppose if you are working 60 - 80 hours a week you probably are pretty unhappy with your life. Nobody wants to be working that much.
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I couldn't agree with you more. The past several posts, I agree with.
Also, I don't care if we get off topic ... But yes, I think it is a big problem with materialism that we have in this country especially. Everyone (so it seems) wants to "keep up" with everyone else.
(Again, straying a little) Materialism is the source of more than financial woes in this country. I will probably get fussed at but, I think that when a mother and father both have careers, the kids suffer. The kids suffer, and they become (possibly) less productive, and often poorly behaving adults. I said often, so for you folks who grew up with only one parent, or both parents working, I mean no offense. I know things happen. I am just referring to the picture as a whole in this country. Teachers are practically having to raise other peoples kids.... (I know, way off track....)
Agreed
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You won't get any "fussin" from me, as IMHO you speak the truth. When I grew up, my mom was home and if I was caught doing something bad, she would run to the old tree in the backyard and pull a "switch" and commence to whip me with it. These days, she be incarcerated for 20 years for placing a visible injury on my behind!
Yup agreed. My mom was a stay at home mom so I can relate. I'm also glad that my wife stays at home with my kids. However, she runs a daycare, so my children get to interact with plenty of kids, she stays home and makes money. For me, that's a win win.
When I grew up, my mom was home and if I was caught doing something bad, she would run to the old tree in the backyard and pull a "switch" and commence to whip me with it. These days, she be incarcerated for 20 years for placing a visible injury on my behind!
What's up with that? I wasn't strapped often but when I was I'd earned it. No felonies, no crack, meth or IV drugs and I've worked since I was 9.
I should add that I see parents who would abuse that right. There's a disturbing trend of mothers killing their own kids, beaten infants and unsupervised children.
Something appears broken.
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What's up with that? I wasn't strapped often but when I was I'd earned it. No felonies, no crack, meth or IV drugs and I've worked since I was 9.
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I can relate to this. When I was in elementary school the strap was still in play. If you misbehaved in class, you were send into the corridor to wait for "the bear" (the principal) to prowl the hallways looking for new victims.
The Bear didn't take kindly to brats like me, and he did his best with the strap, but I guess it was just never quite enough.
And my head is still all dented from the wooden spoon my mom used to wield.
... But yes, I think it is a big problem with materialism that we have in this country especially. Everyone (so it seems) wants to "keep up" with everyone else. 
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