I would choose love, money can make you happy and buy you alot of things but, if you love this person as you say you do money can never buy you love the way you love now...
I would choose love, money can make you happy and buy you alot of things but, if you love this person as you say you do money can never buy you love the way you love now...
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Originally Posted by lunchbox
NOOOOOOOOOO, LB! That is the reason you put it on the end.
FOR is a preposition, too! http://www.chompchomp.com/terms/preposition.htm
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i would like to be a professional wedding cake tasterOriginally Posted by Emily
or a professional ritzy wedding attendee who gets to eat the delicious wedding cake
Actually, its the #1 cause of fighting in marriage that leads to divorce....Originally Posted by pissymissy
I love being in love, but realistically I'm already on my way to #1 and #2 is nowhere to be seen. I do want a nice relationship though....
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Originally Posted by Mia M
love as i know can be very powerful and if you let it slip away like i did, its going to hurt you so bad. and theres is nothing you can do about it and especially you cant buy it. you just have to accept the pain that is in your sternom and move on and find someone that is close enough. only if you lose it, so make sure you do what is most important in life and choose love.
are you kidding? you sound like you haven't had much life experience. just 'cause someone says he's going to give you happily ever after doesn't mean he is. both for the rich guy and the poor guy.
you know young grasshopper, happiness comes not from money nor from the chemical rush of codependant obsessive love.
CCGIRL- It depends on the person that your with and can tell if someone can give you happiness and that is based upon their character on what they say and what they do in situations that come to them and you see that 4 urself.
posted CCGIRL--you know young grasshopper, happiness comes not from money nor from the chemical rush of codependant obsessive love.
if happiness does not come from love or money than what does? only love can give you true happiness. case closed.


Maybe not, but it can buy some pretty good distractions.Originally Posted by KamrynAnne
if so, that's sad. That means you can't be happy without someone else. What about loving yourself? I believe you cannot truly love a person unless you love yourself. Otherwise it's co-dependency. But if it makes you feel better to call it love, that's fine.Originally Posted by 18 and life
...love doesn't bring happiness. Some people just can never be happy because they are miserable people, but if you're going to be miserable, you'll be less so if you're rich.
Case closed. (if you can say this based on opinions, then so can I)


Doesn't real happiness come from within and not another person?

Would you rather spend eternity as a materialistic loner or a delusional romantic? Wow, what a profound question; obviously sprung from a genius mind.
Dude, WTF? Do you see everything in life as caricature?
er... i don't quite follow your logic but i'm a bit slow. what comes from love and money?Originally Posted by 18 and life
so, for all those people out there who chose celibacy i guess you aren't happy. and for any divorced post-menopausal women who find they prefer to be single, you're delusional. millions of people in arranged marriages, well, we know your lives suck. and for kids who haven't hit puberty and are largely unaware of romantic love, stop playing games and pretending to be happy!
evil little ten year olds.![]()
why am i even responding to this? must... go... to... bed!





both. because i cheat.
The person in scenario #1 does not have to be celebate, or even unmarried. They just don't expeirence that "love sick" feeling of an early relationship. If I read it correctly that is the situation of #1.
In situation #2 the person in question is addicted to that "love sickness" of an early relationship to the point that a finanacially secure lifestyle isn't important at all. Nothing else matters except that aching and longing for their "love".
Personally, I HATE that lovesick feeling of an early relationship. I feel insane and out of control. I've been with my husband for almost 9 years now, and I don't get that lovesick feeling with him anymore. But I do love him very much. It is so much deeper than just that desperate-to-be-together feeling of the early months. We are best friends, partners, lovers and cheerleaders for each other. We take care of each other and provide for each other. But there is no more crazyness like in the begining.
The person in scenario #2 will likely get bored with their partner after the newness wears off the relationship, then she/he will be on the lookout for someone that he/she can "love" again. When people say to each other "I'm just not in love with you anymore" they are really talking about the love sick feeling of an early relationship. They mistake this rush for true love, and figure that the person they fell in love with was really just lust after all.
I would also like to add that you will have other financial opportunities in your life, they just all look different from one another. If you pass on this one, it won't be your last chance to make your millions.
You will also have other love opportunities in your life. Again, if you pass on this relationship there will be others. And from the sound of it, you will find another person to fall in love with sooner rather than later.
Unless you think that "Once-in-a-lifetime" really means only once. I might be only 36, but I have been in love many times with different people. I have also passed on really great opportunities, too. But I'm doing okay, and the opportunities seem to come out of the woodwork if you know how to watch for them. Sort of like shooting stars, if you look you will see them.
No ammount of money, nor any material thing you can buy with that money, will make you happy. No other person, nor any relationship with any other person, will make you happy either.
Happiness does not arise from the possesion of objects or people. In fact, attachment is the root of all suffering. Happiness arises only from happiness. It's a learned skill, like, um, embroidery.
Neither person in either scenario sounds particularly happy. But any person in any scenario could be happy, if they had skill for it.
That's a common Buddhist take on things, anyhow.
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