Would you prefer, to be rich and sad or poor and happy?? Options

[xxlroxygurllxx]

being rich isn't all that great. you get fake people trying to be your friend and people that constantly beg for money.

[heyyfrankie]

Poor and happy...what the point of being rich when you are sad?

whats the poiont of being happy if you are going to be poor?

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[xtreme_<3]

I dont understand? How can you be both?? you cant be happy, sad, rich and poor at the same time.

so you're saying you can only be happy if you're poor? what she meant when she said both was like a mix of what your choices were. the best of both, happy(w/o poor) and rich(w/o sad).
i think there's no point in being sad and rich. for ex. let's say you were a billionaire and could have anything you wished, but nobody for you to care about or somebody to care about you. would you give all your money up just for a person that means a lot to you, or keep the money and live your life lonely and miserable? happiness should be your first priority, not money. if you care about money more than you must be shallow, imo.

[lost_lil_hawaiia...]

i rather poor and happy...cause i've experienced being sad, and its not healthy. i would give up all the money in the world to be happy!!!!

[angel-roh]

I rather be poor and be happy. I mean having a sad life is so not fun at all.

[sw33t_rouge]

rich and sad :]

[Spirited Away]

it would depends on what i have to be sad about. i've been poor before, and things like having no place to live, not enough food and not knowing what comes tomorrow to make things even worse do not make people happy. happy from love of family is one thing, but how can you be happy if you can't feed your family?

[Jane Doe.]

rich and sad.

then I could hire a decent therapist.

[coconutter]

eh i dont really care being rich would be cool though, and you always have your family

[beautifuls0ul_x3]

I'd rather be rich and sad, even though neither choice seems that great.

[hall0w]

lol poor and happy

[The Voice]

Certainly Poor and happy. No question.

I'd be like...a gypsy. :) Gypsy's rule!

[*xcaitlinx*]

Rich and sad. How can you be poor and living on the streets, and still manage to be happy? lol

[The Voice]

Rich and sad. How can you be poor and living on the streets, and still manage to be happy? lol

Tyler Durden: You're not your job. You're not how much money you have in the bank. You're not the car you drive. You're not the contents of your wallet. You're not your f**king khakis. You're the all-singing, all-dancing crap of the world.
-Fight Club

[GunMetalPenguin]

somewhere in between

[Aestuarium]

in between (?)

[ThePrincessofTKD]

rich and sad. that`s really sad in my opinion.

[*incoherent*]

whats up with all these "would you rather..."?

id rather be rich and sad. money can buy happiness.

okay, it cant buy happiness, but it can make you somewhat happy when you get what you want.

This post has been edited by anovation: Aug 9 2005, 03:13 PM

[Spirited Away]

Tyler Durden: You're not your job. You're not how much money you have in the bank. You're not the car you drive. You're not the contents of your wallet. You're not your f**king khakis. You're the all-singing, all-dancing crap of the world.
-Fight Club

... Tyler Durben obviously never had to worry about hunger.

[aeyungg xd]

why would you care about being rich if you could be happy.

[The Voice]

... Tyler Durben obviously never had to worry about hunger.

I prefer to think of Tyler Durden as a bit more enlightened than the rest of us. And I imagine that you've never been incredibly wealthy and had nothing in life…whether it be friends or family…and spent every moment viewing those around you…and knowing, just knowing that they would all stab you in the back for just a tenth of the money you have on your debit card. I haven't either...but that's the only way i can visualize being rich and sad...and I must say, I'd prefer poor...in love and free...much rather than rich isolated and shackled down by $$.

And I don't think you'd have to worry about hunger...we aren't talking that poor...if we were, then happiness would be impossible. Hunger overrides happiness.

[Spirited Away]

I prefer to think of Tyler Durden as a bit more enlightened than the rest of us.  And I imagine that you've never been incredibly wealthy and had nothing in life…whether it be friends or family…and spent every moment viewing those around you…and knowing, just knowing that they would all stab you in the back for just a tenth of the money you have on your debit card.  I haven't either...but that's the only way i can visualize being rich and sad...and I must say, I'd prefer poor...in love and free...much rather than rich isolated and shackled down by  $$.

And I don't think you'd have to worry about hunger...we aren't talking that poor...if we were, then happiness would be impossible.  Hunger overrides happiness.

Right.... A character from Fight Club is going to know what's it like to beg for food in the street at age 5 and having to watch your kids grow hungry day by day. Hmm, I don't think so.

People always want what they do not have. It's a fact of life. Not liking being rich and sad doesn't mean you're better off being poor and happy and vice versa.

If we're not talking about hunger then how poor and how rich are we talking about?

[`SWTWiNKLE3YES]

rich and sad. bcus i get watever i want and i get happy x]

[iiTsDAYNA]

Rich and Sad. I need more MONEY!! HAHA

[The Voice]

Right.... A character from Fight Club is going to know what's it like to beg for food in the street at age 5 and having to watch your kids grow hungry day by day. Hmm, I don't think so.

People always want what they do not have. It's a fact of life. Not liking being rich and sad doesn't mean you're better off being poor and happy and vice versa.

If we're not talking about hunger then how poor and how rich are we talking about?

Not saying that a character from anything would have that sort of insight. However, movies are our current form of literature, and sometimes literature is meant to stir specific concepts within a person. Once again, not saying that Tyler Durden is divinity for christs sakes. Yes yes...Tyler Durden's word is most certainly not gospel. I was just saying that the quote certainly puts a specific concept in mind. Yes, money is important. However, my uncle...was incredibly wealthy...incredibly. We were very close, and he always put on the face that everything was ok...because he had money. He passed away 3 years ago by his own hand. Meanwhile, my aunt on the other side of the family...is very poor. However, her and her family are probably the happiest people i've ever met. They find such simple beauty in everything. A sunrise is as beautiful to them as the most expensive of cars. Call me a hopeless romantic, but i'd much rather just admire beauty and have love...than have 'stuff'.

And by poor...I don't mean struggling for food. I mean in debt...i mean having to pinch penny's to make sure that everyone is fed. Occasionally missing a meal. But, I do agree that if you are so poor that you do not have food...then the level of hunger makes happiness impossible. It's impossible to love or admire beauty...when you have to keep an eye out for the next person who drops a half eaten sandwich on the sidewalk.