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<blockquote data-quote="muttmeister" data-source="post: 287477" data-attributes="member: 135"><p>Well, I've been through times where I had plenty of money and could do pretty much whatever I wanted (within reason) and I've been through times when I hardly knew where the next meal was coming from. I'm not sure I was a lot happier with money than I was without. Less worries maybe but not happier. </p><p> </p><p>When my kids were little and the child support didn't come, if we had enough money we packed a lunch and went to the lake. Sometimes we didn't have enough for gas to get there so we'd have the picnic in the back yard. I think a lot of it is mental attitude but I'm sure that if you have other mental issues, sometimes one more thing is the straw that breaks the camel's back. When my kids complained, I could always look around and find somebody worse off than we were - not to be happy about their misfortune but, merely to see that we weren't so bad off after all.</p><p> </p><p>Having been both with and without, I know that with is better but without can be pretty good too if you let it.</p></blockquote><p></p>
[QUOTE="muttmeister, post: 287477, member: 135"] Well, I've been through times where I had plenty of money and could do pretty much whatever I wanted (within reason) and I've been through times when I hardly knew where the next meal was coming from. I'm not sure I was a lot happier with money than I was without. Less worries maybe but not happier. When my kids were little and the child support didn't come, if we had enough money we packed a lunch and went to the lake. Sometimes we didn't have enough for gas to get there so we'd have the picnic in the back yard. I think a lot of it is mental attitude but I'm sure that if you have other mental issues, sometimes one more thing is the straw that breaks the camel's back. When my kids complained, I could always look around and find somebody worse off than we were - not to be happy about their misfortune but, merely to see that we weren't so bad off after all. Having been both with and without, I know that with is better but without can be pretty good too if you let it. [/QUOTE]
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