RE: Does Money Buy Happiness?

I read Kev Quirk's response to Tuesdays Child about whether money buys happiness, and one sentence struck me: "For me, money doesn't buy happiness - it buys the removal of financial stress." I think there is a LOT of truth in that. Having lived through some difficult financial years myself, I can relate. My parents divorced when I was young, and my brother and I were raised by our mother. We had support from our grandparents, and while we were by no means financially secure, I honestly don't remember wanting for much. I'm sure there were struggles I wasn't aware of (probably more than I care to imagine), but from a kid's perspective, life did not suck. The struggles with money came later, after my divorce from my oldest son's mother. I was in my early thirties, and child support sucked me dry. I was working, paying my obligations, and trying to get by with whatever was left. Which wasn't much. But the real financial difficulties came during my last marriage. We had two more kids, and…

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