I think part of the reason that people who are more well-off cling to the "money doesn't buy happiness" saying is because they are perhaps not happy with what they have, but they know that more money would not make them any happier.
I think that's part of it, yeah. If you've always been over the 'enough money to be comfortable' threshold, it may be harder to emotionally understand what it's like to be under that threshold, where more money really can make a difference.
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Date: 2009-12-04 06:57 pm (UTC)I think that's part of it, yeah. If you've always been over the 'enough money to be comfortable' threshold, it may be harder to emotionally understand what it's like to be under that threshold, where more money really can make a difference.