I was only stirring you! I agree, Money actually tripped me up, and forced me to re-evaluate my life, having good relationships definitely does contribute to ones health, well being and happiness!
One of the best times of my wife's and my married life was when we were pretty young and dumb and moved to Canada to homestead with friends. We didn't plan for my not working in the winter and we barely had any money to get by. Even though money was definitely an issue, our relationship grew stronger....perhaps because we didn't have enough money for distractions, who knows. We only stayed in Williams Lake, B.C. for about 9 months before we tucked tail and moved home, thanks to my aunt's kind generosity (we didn't have enough money of our own left to get back).
Somewhere in a suitcase in the attic is a photo of me at 4 years old in a Sailor suit, standing on the deck of the SS ile de France in New York harbor as my grandmother and I were about to "sail" to France. I was looking down at my mother standing on the dock and crying my eyes out because I didn't want to leave her. I didn't see my mother again for almost two years, but I lived like a little prince attending a French nursery school in the mornings and a German school in the afternoons. In the evenings, I ate dinner with the help because my aunt and uncle, a diplomat, were almost always entertaining dignitaries. When I returned to the U.S. I no longer spoke English, just French and German.
Happiness is a matter of perspective.
